List of American Experience episodes

American Experience, originally titled The American Experience, is a television program and documentary series created by Peter McGhee for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).^[1] The series airs documentaries about historic events or historical figures that had a notable impact upon the United States government or its citizens. The show is produced primarily by WGBH, a television station and PBS member located in Boston, Massachusetts. WGBH creates non-commercial educational programs and distributes them on public television stations throughout the United States. However, other PBS affiliate stations, such as WNET in New York City, have co-produced episodes for the American Experience program. Since the programs debut on October 4, 1988, American Experience has broadcast 302 episodes and has been a recipient of over 265 broadcast and web awards.^[2][3][4]

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Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			Season premiere	Season finale
	1	16	October 4, 1988 (1988-10-04)	January 17, 1989 (1989-01-17)
	2	15	October 3, 1989 (1989-10-03)	February 12, 1990 (1990-02-12)
	3	12	October 1, 1990 (1990-10-01)	May 6, 1991 (1991-05-06)
	4	12	September 30, 1991 (1991-09-30)	February 17, 1992 (1992-02-17)
	5	15	September 20, 1992 (1992-09-20)	March 1, 1993 (1993-03-01)
	6	7	September 20, 1993 (1993-09-20)	May 25, 1994 (1994-05-25)
	7	9	October 12, 1994 (1994-10-12)	May 9, 1995 (1995-05-09)
	8	9	October 16, 1995 (1995-10-16)	February 26, 1996 (1996-02-26)
	9	9	October 6, 1996 (1996-10-06)	May 12, 1997 (1997-05-12)
	10	13	October 5, 1997 (1997-10-05)	March 2, 1998 (1998-03-02)
	11	10	November 18, 1998 (1998-11-18)	May 17, 1999 (1999-05-17)
	12	15	November 14, 1999 (1999-11-14)	May 23, 2000 (2000-05-23)
	13	13	October 16, 2000 (2000-10-16)	April 30, 2001 (2001-04-30)
	14	14	October 1, 2001 (2001-10-01)	April 28, 2002 (2002-04-28)
	15	13	November 11, 2002 (2002-11-11)	July 14, 2003 (2003-07-14)
	16	9	September 9, 2003 (2003-09-09)	May 3, 2004 (2004-05-03)
	17	12	October 4, 2004 (2004-10-04)	July 4, 2005 (2005-07-04)
	18	13	October 17, 2005 (2005-10-17)	May 22, 2006 (2006-05-22)
	19	15	October 2, 2006 (2006-10-02)	May 14, 2007 (2007-05-14)
	20	14	January 14, 2008 (2008-01-14)	May 6, 2008 (2008-05-06)
	21	9	January 26, 2009 (2009-01-26)	May 11, 2009 (2009-05-11)
	22	8	November 2, 2009 (2009-11-02)	May 10, 2010 (2010-05-10)
	23	12	October 11, 2010 (2010-10-11)	May 16, 2011 (2011-05-16)
	24	13	January 10, 2012 (2012-01-10)	February 5, 2013 (2013-02-05)
	25	9	October 29, 2013 (2013-10-29)	June 24, 2014 (2014-06-24)
	26	TBA	November 18, 2014 (2014-11-18)	TBA

Episodes

Season 1 (1988–89)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
1	1	"The Great San Francisco Earthquake"[5]	Tom Weidlinger	The Natural Environment	October 4, 1988 (1988-10-04)
2	2	"Radio Bikini"[6]	Robert Stone	Technology, War	October 11, 1988 (1988-10-11)
3	3	"Indians, Outlaws, and Angie Debo"[7]	Martha Sandlin	Biographies, Native American History	October 18, 1988 (1988-10-18)
4	4	"Eric Sevareid's Not So Wild a Dream"[8]	Frank J. De Meo	Biographies	October 25, 1988 (1988-10-25)
5	5	"The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter"[9]	Connie Field	Popular Culture, War	November 1, 1988 (1988-11-01)
6	6	"Do You Mean There are Still Real Cowboys?"[10]	Jon Blair	Popular Culture, The American West	November 8, 1988 (1988-11-08)
7	7	"Kennedy vs. Wallace: A Crisis Up Close"[11]	Robert Drew	Civil Rights, Politics	November 15, 1988 (1988-11-15)
8	8	"Geronimo and the Apache Resistance"[12]	Neil Goodwin	Native American History	November 22, 1988 (1988-11-22)
9	9	"Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Revisited"[13]	Carol Bell	Popular Culture	November 29, 1988 (1988-11-29)
10	10	"That Rhythm, Those Blues"[14]	George T. Nierenberg	Civil Rights, Popular Culture	December 6, 1988 (1988-12-06)
11	11	"The Radio Priest"[15]	Irv Drasnin	Popular Culture	December 13, 1988 (1988-12-13)
12	12	"Hearts and Hands"[16]	Pat Ferrero	Biographies	December 20, 1988 (1988-12-20)
13	13	"Views of a Vanishing Frontier"[17]	Craig B. Fisher	Native American History, The Natural Environment	December 27, 1988 (1988-12-27)
14	14	"Eudora Welty: One Writer's Beginnings"[18]	Patchy Wheatley	Biographies	January 3, 1989 (1989-01-03)
15	15	"The World That Moses Built"[19]	Edward Gray, Mark Oberhaus	Biographies, Technology	January 10, 1989 (1989-01-10)
16	16	"Sins of Our Mothers"[20]	Matthew Collin	Biographies	January 17, 1989 (1989-01-17)

Season 2 (1989–90)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
17	1	"The Great Air Race of 1924"[21]	David Grubin	Technology	October 3, 1989 (1989-10-03)
18	2	"Demon Rum"[22]	Thomas Lennon	Popular Culture	October 10, 1989 (1989-10-10)
19	3	"A Family Gathering"[23]	Ann Tegnell, Lise Yasui	Biographies, Popular Culture	October 17, 1989 (1989-10-17)
20	4	"Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice"[24]	Louise Archambault, William Greaves	Biographies, Civil Rights	October 24, 1989 (1989-10-24)
21	5	"The Great War: 1918"[25]	Tom Weidlinger	War	October 31, 1989 (1989-10-31)
22	6	"Forever Baseball"[26]	Irv Drasnin	Popular Culture	November 7, 1989 (1989-11-07)
23	7	"Adam Clayton Powell"[27]	Richard Kilberg	Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics	November 14, 1989 (1989-11-14)
24	8	"Mr. Sears' Catalogue"[28]	Edward Gray, Ken Levis	Biographies	November 21, 1989 (1989-11-21)
25	9	"Battle for Wilderness"[29]	Diane Garey, Lawrence Hott	The American West, The Natural Environment	December 5, 1989 (1989-12-05)
26	10	"Ballad of a Mountain Man: Bascom Lamar Lunsford"[30]	David Hoffman	Biographies, Popular Culture	December 12, 1989 (1989-12-12)
27	11	"Forbidden City, USA"[31]	Arthur Dong	Popular Culture	December 19, 1989 (1989-12-19)
28	12	"Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil"[32]	Robert Tranchin	Technology	January 8, 1990 (1990-01-08)
29	13	"Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad"[33][34]	Orlando Bagwell	Civil Rights	January 15, 1990 (1990-01-15)
30	14	"Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven"[35]	Jon Else	Native American History, The Natural Environment	January 29, 1990 (1990-01-29)
31	15	"God Bless America and Poland, Too"[36]	Marian Marzynski	Biographies	February 12, 1990 (1990-02-12)

Season 3 (1990–91)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
32	1	"Lindbergh"[37]	Stephen Ives	Biographies, Popular Culture	October 1, 1990 (1990-10-01)
33	2	"Nixon: The Quest (Part 1)"[38]	David Espar	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	October 8, 1990 (1990-10-08)
34	3	"Nixon: Triumph (Part 2)"	Elizabeth Deane	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	October 15, 1990 (1990-10-15)
35	4	"Nixon: The Fall (Part 3)"	Marilyn H. Mellowes	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	October 22, 1990 (1990-10-22)
36	5	"The Crash of 1929"[39]	Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer	Popular Culture	November 19, 1990 (1990-11-19)
37	6	"The Iron Road"[40]	Neil Goodwin	Technology, The American West	November 26, 1990 (1990-11-26)
38	7	"The Satellite Sky"[41]	Robert Stone	Technology	December 3, 1990 (1990-12-03)
39	8	"Insanity on Trial"[42]	Matthew Collins	Biographies, Politics	December 17, 1990 (1990-12-17)
40	9	"Los Mineros"[43]	Hector Galan	Civil Rights	January 28, 1991 (1991-01-28)
41	10	"Coney Island"[44]	Ric Burns	Popular Culture, Technology	February 4, 1991 (1991-02-04)
42	11	"Journey to America"[45]	Charles Guggenheim	Popular Culture	April 22, 1991 (1991-04-22)
43	12	"Orphans of the Storm"[46]	Gill Barnes	War	May 6, 1991 (1991-05-06)

Season 4 (1991–92)

 *  denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
44	1*	"LBJ: Beautiful Texas (Part 1)"[47] "LBJ: My Fellow Americans (Part 2)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War	September 30, 1991 (1991-09-30)
45	2*	"LBJ: We Shall Overcome (Part 3)" "LBJ: The Last Believer (Part 4)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War	October 1, 1991 (1991-10-01)
46	3	"The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry"[48]	Jacqueline Shearer	War	October 7, 1991 (1991-10-07)
47	4	"Barnum's Big Top"[49]	Matthew Collins	Biographies, Popular Culture	October 14, 1991 (1991-10-14)
48	5	"Scandalous Mayor"[50]	Ken Eluto	Biographies	October 28, 1991 (1991-10-28)
49	6	"Pearl Harbor: Surprise and Remembrance"[51]	Lance Bird, John Crowley, Tom Johnson	War	November 11, 1991 (1991-11-11)
50	7	"G-Men: The Rise of J. Edgar Hoover"[52]	Irv Drasnin	Popular Culture	November 18, 1991 (1991-11-18)
51	8	"Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo"[53]	Gary Keys	Biographies	December 9, 1991 (1991-12-09)
52	9	"The Quiz Show Scandal"[54]	Michael R. Lawrence	Popular Culture	January 6, 1992 (1992-01-06)
53	10	"Love in the Cold War"[55]	David Dugan, Eric Stange	War	January 13, 1992 (1992-01-13)
54	11	"Wild by Law"[56]	Diane Garey, Lawrence Hott	The Natural Environment	February 10, 1992 (1992-02-10)
55	12	"In the White Man's Image"[57]	Christine Lesiak	Native American History	February 17, 1992 (1992-02-17)

Season 5 (1992–93)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
56	1	"The Kennedys: The Father, 1900–1961 (Part 1)"[58]	Marilyn H. Mellowes, Phillip Whitehead	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	September 20, 1992 (1992-09-20)
57	2	"The Kennedys: The Sons, 1961–1980 (Part 2)"	Marilyn H. Mellowes, Phillip Whitehead	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	September 21, 1992 (1992-09-21)
58	3	"The Donner Party"[59]	Ric Burns	The American West	October 28, 1992 (1992-10-28)
59	4	"The Johnstown Flood"[60]	Charles Guggenheim	The Natural Environment	November 4, 1992 (1992-11-04)
60	5	"Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II"[61]	William Miles, Nina Rosenblum	War	November 11, 1992 (1992-11-11)
61	6	"George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King"[62]	David Sutherland	Biographies, Presidents	November 18, 1992 (1992-11-18)
62	7	"Last Stand at Little Big Horn"[63]	Paul Stekler	Native American History	November 25, 1992 (1992-11-25)
63	8	"Ishi: The Last Yahi Indian"[64]	Jed Riffe, Pamela Roberts	Biographies, Native American History	December 2, 1992 (1992-12-02)
64	9	"If You Knew Sousa"[65]	Tom Spain	Popular Culture	January 11, 1993 (1993-01-11)
65	10	"Simple Justice"[66]	Helaine Head	Civil Rights	January 18, 1993 (1993-01-18)
66	11	"Sit Down and Fight"[67]	Charlotte Mitchell Zwerin	Biographies	February 1, 1993 (1993-02-01)
67	12	"Knute Rockne and His Fighting Irish"[68]	Diane Garey, Lawrence R. Hott	Biographies	February 8, 1993 (1993-02-08)
68	13	"Rachel Carson's Silent Spring"[69]	Neil Goodwin	The Natural Environment	February 15, 1993 (1993-02-15)
69	14	"French Dance Tonight"[70]	Les Blank, Maureen Gosling, Chris Strachwitz	Popular Culture	February 22, 1993 (1993-02-22)
70	15	"Goin' Back to T–Town"[71]	Sam Pollard, Joyce Vaughn	Biographies, Civil Rights	March 1, 1993 (1993-03-01)

Season 6 (1993–94)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
71	1	"Eisenhower: Soldier, Road to the Top, Supreme Commander (Part 1)"[72]	Adriana Bosch	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	September 20, 1993 (1993-09-20)
72	2	"Eisenhower: Statesman, The Hidden Hand, Another Four Years (Part 2)"	Austin Hoyt	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	September 27, 1993 (1993-09-27)
73	3	"Amelia Earhart: The Price of Courage"[73]	Nancy Porter	Biographies, Popular Culture	October 11, 1993 (1993-10-11)
74	4	"The Hunt for Pancho Villa"[74]	Hector Galan	Politics, War	November 8, 1993 (1993-11-08)
75	5	"Malcolm X: Make It Plain"[75]	Orlando Bagwell	Biographies, Civil Rights	January 26, 1994 (1994-01-26)
76	6	"America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference"[76]	Martin Ostrow	Politics, War	April 6, 1994 (1994-04-06)
77	7	"D-Day"[77]	Charles Guggenheim	War	May 25, 1994 (1994-05-25)

Season 7 (1994–95)

 *  denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
78	1*	"FDR: The Center of the World (Part 1)"[78] "FDR: Fear Itself (Part 2)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War	October 12, 1994 (1994-10-12)
79	2*	"FDR: The Grandest Job in the World (Part 3)" "FDR: The Juggler (Part 4)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War	October 13, 1994 (1994-10-13)
80	3	"Telegrams from the Dead"[79]	Matthew Collins	Popular Culture	October 19, 1994 (1994-10-19)
81	4	"Midnight Ramble"[80]	Pearl Bowser, Bestor Cram	Civil Rights, Popular Culture	October 26, 1994 (1994-10-26)
82	5	"Battle of the Bulge"[81]	Thomas Lennon	War	November 9, 1994 (1994-11-09)
83	6	"Troublesome Creek"[82]	Steven Ascher, Jeanne Jordan	Biographies, Technology, The Natural Environment	January 16, 1995 (1995-01-16)
84	7	"One Woman, One Vote"[83]	Ruth Pollak	Biographies, Civil Rights	February 15, 1995 (1995-02-15)
85	8*	"The Way West: Westward 1845–1864 (Part 1)"[84] "The Way West: Approach of Civilization, 1865–1869 (Part 2)"	Ric Burns	The American West	May 8, 1995 (1995-05-08)
86	9*	"The Way West: War for the Black Hills, 1870–1876 (Part 3)" "The Way West: Ghost Dance, 1877–1893 (Part 4)"	Ric Burns	The American West	May 9, 1995 (1995-05-09)

Season 8 (1995–96)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
87	1	"Murder of the Century"[85]	Carl Charlson	Popular Culture	October 16, 1995 (1995-10-16)
88	2	"Edison's Miracle of Light"[86]	John Walter	Biographies, Technology	October 23, 1995 (1995-10-23)
89	3	"Chicago 1968"[87]	Chana Gazit	Politics, Popular Culture	November 13, 1995 (1995-11-13)
90	4	"The Orphan Trains"[88]	Janet Graham, Edward Gray	Popular Culture	November 27, 1995 (1995-11-27)
91	5	"Freedom on My Mind"[89]	Connie Field, Marilyn Mulford	Civil Rights	January 15, 1996 (1996-01-15)
92	6	"Daley: The Last Boss"[90]	Barak Goodman	Biographies, Politics	January 22, 1996 (1996-01-22)
93	7	"The Battle Over Citizen Kane"[91]	Michael Epstein, Thomas Lennon	Popular Culture	January 29, 1996 (1996-01-29)
94	8	"The Wright Stuff"[92]	Nancy Porter	Biographies, Technology	February 12, 1996 (1996-02-12)
95	9	"Spy in the Sky"[93]	Linda Garmon	Technology, War	February 26, 1996 (1996-02-26)

Season 9 (1996–97)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
96	1	"TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part 1)"[94]	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	October 6, 1996 (1996-10-06)
97	2	"TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part 2)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	October 7, 1996 (1996-10-07)
98	3	"The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie"[95]	Austin Hoyt	Biographies	January 20, 1997 (1997-01-20)
99	4	"Hawaii's Last Queen"[96]	Vivian Ducat	Biographies	January 27, 1997 (1997-01-27)
100	5	"The Telephone"[97]	Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon	Technology	February 3, 1997 (1997-02-03)
101	6	"Big Dream, Small Screen"[98]	David Dugan	Technology	February 10, 1997 (1997-02-10)
102	7	"New York Underground"[99]	Elena Mannes	Technology	February 17, 1997 (1997-02-17)
103	8	"Around the World in 72 Days"[100]	Christine Lesiak	Biographies, Popular Culture	April 28, 1997 (1997-04-28)
104	9	"Gold Fever"[101]	Susan Steinberg	The American West	May 12, 1997 (1997-05-12)

Season 10 (1997–98)

 *  denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
105	1	"Truman (Part 1)"[102]	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War	October 5, 1997 (1997-10-05)
106	2	"Truman (Part 2)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War	October 6, 1997 (1997-10-06)
107	3*	"Vietnam: A Television History: Roots of a War (1945–1953) (Part 1)"[103] "Vietnam, A Television History: America's Mandarin (1954–1963) (Part 2)"	Judith Vecchione	Politics, War	October 13, 1997 (1997-10-13)
108	4*	"Vietnam, A Television History: LBJ Goes to War (1964–1965) (Part 3)" "Vietnam, A Television History: America Takes Charge (1965–1967) (Part 4)"	Austin Hoyt	Politics, War	October 20, 1997 (1997-10-20)
109	5*	"Vietnam, A Television History: America's Enemy (1954–1967) (Part 5)" "Vietnam, A Television History: Tet 1968 (Part 6)"	Martin Smith	Politics, War	October 27, 1997 (1997-10-27)
110	6*	"Vietnam, A Television History: Vietnamizing the War (1968–1973) (Part 7)" "Vietnam, A Television History: Cambodia and Laos (Part 8)"	Martin Smith	Politics, War	December 2, 1997 (1997-12-02)
111	7*	"Vietnam, A Television History: "Peace is at Hand" (1968–1973) (Part 9) Vietnam, A Television History: Homefront USA (Part 10)" "Vietnam, A Television History: The End of the Tunnel, (1973–1975) (Part 11)"	Martin Smith	Politics, War	December 9, 1997 (1997-12-09)
112	8	"A Midwife's Tale"[104]	Richard P. Rogers	Biographies	January 19, 1998 (1998-01-19)
113	9	"Mr. Miami Beach"[105]	Mark J. Davis	Biographies	February 2, 1998 (1998-02-02)
114	10	"Influenza 1918"[106]	Robert Kenner	Technology	February 9, 1998 (1998-02-09)
115	11	"Reagan: Lifeguard (Part 1)"[107]	Adriana Bosch	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	February 23, 1998 (1998-02-23)
116	12	"Reagan: An American Crusade (Part 2)"	Austin Hoyt	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	February 24, 1998 (1998-02-24)
117	13	"Surviving the Dust Bowl"[108]	Chana Gazit	The Natural Environment	March 2, 1998 (1998-03-02)

Season 11 (1998–99)

 *  denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
118	1*	"America 1900: Winter, Spirit of the Age (Part 1)"[109] "America 1900: Spring, Change Is In the Air (Part 2) America 1900: Summer, A Great Civilized Power (Part 3) America 1900: Fall, Anything Seemed Possible (Part 4)"	David Grubin	Politics, Popular Culture, Technology	November 18, 1998 (1998-11-18)
119	2	"Race for the Super Bomb"[110]	Thomas Ott	Technology, War	January 11, 1999 (1999-01-11)
120	3	"Hoover Dam"[111]	Stephen Stept	Technology, The American West	January 18, 1999 (1999-01-18)
121	4	"Alone on the Ice"[112]	Nancy Porter	Biographies, Technology, The Natural Environment	February 8, 1999 (1999-02-08)
122	5	"Rescue at Sea"[113]	Ben Loeterman	Technology	February 15, 1999 (1999-02-15)
123	6	"Meltdown at Three Mile Island"[114]	Chana Gazit	Technology	February 22, 1999 (1999-02-22)
124	7	"Lost in the Grand Canyon"[115]	Mark J. Davis	Biographies, The American West, The Natural Environment	April 5, 1999 (1999-04-05)
125	8	"Riding the Rails"[116]	Lexy Lovell, Michael Uys	Popular Culture	April 12, 1999 (1999-04-12)
126	9	"Fly Girls"[117]	Laurel Ladevich	Biographies, Technology, War	May 10, 1999 (1999-05-10)
127	10*	"MacArthur: Destiny (Part 1)"[118] "MacArthur: The Politics of War (Part 2)"	Austin Hoyt	Biographies, War	May 17, 1999 (1999-05-17)

Season 12 (1999–00)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
128	1	"New York: The Country and the City (Part 1)"[119]	Ric Burns	Popular Culture	November 14, 1999 (1999-11-14)
129	2	"New York: Order and Disorder (Part 2)"	Ric Burns	Popular Culture	November 15, 1999 (1999-11-15)
130	3	"New York: Sunshine and Shadow (Part 3)"	Ric Burns	Popular Culture	November 16, 1999 (1999-11-16)
131	4	"New York: The Power and the People (Part 4)"	Ric Burns	Popular Culture	November 17, 1999 (1999-11-17)
132	5	"New York: Cosmopolis (Part 5)"	Ric Burns	Popular Culture	November 18, 1999 (1999-11-18)
133	6	"Eleanor Roosevelt"[120]	Sue Williams	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	January 10, 2000 (2000-01-10)
134	7	"Houdini"[121]	Nancy Porter, Beth Tierney	Biographies, Popular Culture	January 24, 2000 (2000-01-24)
135	8	"Nixon's China Game"[122]	Mark Anderson, Michael Simkin	Biographies, Politics	January 31, 2000 (2000-01-31)
136	9	"The Duel"[123]	Carl Byker, Mitch Wilson	Politics	February 14, 2000 (2000-02-14)
137	10	"John Brown's Holy War"[124]	Robert Kenner	Biographies, Civil Rights	February 28, 2000 (2000-02-28)
138	11	"George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (Part 1)"[125]	Daniel Mccabe, Paul Stekler	Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics	April 23, 2000 (2000-04-23)
139	12	"George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (Part 2)"	Daniel Mccabe, Paul Stekler	Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics	April 24, 2000 (2000-04-24)
140	13	"Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory"[126]	Llewellyn Smith	Civil Rights, Popular Culture	May 1, 2000 (2000-05-01)
141	14	"Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life"[127]	Mark Zwonitzer	Biographies, Popular Culture	May 8, 2000 (2000-05-08)
142	15	"The Wizard of Photography"[128]	James A. DeVinney	Biographies, Technology	May 22, 2000 (2000-05-22)

Season 13 (2000–01)

 *  denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
143	1	"The Rockefellers (Part 1)"[129]	Elizabeth Deane	Biographies, Popular Culture	October 16, 2000 (2000-10-16)
144	2	"The Rockefellers (Part 2)"	Adriana Bosch	Biographies, Popular Culture	October 23, 2000 (2000-10-23)
145	3	"Secrets of a Master Builder"[130]	Carl Charlson	Biographies, Technology	October 30, 2000 (2000-10-30)
146	4	"Return with Honor"[131]	Freida Lee Mock, Terry Sanders	Politics, War	November 14, 2000 (2000-11-14)
147	5	"The Hurricane of '38"[132]	Michael Epstein, Thomas Lennon	The Natural Environment	January 12, 2001 (2001-01-12)
148	6	"Marcus Garvey: Look For Me in the Whirlwind"[133]	Stanley Nelson	Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics	January 19, 2001 (2001-01-19)
149	7*	"Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided: Ambition (Part 1)"[134] "Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided: We Are Elected (Part 2)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Presidents	February 19, 2001 (2001-02-19)
150	8*	"Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided: Shattered (Part 3)" "Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided: The Dearest of All Things (Part 4)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Presidents	February 20, 2001 (2001-02-20)
151	9*	"Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided: This Frightful War (Part 5)" "Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided: Blind with Weeping (Part 6)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Presidents	February 21, 2001 (2001-02-21)
152	10	"Scottsboro: An American Tragedy"[135]	Barak Goodman	Civil Rights	April 2, 2001 (2001-04-02)
153	11	"Fatal Flood"[136]	Chana Gazit	The Natural Environment	April 16, 2001 (2001-04-16)
154	12	"Stephen Foster"[137]	Randall MacLowry	Biographies, Popular Culture	April 23, 2001 (2001-04-23)
155	13	"Streamliners: America's Lost Trains"[138]	Thomas Ott	Technology	April 30, 2001 (2001-04-30)

Season 14 (2001–02)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
156	1	"New York: City of Tomorrow (Part 6)"	Ric Burns	Popular Culture	October 1, 2001 (2001-10-01)
157	2	"New York: The City and the World (Part 7)"	Ric Burns	Popular Culture	October 8, 2001 (2001-10-08)
158	3	"War Letters"[139]	Robert Kenner	War	November 11, 2001 (2001-11-11)
159	4	"Woodrow Wilson: A Passionate Man (Part 1)"[140]	Carl Byker, Mitch Wilson	Biographies, Presidents, War	January 6, 2002 (2002-01-06)
160	5	"Woodrow Wilson: The Redemption of the World (Part 2)"	Carl Byker, Mitch Wilson	Biographies, Presidents, War	January 13, 2002 (2002-01-13)
161	6	"Mount Rushmore"[141]	Mark Zwonitzer	The Natural Environment	January 20, 2002 (2002-01-20)
162	7	"Miss America"[142]	Lisa Ades	Popular Culture	January 27, 2002 (2002-01-27)
163	8	"Public Enemy #1"[143]	Ben Loeterman	Biographies, Popular Culture	February 17, 2002 (2002-02-17)
164	9	"Monkey Trial"[144]	Christine Lesiak	Politics, Popular Culture	February 24, 2002 (2002-02-24)
165	10	"Zoot Suit Riots"[145]	Joseph Tovares	Civil Rights, Politics	March 1, 2002 (2002-03-01)
166	11	"U.S. Grant: Warrior (Part 1)"[146]	Adriana Bosch	Biographies, Politics, Popular Culture, Presidents, War	April 1, 2002 (2002-04-01)
167	12	"U.S. Grant: President (Part 2)"	Elizabeth Deane	Biographies, Politics, Popular Culture, Presidents, War	April 2, 2002 (2002-04-02)
168	13	"Ansel Adams"[147]	Ric Burns	Biographies, Popular Culture, The Natural Environment	April 21, 2002 (2002-04-21)
169	14	"A Brilliant Madness"[148]	Mark Samels	Biographies	April 28, 2002 (2002-04-28)

Season 15 (2002–03)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
170	1	"Jimmy Carter (Part 1)"[149]	Adriana Bosch	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	November 11, 2002 (2002-11-11)
171	2	"Jimmy Carter (Part 2)"	Adriana Bosch	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	November 12, 2002 (2002-11-12)
172	3	"Chicago: City of the Century: Mudhole to Metropolis (Part 1)"[150]	Austin Hoyt	Popular Culture	January 13, 2003 (2003-01-13)
173	4	"Chicago: City of the Century: The Revolution Has Begun (Part 2)"	Austin Hoyt	Popular Culture	January 14, 2003 (2003-01-14)
174	5	"Chicago: City of the Century: Battle for Chicago (Part 3)"	Austin Hoyt	Popular Culture	January 15, 2003 (2003-01-15)
175	6	"The Murder of Emmett Till"[151]	Stanley Nelson	Civil Rights, Politics	January 20, 2003 (2003-01-20)
176	7	"The Transcontinental Railroad"[152]	Michael Chin, Mark Zwonitzer	Technology, The American West	January 27, 2003 (2003-01-27)
177	8	"Partners of the Heart"[153]	Andrea Kalin	Biographies, Civil Rights, Technology	February 10, 2003 (2003-02-10)
178	9	"The Pill"[154]	Chana Gazit	Popular Culture, Technology	February 17, 2003 (2003-02-17)
179	10	"Daughter from Da Nang"[155]	Gail Dolgin	Biographies, War	April 7, 2003 (2003-04-07)
180	11	"Seabiscuit"[156]	Stephen Ives	Biographies, Popular Culture	April 14, 2003 (2003-04-14)
181	12	"Bataan Rescue"[157]	David Axelrod	War	July 7, 2003 (2003-07-07)
182	13	"Murder at Harvard"[158]	Eric Stange	Popular Culture	July 14, 2003 (2003-07-14)

Season 16 (2003–04)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
183	1	"New York: A Documentary Film: The Center of the World (Part 8)"[159]	Ric Burns	Popular Culture, Technology	September 8, 2003 (2003-09-08)
184	2	"Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (Part 1)"[160]	Llewellyn M. Smith	Civil Rights, War	January 12, 2004 (2004-01-12)
185	3	"Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (Part 2)"	Elizabeth Deane	Civil Rights, War	January 13, 2004 (2004-01-13)
186	4	"Citizen King"[161]	Orlando Bagwell, W. Noland Walker	Biographies, Civil Rights	January 19, 2004 (2004-01-19)
187	5	"Remember the Alamo"[162]	Joseph Tovares	The American West, War	February 2, 2004 (2004-02-02)
188	6	"Tupperware"[163]	Laurie Kahn-Leavitt	Popular Culture	February 9, 2004 (2004-02-09)
189	7	"Emma Goldman"[164]	Mel Bucklin	Biographies, Politics	April 12, 2004 (2004-04-12)
190	8	"Patriots' Day"[165]	Marian Marzynski	Popular Culture	April 19, 2004 (2004-04-19)
191	9	"Golden Gate Bridge"[166]	Ben Loeterman	Technology	May 3, 2004 (2004-05-03)

Season 17 (2004–05)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
192	1	"RFK"[167]	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics	October 4, 2004 (2004-10-04)
193	2	"The Fight"[168]	Barak Goodman	Biographies, Civil Rights, Popular Culture	January 24, 2005 (2005-01-24)
194	3	"Fidel Castro"[169]	Adriana Bosch	Biographies	January 31, 2005 (2005-01-31)
195	4	"Building the Alaska Highway"[170]	Tracy Heather Strain	Technology, War	February 7, 2005 (2005-02-07)
196	5	"Kinsey"[171]	Barak Goodman, John Maggio	Biographies, Popular Culture	February 14, 2005 (2005-02-14)
197	6	"Mary Pickford"[172]	Sue Williams	Biographies, Popular Culture	April 4, 2005 (2005-04-04)
198	7	"The Great Transatlantic Cable"[173]	Peter Jones	Technology	April 11, 2005 (2005-04-11)
199	8	"The Fall of Saigon"	Elizabeth Deane, Martin Smith	War	April 25, 2005 (2005-04-25)
200	9	"Victory in the Pacific"[174]	Austin Hoyt	War	May 9, 2005 (2005-05-09)
201	10	"The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken"[175]	Kathy Conkwright	Biographies, Popular Culture	May 23, 2005 (2005-05-23)
202	11	"Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst"[176]	Robert Stone	Politics, Popular Culture	May 30, 2005 (2005-05-30)
203	12	"The Massie Affair"[177]	Mark Zwonitzer	Popular Culture	July 4, 2005 (2005-07-04)

Season 18 (2005–06)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
204	1	"Two Days in October"[178]	Robert Kenner	Politics, War	October 17, 2005 (2005-10-17)
205	2	"Race to the Moon"[179]	Kevin Michael Kertscher	Technology	October 30, 2005 (2005-10-30)
206	3	"Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (Part 1)"[180]	Stephen Ives	Popular Culture, The American West	November 14, 2005 (2005-11-14)
207	4	"Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (Part 2)"	Stephen Ives	Popular Culture, The American West	November 15, 2005 (2005-11-15)
208	5	"John and Abigail Adams"[181]	Peter Jones	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	January 23, 2006 (2006-01-23)
209	6	"The Nuremberg Trials"[182]	Michael Kloft	Politics, War	January 30, 2006 (2006-01-30)
210	7	"Jesse James"[183]	Mark Zwonitzer	Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West	February 6, 2006 (2006-02-06)
211	8	"Hijacked"[184]	Ilan Ziv	Politics	February 25, 2006 (2006-02-25)
212	9	"Eugene O'Neill"[185]	Ric Burns	Biographies, Popular Culture	March 21, 2006 (2006-03-21)
213	10	"The Boy in the Bubble"[186]	Barak Goodman	Biographies, Technology	April 10, 2006 (2006-04-10)
214	11	"The Alaska Pipeline"[187]	Mark Davis	Technology, The Natural Environment	April 24, 2006 (2006-04-24)
215	12	"Annie Oakley"[188]	Riva Freifeld	Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West	May 8, 2006 (2006-05-08)
216	13	"The Man Behind Hitler"[189]	Lutz Hachmeister	Biographies, War	May 22, 2006 (2006-05-22)

Season 19 (2006–07)

 *  denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
217	1*	"Eyes on the Prize: Awakenings, 1954–1956 (Part 1)"[190] "Eyes on the Prize: Fighting Back, 1957–1962 (Part 2)"	Judith Vecchione	Civil Rights	October 2, 2006 (2006-10-02)
218	2*	"Eyes on the Prize: Ain't Scared of Your Jails, 1960–1961 (Part 3)" "Eyes on the Prize: No Easy Walk, 1961–1963 (Part 4)"	Orlando Bagwell	Civil Rights	October 9, 2006 (2006-10-09)
219	3*	"Eyes on the Prize: Mississippi: Is This America?, 1962–1964 (Part 5)" "Eyes on the Prize: Bridge to Freedom, 1965 (Part 6)"	Orlando Bagwell	Civil Rights	October 16, 2006 (2006-10-16)
220	4	"Test Tube Babies"[191]	Chana Gazit, Hilary Klotz Steinman	Technology	October 23, 2006 (2006-10-23)
221	5	"The Great Fever"[192]	Adriana Bosch, Michael Chin	Technology	October 30, 2006 (2006-10-30)
222	6	"The Gold Rush"[193]	Randall MacLowry	The American West	November 6, 2006 (2006-11-06)
223	7	"The Berlin Airlift"[194]	Peter Adler, Alexander Berkel, Stefan Mausbach	War	January 29, 2007 (2007-01-29)
224	8	"The Living Weapon"[195]	John Rubin	Technology, War	February 5, 2007 (2007-02-05)
225	9	"New Orleans"[196]	Stephen Ives	Popular Culture	February 12, 2007 (2007-02-12)
226	10	"Sister Aimee"[197]	Linda Garmon	Biographies, Popular Culture	April 2, 2007 (2007-04-02)
227	11	"Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple"[198]	Stanley Nelson	Popular Culture	April 9, 2007 (2007-04-09)
228	12	"Summer of Love"[199]	Gail Dolgin, Vicente Franco	Popular Culture	April 23, 2007 (2007-04-23)
229	13	"The Mormons: History (Part 1)"[200]	Helen Whitney	Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West	April 30, 2007 (2007-04-30)
230	14	"The Mormons: Church & State (Part 2)"	Helen Whitney	Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West	May 1, 2007 (2007-05-01)
231	15	"Alexander Hamilton"[201]	Muffie Meyer	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	May 14, 2007 (2007-05-14)

Season 20 (2008)

 *  denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
232	1	"Oswald's Ghost"[202]	Robert Stone	Biographies	January 14, 2008 (2008-01-14)
233	2	"The Lobotomist"[203]	Barak Goodman, John Maggio	Technology	January 21, 2008 (2008-01-21)
234	3*	"Eyes on the Prize: The Time Has Come, 1964–1966 (Part 7)" "Eyes on the Prize: Two Societies, 1965–1968 (Part 8)"	James A. DeVinney, Madison Davis Lacy, Jr.	Civil Rights	February 3, 2008 (2008-02-03)
235	4*	"Eyes on the Prize: Power! 1966–1968 (Part 9)" "Eyes on the Prize: The Promised Land, 1967–1968 (Part 10)"	Louis Massiah, Terry Kay Rockefeller	Civil Rights	February 10, 2008 (2008-02-10)
236	5*	"Eyes on the Prize: Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More, 1964–1972 (Part 11)" "Eyes on the Prize: A Nation of Law? 1968–1971 (Part 12)"	Sheila Bernard, Sam Pollard	Civil Rights	February 17, 2008 (2008-02-17)
237	6*	"Eyes on the Prize: The Keys to the Kingdom, 1974–1980 (Part 13)" "Eyes on the Prize: Back to the Movement, 1979–1985 (Part 14)"	Jacqueline Shearer, Paul Stekler	Civil Rights	February 24, 2008 (2008-02-24)
238	7	"Grand Central"[204]	Michael Epstein	Popular Culture, Technology	February 4, 2008 (2008-02-04)
239	8	"Kit Carson"[205]	Stephen Ives	Biographies, Native American History, The American West	February 18, 2008 (2008-02-18)
240	9	"Buffalo Bill"[206]	Rob Rapley	Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West	February 25, 2008 (2008-02-25)
241	10	"Minik, the Lost Eskimo"[207]	Axel Engstfeld	Biographies	March 31, 2008 (2008-03-31)
242	11	"Walt Whitman"[208]	Mark Zwonitzer	Biographies, The Natural Environment	April 14, 2008 (2008-04-14)
243	12	"Roberto Clemente"[209]	Bernardo Ruiz	Biographies, Civil Rights, Popular Culture	April 21, 2008 (2008-04-21)
244	13	"George H.W. Bush: CAVU (Part 1)"[210]	Austin Hoyt	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	May 5, 2008 (2008-05-05)
245	14	"George H.W. Bush: Echoes of the Wise Men (Part 2)"	Austin Hoyt	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	May 6, 2008 (2008-05-06)

Season 21 (2009)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
246	1	"The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer"[211]	David Grubin	Biographies, Technology, War	January 26, 2009 (2009-01-26)
247	2	"The Polio Crusade"[212]	Sarah Colt	Popular Culture, Technology	February 2, 2009 (2009-02-02)
248	3	"The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln"[213]	Barak Goodman	Presidents	February 9, 2009 (2009-02-09)
249	4	"A Class Apart"[214]	Carlos Sandoval	Civil Rights, Popular Culture	February 23, 2009 (2009-02-23)
250	5	"We Shall Remain: After the Mayflower (Part 1)"[215]	Chris Eyre	Civil Rights, Native American History, Politics, The American West	April 13, 2009 (2009-04-13)
251	6	"We Shall Remain: Tecumseh's Vision (Part 2)"[216]	Ric Burns, Chris Eyre	Civil Rights, Native American History, Politics, The American West	April 20, 2009 (2009-04-20)
252	7	"We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears (Part 3)"[217]	Chris Eyre	Civil Rights, Native American History, Politics, The American West	April 27, 2009 (2009-04-27)
253	8	"We Shall Remain: Geronimo (Part 4)"[218]	Dustinn Craig	Civil Rights, Native American History, Politics, The American West	May 4, 2009 (2009-05-04)
254	9	"We Shall Remain: Wounded Knee (Part 5)"[219]	Stanley Nelson	Civil Rights, Native American History, Politics, The American West	May 11, 2009 (2009-05-11)

Season 22 (2009–10)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
255	1	"The Civilian Conservation Corps"[220]	Robert Stone	The American West, The Natural Environment	November 2, 2009 (2009-11-02)
256	2	"Wyatt Earp"[221]	Rob Rapley	Biographies, The American West	January 25, 2010 (2010-01-25)
257	3	"The Bombing of Germany"[222]	Zvi Dor-Ner	Politics, War	February 8, 2010 (2010-02-08)
258	4	"Dolley Madison"[223]	Muffie Meyer	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	March 1, 2010 (2010-03-01)
259	5	"Earth Days"[224]	Robert Stone	Popular Culture, The Natural Environment	April 19, 2010 (2010-04-19)
260	6	"My Lai"[225]	Barak Goodman	War	April 26, 2010 (2010-04-26)
261	7	"Roads to Memphis"[226]	Stephen Ives	Civil Rights	May 3, 2010 (2010-05-03)
262	8	"Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World"[227]	Ric Burns	The Natural Environment	May 10, 2010 (2010-05-10)

Season 23 (2010–11)

 *  denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
263	1*	"God in America: A New Adam (Part 1)"[228] "God in America: A New Eden (Part 2)"	David Belton	Popular Culture	October 11, 2010 (2010-10-11)
264	2*	"God in America: A Nation Reborn (Part 3)" "God in America: A New Light (Part 4)"	Sarah Colt	Popular Culture	October 12, 2010 (2010-10-12)
265	3*	"God in America: Soul of a Nation (Part 5)" "God in America: Of God and Caesar (Part 6)"	Greg Barker	Popular Culture	October 13, 2010 (2010-10-13)
266	4	"Robert E. Lee"[229]	Mark Zwonitzer	Biographies, War	January 3, 2011 (2011-01-03)
267	5	"Dinosaur Wars"[230]	Mark Davis	The American West, The Natural Environment	January 17, 2011 (2011-01-17)
268	6	"Panama Canal"[231]	Stephen Ives	Popular Culture, Technology, The Natural Environment	January 24, 2011 (2011-01-24)
269	7	"The Greely Expedition"[232]	Rob Rapley	Popular Culture, The Natural Environment	January 31, 2011 (2011-01-31)
270	8	"Triangle Fire"[233]	David Espar	Popular Culture, Technology	February 28, 2011 (2011-02-28)
271	9	"The Great Famine"[234]	Austin Hoyt, Aisiyuak Yumagulov	Popular Culture, The Natural Environment	April 11, 2011 (2011-04-11)
272	10	"Stonewall Uprising"[235]	Kate Davis, David Heilbroner	Civil Rights, Popular Culture	April 25, 2011 (2011-04-25)
273	11	"Soundtrack For a Revolution"[236]	Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman	Civil Rights, Popular Culture	May 9, 2011 (2011-05-09)
274	12	"Freedom Riders"[237]	Stanley Nelson	Civil Rights, Popular Culture	May 16, 2011 (2011-05-16)

Season 24 (2012–13)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
275	1	"Billy the Kid"[238]	John Maggio	Biographies, The American West	January 10, 2012 (2012-01-10)
276	2	"Custer's Last Stand"[239]	Stephen Ives	Biographies, Native American History, The American West	January 17, 2012 (2012-01-17)
277	3	"Clinton: The Comeback Kid (Part 1)"[240]	Barak Goodman	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	February 20, 2012 (2012-02-20)
278	4	"Clinton: The Survivor (Part 2)"	Barak Goodman	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	February 21, 2012 (2012-02-21)
279	5	"The Amish"[241]	David Belton	Biographies, Popular Culture	February 28, 2012 (2012-02-28)
280	6	"Grand Coulee Dam"[242]	Stephen Ives	Native American History, Technology, The American West, The Natural Environment	April 3, 2012 (2012-04-03)
281	7	"Jesse Owens"[243]	Laruens Grant	Biographies, Civil Rights, Popular Culture, War	May 1, 2012 (2012-05-01)
282	8	"Death and the Civil War"[244]	Ric Burns	Popular Culture, War	September 18, 2012 (2012-09-18)
283	9	"The Abolitionists: From Courage to Freedom (Part 1)"[245][246]	Rob Rapley	Biographies, Civil Rights	January 8, 2013 (2013-01-08)
284	10	"The Abolitionists: Before Brother Fought Brother (Part 2)"	Rob Rapley	Biographies, Civil Rights	January 15, 2013 (2013-01-15)
285	11	"The Abolitionists: A House Dividing (Part 3)"	Rob Rapley	Biographies, Civil Rights	January 22, 2013 (2013-01-22)
286	12	"Henry Ford"[247]	Sarah Colt	Biographies, Popular Culture	January 29, 2013 (2013-01-29)
287	13	"Silicon Valley"[248]	Randall MacLowry	Biographies, Popular Culture, Technology	February 5, 2013 (2013-02-05)

Season 25 (2013–14)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
288	1	"War of the Worlds"[249]	Cathleen O'Connell	Popular Culture	October 29, 2013 (2013-10-29)
289	2	"JFK (Part 1)"[250]	Susan Bellows	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	November 11, 2013 (2013-11-11)
290	3	"JFK (Part 2)"	Susan Bellows	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	November 12, 2013 (2013-11-12)
291	4	"The Poisoner's Handbook"[251]	Rob Rapley	Popular Culture, Technology	January 7, 2014 (2014-01-07)
292	5	"1964"[252]	Stephen Ives	Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics, Popular Culture	January 14, 2014 (2014-01-14)
293	6	"The Amish: Shunned"[253]	Callie T. Wiser	Popular Culture	February 4, 2014 (2014-02-04)
294	7	"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"[254]	John Maggio	Biographies, The American West	February 11, 2014 (2014-02-11)
295	8	"The Rise and Fall of Penn Station"[255]	Randall MacLowry	Popular Culture, Technology	February 18, 2014 (2014-02-18)
296	9	"Freedom Summer"[256]	Stanley Nelson	Civil Rights, Popular Culture	June 24, 2014 (2014-06-24)

Season 26 (2014–15)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
297	1	"Cold War Roadshow"[257]	Robert Stone, Tim B. Toidze	Politics, Popular Culture	November 18, 2014 (2014-11-18)
298	2	"Ripley: Believe It or Not"[258]	Cathleen O'Connell	Biographies, Popular Culture	January 6, 2015 (2015-01-06)
299	3	"Klansville U.S.A."[259]	Callie Wiser	Civil Rights, Politics	January 13, 2015 (2015-01-13)
300	4	"Edison"[260]	Michelle Ferrari	Biographies, Technology	January 27, 2015 (2015-01-27)
301	5	"The Big Burn"[261]	Stephen Ives	The American West	February 3, 2015 (2015-02-03)
302	6	"The Forgotten Plague"[262]	Chana Gazit	Popular Culture, Technology	February 10, 2015 (2015-02-10)

Upcoming episodes

Title	Directed by	Categories	Premiere date
"Last Days in Vietnam"[263][264]	Rory Kennedy	Politics, War	April 28, 2015 (2015-04-28)
"Walt Disney (Part 1)"[265]	Sarah Colt	Biographies	fall 2015
"Walt Disney (Part 2)"	Sarah Colt	Biographies	fall 2015

References

External links

• American Experience official website
• List of American Experience episodes at the Internet Movie Database

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