American Experience, originally titled The American Experience, is an American television program and a PBS documentary series created by Peter McGhee. [1] The series airs documentaries about significant historical events or figures in United States history. The show is produced primarily by WGBH-TV, a television station and PBS affiliate located in Boston, Massachusetts. WGBH-TV 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 television series. Since the program's debut on October 4, 1988, American Experience has broadcast 367 new episodes and has been a recipient of over 265 broadcast and web awards. [2] [3] [4]
The program's thirty-fifth season premiered on January 3, 2023.
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Upcoming episodes • See also • Notes • References • External links |
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 16 | October 4, 1988 | January 17, 1989 | |
2 | 15 | October 3, 1989 | February 12, 1990 | |
3 | 12 | October 1, 1990 | May 6, 1991 | |
4 | 12 | September 30, 1991 | February 17, 1992 | |
5 | 15 | September 20, 1992 | March 1, 1993 | |
6 | 7 | October 27, 1993 | May 25, 1994 | |
7 | 9 | October 11, 1994 | May 9, 1995 | |
8 | 9 | October 16, 1995 | February 26, 1996 | |
9 | 9 | October 6, 1996 | July 28, 1997 | |
10 | 18 | October 5, 1997 | March 2, 1998 | |
11 | 13 | November 18, 1998 | May 17, 1999 | |
12 | 15 | November 14, 1999 | May 23, 2000 | |
13 | 13 | October 17, 2000 | April 30, 2001 | |
14 | 14 | September 30, 2001 | May 12, 2002 | |
15 | 13 | November 11, 2002 | July 14, 2003 | |
16 | 9 | September 8, 2003 | May 3, 2004 | |
17 | 12 | October 4, 2004 | July 4, 2005 | |
18 | 13 | October 17, 2005 | May 22, 2006 | |
19 | 18 | October 2, 2006 | May 14, 2007 | |
20 | 18 | January 14, 2008 | May 6, 2008 | |
21 | 10 | January 26, 2009 | May 18, 2009 | |
22 | 8 | November 2, 2009 | May 10, 2010 | |
23 | 12 | October 11, 2010 | May 16, 2011 | |
24 | 7 | January 10, 2012 | May 1, 2012 | |
25 | 6 | September 18, 2012 | February 5, 2013 | |
26 | 9 | October 29, 2013 | June 24, 2014 | |
27 | 8 | November 18, 2014 | July 14, 2015 | |
28 | 10 | September 14, 2015 | August 2, 2016 | |
29 | 10 | October 18, 2016 | April 12, 2017 | |
30 | 6 | January 9, 2018 | October 16, 2018 | |
31 | 9 | January 15, 2019 | September 10, 2019 | |
32 | 9 | January 6, 2020 | July 7, 2020 | |
33 | 5 | January 11, 2021 | September 28, 2021 | |
34 | 7 | February 7, 2022 | November 15, 2022 | |
35 | 8 | January 3, 2023 | October 30, 2023 | |
36 | TBA | January 23, 2024 | TBA |
No. overall |
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 |
2 | 2 | " Radio Bikini" [6] | Robert Stone | Technology, War | October 11, 1988 |
3 | 3 | "Indians, Outlaws, and Angie Debo" [7] | Martha Sandlin | Biographies, Native American History | October 18, 1988 |
4 | 4 | "Eric Sevareid's Not So Wild a Dream" [8] [a] | Frank J. DeMeo & Anthony Potter | Biographies | October 25, 1988 |
5 | 5 | " The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter" [9] | Connie Field | Popular Culture, War | November 1, 1988 |
6 | 6 | "Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?" [10] | Jon Blair | Popular Culture, The American West | November 8, 1988 |
7 | 7 | "Kennedy vs. Wallace: A Crisis Up Close" [11] | Robert Drew | Civil Rights, Politics | November 15, 1988 |
8 | 8 | "Geronimo and the Apache Resistance" [12] | Neil Goodwin | Native American History | November 22, 1988 |
9 | 9 | "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Revisited" [13] | Carol Bell | Popular Culture | November 29, 1988 |
10 | 10 | "That Rhythm, Those Blues" [14] | George T. Nierenberg | Civil Rights, Popular Culture | December 6, 1988 |
11 | 11 | "The Radio Priest" [15] | Irv Drasnin | Popular Culture | December 13, 1988 |
12 | 12 | "Hearts and Hands" [16] | Pat Ferrero | Biographies | December 20, 1988 |
13 | 13 | "Views of a Vanishing Frontier" [17] | Craig B. Fisher | Native American History, The Natural Environment | December 27, 1988 |
14 | 14 | "Eudora Welty: One Writer's Beginnings" [18] | Patchy Wheatley | Biographies | January 3, 1989 |
15 | 15 | "The World That Moses Built" [19] | Edward Gray & Mark Obenhaus | Biographies, Technology | January 10, 1989 |
16 | 16 | "Sins of Our Mothers" [20] | Matthew Collins | Biographies | January 17, 1989 |
No. overall |
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 |
18 | 2 | "Demon Rum" [22] | Thomas Lennon | Popular Culture | October 10, 1989 |
19 | 3 | " A Family Gathering" [23] | Lise Yasui | Biographies, Popular Culture | October 17, 1989 |
20 | 4 | "The Great War: 1918" [24] | Tom Weidlinger | War | October 31, 1989 |
21 | 5 | "Forever Baseball" [25] | Irv Drasnin | Popular Culture | November 7, 1989 |
22 | 6 | "Mr. Sears' Catalogue" [26] | Edward Gray & Mark Obenhaus | Biographies | November 14, 1989 |
23 | 7 | "Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven" [27] | Jon Else | Native American History, The Natural Environment | November 21, 1989 |
24 | 8 | " Adam Clayton Powell" [28] | Richard Kilberg | Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics | November 28, 1989 |
25 | 9 | "Journey to America" [29] | Charles Guggenheim | Popular Culture | December 5, 1989 |
26 | 10 | "Ballad of a Mountain Man" [30] | David Hoffman | Biographies, Popular Culture | December 12, 1989 |
27 | 11 | "Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice" [31] | William Greaves | Biographies, Civil Rights | December 19, 1989 |
28 | 12 | "Orphans of the Storm" [32] | Gill Barnes | War | December 26, 1989 |
29 | 13 | "Forbidden City, USA" [33] | Arthur Dong | Popular Culture | January 2, 1990 |
30 | 14 | "Battle for Wilderness" [34] | Diane Garey & Lawrence Hott | The American West, The Natural Environment | January 9, 1990 |
31 | 15 | " Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad" [35] | Orlando Bagwell | Civil Rights | January 16, 1990 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
32 | 1 | "Lindbergh" [36] | Stephen Ives | Biographies, Popular Culture | October 1, 1990 |
33 | 2* | "Nixon (Parts 1–3)"
[37] | David Espar (Part 1),
Elizabeth Deane (Part 2) & Marilyn H. Mellowes (Part 3) | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | October 15, 1990 |
34 | 3 | "God Bless America and Poland, Too" [38] | Marian Marzynski | Biographies | October 22, 1990 |
35 | 4 | "Insanity on Trial" [39] | Matthew Collins | Biographies, Politics | October 29, 1990 |
36 | 5 | "The Satellite Sky" [40] | Robert Stone | Technology | November 5, 1990 |
37 | 6 | "The Crash of 1929" [41] | Ellen Hovde & Muffie Meyer | Popular Culture | November 19, 1990 |
38 | 7 | "The Iron Road" [42] | Neil Goodwin | Technology, The American West | November 26, 1990 |
39 | 8 | "French Dance Tonight" [43] | Les Blank & Chris Strachwitz | Popular Culture | December 10, 1990 |
40 | 9 | "Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil" [44] | Robert Tranchin | Technology | December 17, 1990 |
41 | 10 | "After the Crash" [45] | Eric Neudel | Politics | January 7, 1991 |
42 | 11 | "Los Mineros" [46] | Hector Galan | Civil Rights | January 28, 1991 |
43 | 12 | " Coney Island" [47] | Ric Burns | Popular Culture, Technology | February 4, 1991 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
44 | 1* | "
LBJ (Parts 1–2)"
[48] | David Grubin | Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War | September 30, 1991 |
45 | 2* | "LBJ (Parts 3–4)" | David Grubin | Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War | October 1, 1991 |
46 | 3 | "The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry" [49] | Jacqueline Shearer | War | October 14, 1991 |
47 | 4 | "Scandalous Mayor" [50] | Ken Eluto | Biographies | October 28, 1991 |
48 | 5 | " The Johnstown Flood" [51] | Charles Guggenheim | The Natural Environment | November 4, 1991 |
49 | 6 | "Pearl Harbor: Surprise and Remembrance" [52] | Lance Bird, John Crowley & Tom Johnson | War | November 11, 1991 |
50 | 7 | "G-Men: The Rise of J. Edgar Hoover" [53] | Irv Drasnin | Popular Culture | November 18, 1991 |
51 | 8 | "Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo" [54] | Robert Levi | Biographies | December 9, 1991 |
52 | 9 | "The Quiz Show Scandal" [55] | Michael R. Lawrence | Popular Culture | January 6, 1992 |
53 | 10 | "Love in the Cold War" [56] | David Dugan & Eric Stange | War | January 13, 1992 |
54 | 11 | " Wild by Law" [57] | Diane Garey & Lawrence Hott | The Natural Environment | January 27, 1992 |
55 | 12 | "Barnum's Big Top" [58] | Matthew Collins | Biographies, Popular Culture | February 10, 1992 |
56 | 13 | "In the White Man's Image" [59] | Christine Lesiak | Native American History | February 17, 1992 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
57 | 1 | "The Kennedys (Part 1)" [60] | James A. Devinney, David Espar, Marilyn H. Mellowes & Phillip Whitehead | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | September 20, 1992 |
58 | 2 | "The Kennedys (Part 2)" | David Espar & James A. Devinney | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | September 21, 1992 |
59 | 3 | " The Donner Party" [61] | Ric Burns | The American West | October 28, 1992 |
— [b] | 4 | " Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II" | William Miles & Nina Rosenblum | — [b] | November 11, 1992 |
60 | 5 | "George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King" [67] | David Sutherland | Biographies, Presidents | November 18, 1992 |
61 | 6 | "Last Stand at Little Big Horn" [68] | Paul Stekler | Native American History | November 25, 1992 |
62 | 7 | "If You Knew Sousa" [69] | Tom Spain | Popular Culture | December 9, 1992 |
63 | 8 | "Simple Justice" [70] | Helaine Head | Civil Rights | January 18, 1993 |
64 | 9 | "Knute Rockne and His Fighting Irish" [71] | Diane Garey & Lawrence Hott | Biographies | January 25, 1993 |
65 | 10 | "Sit Down and Fight" [72] | Charlotte Mitchell Zwerin | Biographies | February 1, 1993 |
66 | 11 | "Rachel Carson's Silent Spring" [73] | Neil Goodwin | The Natural Environment | February 8, 1993 |
67 | 12 | "Goin' Back to T–Town" [74] | Samuel D. Pollard & Joyce Vaughn | Biographies, Civil Rights | March 1, 1993 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
68 | 1 | "Amelia Earhart: The Price of Courage" [75] | Nancy Porter | Biographies, Popular Culture | October 27, 1993 |
69 | 2 | "The Hunt for Pancho Villa" [76] | Hector Galan | Politics, War | November 3, 1993 |
70 | 3* | "Eisenhower (Parts 1–2)"
[77] | Adriana Bosch (Part 1) & Austin Hoyt (Part 2) | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | November 10, 1993 |
71 | 4 | "The Hurricane of '38" [78] | Michael Epstein & Thomas Lennon | The Natural Environment | November 17, 1993 |
72 | 5 | "Ishi: The Last Yahi Indian" [79] | Jed Riffe & Pamela Roberts | Biographies, Native American History | January 19, 1994 |
73 | 6 | " Malcolm X: Make It Plain" [80] | Orlando Bagwell | Biographies, Civil Rights | January 26, 1994 |
74 | 7 | "America and the Holocaust" [81] | Martin Ostrow | Politics, War | April 6, 1994 |
75 | 8 | " D-Day" [82] | Charles Guggenheim | War | May 25, 1994 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
76 | 1* | "FDR (Parts 1–2)"
[83] | David Grubin | Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War | October 11, 1994 |
77 | 2* | "FDR (Parts 3–4)" | David Grubin | Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War | October 12, 1994 |
78 | 3 | "Telegrams from the Dead" [84] | Matthew Collins | Popular Culture | October 19, 1994 |
79 | 4 | " Midnight Ramble" [85] | Pearl Bowser & Bestor Cram | Civil Rights, Popular Culture | October 26, 1994 |
80 | 5 | "Battle of the Bulge" [86] | Thomas Lennon | War | November 9, 1994 |
81 | 6 | "One Woman, One Vote" [87] | Ruth Pollak | Biographies, Civil Rights | February 15, 1995 |
82 | 7* | "The Way West (Parts 1–2)"
[88] | Ric Burns | The American West | May 8, 1995 |
83 | 8* | "The Way West (Parts 3–4)" | Ric Burns | The American West | May 9, 1995 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
84 | 1 | "Murder of the Century" [89] | Carl Charlson | Popular Culture | October 16, 1995 |
85 | 2 | "Edison's Miracle of Light" [90] | John Walter | Biographies, Technology | October 23, 1995 |
86 | 3 | "Chicago 1968" [91] | Chana Gazit | Politics, Popular Culture | November 13, 1995 |
87 | 4 | "The Orphan Trains" [92] | Janet Graham & Edward Gray | Popular Culture | November 27, 1995 |
88 | 5 | " Freedom on My Mind" [93] | Connie Field & Marilyn Mulford | Civil Rights | January 15, 1996 |
89 | 6 | "Daley: The Last Boss" [94] | Barak Goodman | Biographies, Politics | January 22, 1996 |
90 | 7 | " The Battle Over Citizen Kane" [95] | Michael Epstein & Thomas Lennon | Popular Culture | January 29, 1996 |
91 | 8 | " The Wright Stuff" [96] | Nancy Porter | Biographies, Technology | February 12, 1996 |
92 | 9 | "Spy in the Sky" [97] | Linda Garmon | Technology, War | February 26, 1996 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
93 | 1 | "TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part 1)" [98] | David Grubin | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | October 6, 1996 |
94 | 2 | "TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part 2)" | David Grubin | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | October 7, 1996 |
95 | 3 | "The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie" [99] | Austin Hoyt | Biographies | January 20, 1997 |
96 | 4 | "Hawaii's Last Queen" [100] | Vivian Ducat | Biographies | January 27, 1997 |
97 | 5 | "The Telephone" [101] | Karen Goodman & Kirk Simon | Technology | February 3, 1997 |
98 | 6 | "Big Dream, Small Screen" [102] | David Dugan | Technology | February 10, 1997 |
99 | 7 | "New York Underground" [103] | Elena Mannes | Technology | February 17, 1997 |
100 | 8 | " Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern" [104] | Steven Ascher & Jeanne Jordan | Biographies, Technology, The Natural Environment | April 14, 1997 |
101 | 9 | "Around the World in 72 Days" [105] | Christine Lesiak | Biographies, Popular Culture | April 28, 1997 |
102 | 10 | "Gold Fever" [106] | Susan Steinberg | The American West | May 12, 1997 |
103 | 11* | "
Vietnam: A Television History (Parts 1–2)"
[107] | Judith Vecchione (Part 1) Elizabeth Deane (Part 2) | Politics, War | May 26, 1997 |
104 | 12 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 3)" | Austin Hoyt | Politics, War | June 2, 1997 |
105 | 13 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 4)" | Andrew Pearson | Politics, War | June 9, 1997 |
106 | 14 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 5)" | Martin Smith | Politics, War | June 16, 1997 |
107 | 15 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 6)" | Austin Hoyt | Politics, War | June 23, 1997 |
108 | 16 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 7)" | Martin Smith | Politics, War | June 30, 1997 |
109 | 17 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 8)" | Bruce Palling | Politics, War | July 7, 1997 |
110 | 18 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 9)" | Martin Smith | Politics, War | July 14, 1997 |
111 | 19 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 10)" | Elizabeth Deane | Politics, War | July 21, 1997 |
112 | 20 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 11)" | Elizabeth Deane | Politics, War | July 28, 1997 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
113 | 1 | " Truman (Part 1)" [108] | David Grubin | Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War | October 5, 1997 |
114 | 2 | "Truman (Part 2)" | David Grubin | Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War | October 6, 1997 |
115 | 3 | "A Midwife's Tale" [109] | Richard P. Rogers | Biographies | January 19, 1998 |
116 | 4 | "Mr. Miami Beach" [110] | Mark Davis | Biographies | February 2, 1998 |
117 | 5 | "Influenza 1918" [111] | Robert Kenner | Technology | February 9, 1998 |
118 | 6 | "Reagan (Part 1)" [112] | Adriana Bosch | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | February 23, 1998 |
119 | 7 | "Reagan (Part 2)" | Austin Hoyt | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | February 24, 1998 |
120 | 8 | "Surviving the Dust Bowl" [113] | Chana Gazit | The Natural Environment | March 2, 1998 |
121 | 9 | "Riding the Rails" [114] | Lexy Lovell & Michael Uys | Popular Culture | April 13, 1998 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
122 | 1* | "America 1900 (Parts 1–4)"
[115] | David Grubin | Politics, Popular Culture, Technology | November 18, 1998 |
123 | 2 | "Race for the Superbomb" [116] | Thomas Ott | Technology, War | January 11, 1999 |
124 | 3 | "Hoover Dam" [117] | Stephen Stept | Technology, The American West | January 18, 1999 |
125 | 4 | "Alone on the Ice" [118] | Nancy Porter | Biographies, Technology, The Natural Environment | February 8, 1999 |
126 | 5 | "Rescue at Sea" [119] | Ben Loeterman | Technology | February 15, 1999 |
127 | 6 | "Meltdown at Three Mile Island" [120] | Chana Gazit | Technology | February 22, 1999 |
128 | 7 | "Lost in the Grand Canyon" [121] | Mark Davis | Biographies, The American West, The Natural Environment | April 5, 1999 |
129 | 8 | "
MacArthur (Part 1)"
[122] | Sarah Holt & Austin Hoyt | Biographies, War | May 17, 1999 |
130 | 9 | "MacArthur (Part 2)" | Sarah Holt & Austin Hoyt | Biographies, War | May 18, 1999 |
131 | 10 | "Fly Girls" [123] | Laurel Ladevich | Biographies, Technology, War | May 24, 1999 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
132 | 1 | " New York: A Documentary Film (Part 1)" [124] | Ric Burns | Popular Culture | November 14, 1999 |
133 | 2 | "New York: A Documentary Film (Part 2)" | Ric Burns | Popular Culture | November 15, 1999 |
134 | 3 | "New York: A Documentary Film (Part 3)" | Ric Burns | Popular Culture | November 16, 1999 |
135 | 4 | "New York: A Documentary Film (Part 4)" | Ric Burns | Popular Culture | November 17, 1999 |
136 | 5 | "New York: A Documentary Film (Part 5)" | Ric Burns | Popular Culture | November 18, 1999 |
137 | 6 | "Eleanor Roosevelt" [125] | Sue Williams | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | January 10, 2000 |
138 | 7 | "Houdini" [126] | Nancy Porter | Biographies, Popular Culture | January 24, 2000 |
139 | 8 | " Nixon's China Game" [127] | Mark Anderson & Michael Simkin | Biographies, Politics | January 31, 2000 |
140 | 9 | "The Duel" [128] | Carl Byker & Mitch Wilson | Politics | February 14, 2000 |
141 | 10 | "John Brown's Holy War" [129] | Robert Kenner | Biographies, Civil Rights | February 28, 2000 |
142 | 11 | "George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (Part 1)" [130] | Daniel McCabe & Paul Stekler | Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics | April 23, 2000 |
143 | 12 | "George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (Part 2)" | Daniel McCabe & Paul Stekler | Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics | April 24, 2000 |
144 | 13 | "Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory" [131] | Llewellyn M. Smith | Civil Rights, Popular Culture | May 1, 2000 |
145 | 14 | "Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life" [132] | Mark Zwonitzer | Biographies, Popular Culture | May 8, 2000 |
146 | 15 | "The Wizard of Photography" [133] | James A. DeVinney | Biographies, Technology | May 22, 2000 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
147 | 1 | "The Rockefellers (Part 1)" [134] | Elizabeth Deane | Biographies, Popular Culture | October 16, 2000 |
148 | 2 | "The Rockefellers (Part 2)" | Adriana Bosch | Biographies, Popular Culture | October 23, 2000 |
149 | 3 | "Secrets of a Master Builder" [135] | Carl Charlson | Biographies, Technology | October 30, 2000 |
150 | 4 | " Return with Honor" [136] | Freida Lee Mock & Terry Sanders | Politics, War | November 13, 2000 |
151 | 5 | "Streamliners: America's Lost Trains" [137] | Thomas Ott | Technology | February 5, 2001 |
152 | 6 | " Marcus Garvey: Look For Me in the Whirlwind" [138] | Stanley Nelson | Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics | February 12, 2001 |
153 | 7* | "Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (Parts 1–2)"
[139] | David Grubin | Biographies, Presidents | February 19, 2001 |
154 | 8* | "Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (Parts 3–4)" | David Grubin | Biographies, Presidents | February 20, 2001 |
155 | 9* | "Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (Parts 5–6)" | David Grubin | Biographies, Presidents | February 21, 2001 |
156 | 10 | " Scottsboro: An American Tragedy" [140] | Barak Goodman | Civil Rights | April 2, 2001 |
157 | 11 | "Fatal Flood" [141] | Chana Gazit | The Natural Environment | April 16, 2001 |
158 | 12 | "Stephen Foster" [142] | Randall MacLowry | Biographies, Popular Culture | April 23, 2001 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
159 | 1 | " New York: A Documentary Film (Part 6)" [124] | Ric Burns | Popular Culture | September 30, 2001 |
160 | 2 | "New York: A Documentary Film (Part 7)" | Ric Burns | Popular Culture | October 1, 2001 |
161 | 3 | "War Letters" [143] | Robert Kenner | War | November 11, 2001 |
162 | 4 | " Woodrow Wilson (Part 1)" [144] | Carl Byker & Mitch Wilson | Biographies, Presidents, War | January 6, 2002 |
163 | 5 | "Woodrow Wilson (Part 2)" | Carl Byker & Mitch Wilson | Biographies, Presidents, War | January 13, 2002 |
164 | 6 | "Mount Rushmore" [145] | Mark Zwonitzer | The Natural Environment | January 20, 2002 |
165 | 7 | " Miss America" [146] | Lisa Ades | Popular Culture | January 27, 2002 |
166 | 8 | "Zoot Suit Riots" [147] | Joseph Tovares | Civil Rights, Politics | February 10, 2002 |
167 | 9 | "Monkey Trial" [148] | Christine Lesiak | Politics, Popular Culture | February 17, 2002 |
168 | 10 | "Public Enemy #1" [149] | Ben Loeterman | Biographies, Politics, Popular Culture | February 24, 2002 |
169 | 11 | " Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film" [150] | Ric Burns | Biographies, Popular Culture, The Natural Environment | April 21, 2002 |
170 | 12 | " A Brilliant Madness" [151] | Mark Samels | Biographies | April 28, 2002 |
171 | 13 | " Ulysses S. Grant (Part 1)" [152] | Adriana Bosch | Biographies, Politics, Popular Culture, Presidents, War | May 5, 2002 |
172 | 14 | "Ulysses S. Grant (Part 2)" | Elizabeth Deane | Biographies, Politics, Popular Culture, Presidents, War | May 12, 2002 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
173 | 1 | " Jimmy Carter (Part 1)" [153] | Adriana Bosch | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | November 11, 2002 |
174 | 2 | "Jimmy Carter (Part 2)" | Adriana Bosch | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | November 12, 2002 |
175 | 3 | "Chicago: City of the Century (Part 1)" [154] | Austin Hoyt | Popular Culture | January 13, 2003 |
176 | 4 | "Chicago: City of the Century (Part 2)" | Austin Hoyt | Popular Culture | January 14, 2003 |
177 | 5 | "Chicago: City of the Century (Part 3)" | Austin Hoyt | Popular Culture | January 15, 2003 |
178 | 6 | " The Murder of Emmett Till" [155] | Stanley Nelson | Civil Rights, Politics | January 20, 2003 |
179 | 7 | "The Transcontinental Railroad" [156] | Michael Chin & Mark Zwonitzer | Technology, The American West | January 27, 2003 |
180 | 8 | "Partners of the Heart" [157] | Andrea Kalin | Biographies, Civil Rights, Technology | February 10, 2003 |
181 | 9 | "The Pill" [158] | Chana Gazit | Popular Culture, Technology | February 24, 2003 |
182 | 10 | " Daughter from Danang" [159] | Gail Dolgin & Vicente Franco | Biographies, War | April 7, 2003 |
183 | 11 | "Seabiscuit" [160] | Stephen Ives | Biographies, Popular Culture | April 21, 2003 |
184 | 12 | " Bataan Rescue" [161] | Peter Jones | War | July 7, 2003 |
185 | 13 | "Murder at Harvard" [162] | Eric Stange | Popular Culture | July 14, 2003 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
186 | 1 | " New York: A Documentary Film (Part 8)" [163] | Ric Burns | Popular Culture, Technology | September 8, 2003 |
187 | 2 | "Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (Part 1)" [164] | Llewellyn M. Smith | Civil Rights, War | January 12, 2004 |
188 | 3 | "Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (Part 2)" | Elizabeth Deane | Civil Rights, War | January 13, 2004 |
189 | 4 | "Citizen King" [165] | Orlando Bagwell & W. Noland Walker | Biographies, Civil Rights | January 19, 2004 |
190 | 5 | "Remember the Alamo" [166] | Joseph Tovares | The American West, War | February 2, 2004 |
191 | 6 | "Tupperware!" [167] | Laurie Kahn-Leavitt | Popular Culture | February 9, 2004 |
192 | 7 | " Emma Goldman" [168] | Mel Bucklin | Biographies, Politics | April 12, 2004 |
193 | 8 | "Patriots Day" [169] | Marian Marzynski | Popular Culture | April 19, 2004 |
194 | 9 | "Golden Gate Bridge" [170] | Ben Loeterman | Technology | May 3, 2004 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
195 | 1 | "RFK" [171] | David Grubin | Biographies, Politics | October 4, 2004 |
196 | 2 | "The Fight" [172] | Barak Goodman | Biographies, Civil Rights, Popular Culture | October 18, 2004 |
197 | 3 | "Fidel Castro" [173] | Adriana Bosch | Biographies | January 31, 2005 |
198 | 4 | "Building the Alaska Highway" [174] | Tracy Heather Strain | Technology, War | February 7, 2005 |
199 | 5 | "Kinsey" [175] | Barak Goodman & John Maggio | Biographies, Popular Culture | February 14, 2005 |
200 | 6 | "Mary Pickford" [176] | Sue Williams | Biographies, Popular Culture | April 4, 2005 |
201 | 7 | "The Great Transatlantic Cable" [177] | Peter Jones | Technology | April 11, 2005 |
202 | 8 | "The Massie Affair" [178] | Mark Zwonitzer | Popular Culture | April 18, 2005 |
203 | 9 | "Victory in the Pacific" [179] | Austin Hoyt | War | May 2, 2005 |
204 | 10 | "The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken" [180] | Kathy Conkwright | Biographies, Popular Culture | May 9, 2005 |
205 | 11 | " Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst" [181] | Robert Stone | Politics, Popular Culture | May 23, 2005 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
206 | 1 | " Two Days in October" [182] | Robert Kenner | Politics, War | October 17, 2005 |
207 | 2 | "Race to the Moon" [183] | Kevin Michael Kertscher | Technology | October 31, 2005 |
208 | 3 | "Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (Part 1)" [184] | Stephen Ives | Popular Culture, The American West | November 14, 2005 |
209 | 4 | "Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (Part 2)" | Stephen Ives | Popular Culture, The American West | November 15, 2005 |
210 | 5 | "John & Abigail Adams" [185] | Peter Jones | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | January 23, 2006 |
211 | 6 | "The Nuremberg Trials" [186] | Michael Kloft | Politics, War | January 30, 2006 |
212 | 7 | "Jesse James" [187] | Mark Zwonitzer | Biographies, Popular Culture | February 6, 2006 |
213 | 8 | "Hijacked" [188] | Ilan Ziv | Politics | February 27, 2006 |
214 | 9 | "Eugene O'Neill" [189] | Ric Burns | Biographies, Popular Culture | March 27, 2006 |
215 | 10 | "The Boy in the Bubble" [190] | Barak Goodman & John Maggio | Biographies, Technology | April 10, 2006 |
216 | 11 | "The Alaska Pipeline" [191] | Mark Davis | Technology, The Natural Environment | April 24, 2006 |
217 | 12 | "Annie Oakley" [192] | Riva Freifeld | Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West | May 8, 2006 |
218 | 13 | "The Man Behind Hitler" [193] | Lutz Hachmeister | Biographies, War | May 22, 2006 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
219 | 1* | "
Eyes on the Prize (Parts 1–2)"
[194] | Judith Vecchione (Parts 1–2) | Civil Rights | October 2, 2006 |
220 | 2* | "Eyes on the Prize (Parts 3–4)" | Orlando Bagwell (Part 3) Callie Crossley & James A. DeVinney (Part 4) | Civil Rights | October 9, 2006 |
221 | 3* | "Eyes on the Prize (Parts 5–6)" | Orlando Bagwell (Part 5) Callie Crossley & James A. DeVinney (Part 6) | Civil Rights | October 16, 2006 |
222 | 4 | "Test Tube Babies" [195] | Chana Gazit & Hilary Klotz Steinman | Technology | October 23, 2006 |
223 | 5 | "The Great Fever" [196] | Adriana Bosch & Michael Chin | Technology | October 30, 2006 |
224 | 6 | "The Gold Rush" [197] | Randall MacLowry | The American West | November 6, 2006 |
225 | 7 | "The Berlin Airlift" [198] | Peter Adler, Alexander Berkel & Stefan Mausbach | War | January 29, 2007 |
226 | 8 | "The Living Weapon" [199] | John Rubin | Technology, War | February 5, 2007 |
227 | 9 | "New Orleans" [200] | Stephen Ives | Popular Culture | February 12, 2007 |
228 | 10 | "Sister Aimee" [201] | Linda Garmon | Biographies, Popular Culture | April 2, 2007 |
229 | 11 | " Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple" [202] | Stanley Nelson | Popular Culture | April 9, 2007 |
230 | 12 | "Summer of Love" [203] | Gail Dolgin & Vicente Franco | Popular Culture | April 23, 2007 |
231 | 13 | " The Mormons (Part 1)" [204] | Helen Whitney | Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West | April 30, 2007 |
232 | 14 | "The Mormons (Part 2)" | Helen Whitney | Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West | May 1, 2007 |
233 | 15 | "Alexander Hamilton" [205] | Muffie Meyer | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | May 14, 2007 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
234 | 1 | "Oswald's Ghost" [206] | Robert Stone | Biographies | January 14, 2008 |
235 | 2 | "The Lobotomist" [207] | Barak Goodman & John Maggio | Technology | January 21, 2008 |
236 | 3* | "
Eyes on the Prize (Parts 7–8)"
[208] | James A. DeVinney & Madison D. Lacy Jr. (Part 7) Sheila C. Bernard & Samuel D. Pollard (Part 8) | Civil Rights | February 3, 2008 |
237 | 4 | "Grand Central" [209] | Michael Epstein | Popular Culture, Technology | February 4, 2008 |
238 | 5* | "Eyes on the Prize (Parts 9–10)" |
Louis Massiah & Terry Kay Rockefeller (Part 9) Jacqueline Shearer & Paul Stekler (Part 10) | Civil Rights | February 10, 2008 |
239 | 6* | "Eyes on the Prize (Parts 11–12)" | Sheila C. Bernard & Samuel D. Pollard (Part 11) Louis Massiah, Thomas Ott & Terry Kay Rockefeller (Part 12) | Civil Rights | February 17, 2008 |
240 | 7 | "Kit Carson" [210] | Stephen Ives | Biographies, Native American History, The American West | February 18, 2008 |
241 | 8* | "Eyes on the Prize (Parts 13–14)" | Jacqueline Shearer & Paul Stekler (Part 13) James A. DeVinney & Madison D. Lacy (Part 14) | Civil Rights | February 24, 2008 |
242 | 9 | "Buffalo Bill" [211] | Rob Rapley | Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West | February 25, 2008 |
243 | 10 | "Minik"
[212] "Minik, the Lost Eskimo" | Axel Engstfeld | Biographies | March 31, 2008 |
244 | 11 | "Walt Whitman" [213] | Mark Zwonitzer | Biographies, The Natural Environment | April 14, 2008 |
245 | 12 | "Roberto Clemente" [214] | Bernardo Ruiz | Biographies, Civil Rights, Popular Culture | April 21, 2008 |
246 | 13 | " George H.W. Bush (Part 1)" [215] | Austin Hoyt | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | May 5, 2008 |
247 | 14 | "George H.W. Bush (Part 2)" | Austin Hoyt | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | May 6, 2008 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
248 | 1 | "The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer" [216] | David Grubin | Biographies, Technology, War | January 26, 2009 |
249 | 2 | "The Polio Crusade" [217] | Sarah Colt | Popular Culture, Technology | February 2, 2009 |
250 | 3 | "The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln" [218] | Barak Goodman | Presidents | February 9, 2009 |
251 | 4 | "A Class Apart" [219] | Peter Miller & Carlos Sandoval | Civil Rights, Popular Culture | February 23, 2009 |
252 | 5 | " We Shall Remain (Part 1)" [220] | Chris Eyre | Civil Rights, Native American History, Politics, The American West | April 13, 2009 |
253 | 6 | "We Shall Remain (Part 2)" [221] | Ric Burns & Chris Eyre | Civil Rights, Native American History, Politics, The American West | April 20, 2009 |
254 | 7 | "We Shall Remain (Part 3)" [222] | Chris Eyre | Civil Rights, Native American History, Politics, The American West | April 27, 2009 |
255 | 8 | "We Shall Remain (Part 4)" [223] | Sarah Colt & Dustinn Craig | Civil Rights, Native American History, Politics, The American West | May 4, 2009 |
256 | 9 | "We Shall Remain (Part 5)" [224] | Stanley Nelson | Civil Rights, Native American History, Politics, The American West | May 11, 2009 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
257 | 1 | "The Civilian Conservation Corps" [225] | Robert Stone | The American West, The Natural Environment | November 2, 2009 |
258 | 2 | "Wyatt Earp" [226] | Rob Rapley | Biographies, The American West | January 25, 2010 |
259 | 3 | "The Bombing of Germany" [227] | Zvi Dor-Ner | Politics, War | February 8, 2010 |
260 | 4 | "Dolley Madison" [228] | Muffie Meyer | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | March 1, 2010 |
261 | 5 | " Earth Days" [229] | Robert Stone | Popular Culture, The Natural Environment | April 19, 2010 |
262 | 6 | " My Lai" [230] | Barak Goodman | War | April 26, 2010 |
263 | 7 | "Roads to Memphis" [231] | Stephen Ives | Civil Rights | May 3, 2010 |
264 | 8 | " Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World" [232] | Ric Burns | The Natural Environment | May 10, 2010 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
265 | 1* | "God in America (Parts 1–2)"
[233] | David Belton | Popular Culture | October 11, 2010 |
266 | 2* | "God in America (Parts 3–4)" | Sarah Colt | Popular Culture | October 12, 2010 |
267 | 3* | "God in America (Parts 5–6)" | Greg Barker | Popular Culture | October 13, 2010 |
268 | 4 | "Robert E. Lee" [234] | Mark Zwonitzer | Biographies, War | January 3, 2011 |
269 | 5 | " Dinosaur Wars" [235] | Mark Davis | The American West, The Natural Environment | January 17, 2011 |
270 | 6 | "Panama Canal" [236] | Stephen Ives | Popular Culture, Technology, The Natural Environment | January 24, 2011 |
271 | 7 | "The Greely Expedition" [237] | Rob Rapley | Popular Culture, The Natural Environment | January 31, 2011 |
272 | 8 | "Triangle Fire" [238] | Jamila Wignot | Popular Culture, Technology | February 28, 2011 |
273 | 9 | "The Great Famine" [239] | Austin Hoyt & Aisiyuak Yumagulov | Popular Culture, The Natural Environment | April 11, 2011 |
274 | 10 | " Stonewall Uprising" [240] | Kate Davis & David Heilbroner | Civil Rights, Popular Culture | April 25, 2011 |
275 | 11 | " Soundtrack for a Revolution" [241] | Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman | Civil Rights, Popular Culture | May 9, 2011 |
276 | 12 | " Freedom Riders" [242] | Stanley Nelson | Civil Rights, Popular Culture | May 16, 2011 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
277 | 1 | "Billy the Kid" [243] | John Maggio | Biographies, The American West | January 10, 2012 |
278 | 2 | "Custer's Last Stand" [244] | Stephen Ives | Biographies, Native American History, The American West | January 17, 2012 |
279 | 3 | " Clinton (Part 1)" [245] | Barak Goodman | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | February 20, 2012 |
280 | 4 | "Clinton (Part 2)" | Barak Goodman | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | February 21, 2012 |
281 | 5 | " The Amish" [246] | David Belton | Biographies, Popular Culture | February 28, 2012 |
282 | 6 | "Grand Coulee Dam" [247] | Stephen Ives | Native American History, Technology, The American West, The Natural Environment | April 3, 2012 |
283 | 7 | " Jesse Owens" [248] | Laruens Grant | Biographies, Civil Rights, Popular Culture, War | May 1, 2012 |
284 | 8 | " Death and the Civil War" [249] | Ric Burns | Popular Culture, War | September 18, 2012 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
285 | 1 | "The Abolitionists (Part 1)" [250] | Rob Rapley | Biographies, Civil Rights | January 8, 2013 |
286 | 2 | "The Abolitionists (Part 2)" | Rob Rapley | Biographies, Civil Rights | January 15, 2013 |
287 | 3 | "The Abolitionists (Part 3)" | Rob Rapley | Biographies, Civil Rights | January 22, 2013 |
288 | 4 | "Henry Ford" [251] | Sarah Colt | Biographies, Popular Culture | January 29, 2013 |
289 | 5 | "Silicon Valley" [252] | Randall MacLowry | Biographies, Popular Culture, Technology | February 5, 2013 |
290 | 6 | "War of the Worlds" [253] | Cathleen O'Connell | Popular Culture | October 29, 2013 |
291 | 7 | "JFK (Part 1)" [254] | Susan Bellows | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | November 11, 2013 |
292 | 8 | "JFK (Part 2)" | Susan Bellows | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | November 12, 2013 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
293 | 1 | "The Poisoner's Handbook" [255] | Rob Rapley | Teleplay by : Rob Rapley Story by : Michelle Ferrari | January 7, 2014 |
294 | 2 | " 1964" [256] | Stephen Ives | Stephen Ives | January 14, 2014 |
295 | 3 | "The Amish: Shunned" [257] | Callie T. Wiser | Callie T. Wiser | February 4, 2014 |
296 | 4 | "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" [258] | John Maggio | John Maggio | February 11, 2014 |
297 | 5 | "The Rise and Fall of Penn Station" [259] | Randall MacLowry | Randall MacLowry | February 18, 2014 |
298 | 6 | " Freedom Summer" [260] | Stanley Nelson | Stanley Nelson | June 24, 2014 |
299 | 7 | "Cold War Roadshow" [261] | Robert Stone & Tim B. Toidze | Unknown | November 18, 2014 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
300 | 1 | "Ripley: Believe It or Not" [262] | Cathleen O'Connell | Cathleen O'Connell | January 6, 2015 |
301 | 2 | "Klansville U.S.A." [263] | Callie T. Wiser | Teleplay by : David Espar & Callie T. Wiser Story by : Callie T. Wiser | January 13, 2015 |
302 | 3 | "Edison" [264] | Michelle Ferrari | Michelle Ferrari | January 27, 2015 |
303 | 4 | "The Big Burn" [265] | Stephen Ives | Stephen Ives | February 3, 2015 |
304 | 5 | "The Forgotten Plague" [266] | Chana Gazit | Chana Gazit | February 10, 2015 |
305 | 6 | " Last Days in Vietnam" [267] | Rory Kennedy | Mark Bailey & Keven McAlester | April 28, 2015 |
306 | 7 | "Blackout" [268] | Callie T. Wiser | Teleplay by : Sharon Grimberg Story by : David Murdock | July 14, 2015 |
307 | 8 | " Walt Disney (Part 1)" [269] | Sarah Colt | Teleplay by :
Mark Zwonitzer Story by : Sarah Colt & Tom Jennings | September 14, 2015 |
308 | 9 | "Walt Disney (Part 2)" | Sarah Colt | Teleplay by : Mark Zwonitzer Story by : Sarah Colt & Tom Jennings | September 15, 2015 |
309 | 10 | "American Comandante" [270] | Adriana Bosch | Adriana Bosch | November 17, 2015 |
310 | 11 | "The Pilgrims" [271] | Ric Burns | Ric Burns | November 24, 2015 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
311 | 1 | "Bonnie & Clyde" [272] | John Maggio | John Maggio | January 19, 2016 |
312 | 2 | "The Mine Wars" [273] | Randall MacLowry | Teleplay by :
Mark Zwonitzer Story by : Paul Taylor | January 26, 2016 |
313 | 3 | "Murder of a President" [274] | Rob Rapley | Teleplay by : Rob Rapley Story by : Paul Taylor | February 2, 2016 |
314 | 4 | "The Perfect Crime" [275] | Cathleen O'Connell | Michelle Ferrari | February 9, 2016 |
315 | 5 | "Space Men" [276] | Amanda Pollak | Amanda Pollak | March 1, 2016 |
316 | 6 | "The Boys of ’36" [277] | Margaret Grossi | Aaron R. Cohen | August 2, 2016 |
317 | 7 | "Tesla" [278] | David Grubin | David Grubin | October 18, 2016 |
318 | 8 | "The Battle of Chosin" [279] | Randall MacLowry | Mark Zwonitzer | November 1, 2016 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
319 | 1 | " Command and Control" [280] | Robert Kenner | Teleplay by : Robert Kenner & Eric Schlosser Story by : Brian Pearle & Kim Roberts | January 10, 2017 |
320 | 2 | "Rachel Carson" [281] | Michelle Ferrari | Michelle Ferrari | January 24, 2017 |
321 | 3 | "The Race Underground" [282] | Michael Rossi | Michael Rossi | January 31, 2017 |
322 | 4 | "Oklahoma City" [283] | Barak Goodman | Barak Goodman | February 7, 2017 |
323 | 5 | "Ruby Ridge" [284] | Barak Goodman | Barak Goodman & Don Kleszy | February 14, 2017 |
324 | 6 | " The Great War (Part 1)" [285] | Stephen Ives | Stephen Ives | April 10, 2017 |
325 | 7 | "The Great War (Part 2)" | Amanda Pollak | Stephen Ives | April 11, 2017 |
326 | 8 | "The Great War (Part 3)" | Rob Rapley | Rob Rapley | April 12, 2017 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
327 | 1 | "Into the Amazon" [286] | John Maggio | John Maggio | January 9, 2018 |
328 | 2 | "The Secret of Tuxedo Park" [287] | Rob Rapley | Rob Rapley | January 16, 2018 |
329 | 3 | "The Gilded Age" [288] | Sarah Colt | Mark Zwonitzer | February 6, 2018 |
330 | 4 | "The Bombing of Wall Street" [289] | Susan Bellows | Susan Bellows | February 13, 2018 |
331 | 5 | "The Island Murder" [290] | Mark Zwonitzer | Mark Zwonitzer | April 17, 2018 |
332 | 6 | " The Chinese Exclusion Act" [291] | Ric Burns & Li-Shin Yu | Teleplay by : Ric Burns Story by : Ric Burns, Robin Espinola & Li-Shin Yu | May 29, 2018 |
333 | 7 | "The Circus (Part 1)" [292] | Sharon Grimberg | Sharon Grimberg | October 8, 2018 |
334 | 8 | "The Circus (Part 2)" | Sharon Grimberg | Sharon Grimberg | October 9, 2018 |
335 | 9 | "The Eugenics Crusade" [293] | Michelle Ferrari | Michelle Ferrari | October 16, 2018 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
336 | 1 | "The Swamp" [294] | Randall MacLowery | Teleplay by : Michelle Ferrari & Randall MacLowry Story by : Randall MacLowry | January 15, 2019 |
337 | 2 | "Sealab" [295] | Stephen Ives | Stephen Ives | February 12, 2019 |
338 | 3 | "Chasing the Moon (Part 1)" [296] | Robert Stone | Robert Stone | July 8, 2019 |
339 | 4 | "Chasing the Moon (Part 2)" | Robert Stone | Robert Stone | July 9, 2019 |
340 | 5 | "Chasing the Moon (Part 3)" | Robert Stone | Robert Stone | July 10, 2019 |
341 | 6 | "Woodstock" [297] | Barak Goodman | Barak Goodman & Don Kleszy | August 6, 2019 |
342 | 7 | "The Feud" [298] | Randall MacLowry | Randall MacLowry | September 10, 2019 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
343 | 1 | "McCarthy" [299] | Sharon Grimberg | Sharon Grimberg | January 6, 2020 |
344 | 2 | "The Poison Squad" [300] | John Maggio | John Maggio | January 28, 2020 |
345 | 3 | "The Man Who Tried to Feed the World" [301] | Rob Rapley | Rob Rapley | April 21, 2020 |
346 | 4 | " George W. Bush (Part 1)" [302] | Jamila Ephron | Chris Durrance & Barak Goodman | May 4, 2020 |
347 | 5 | "George W. Bush (Part 2)" | Jamila Ephron | Chris Durrance & Barak Goodman | May 5, 2020 |
348 | 6 | "Mr. Tornado" [303] | Michael Rossi | Michael Rossi | May 19, 2020 |
349 | 7 | "The Vote (Part 1)" [304] | Michelle Ferrari | Michelle Ferrari | July 6, 2020 |
350 | 8 | "The Vote (Part 2)" | Michelle Ferrari | Michelle Ferrari | July 7, 2020 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
351 | 1 | "The Codebreaker" [305] | Chana Gazit | Chana Gazit | January 11, 2021 |
352 | 2 | "Voice of Freedom" [306] | Rob Rapley | Rob Rapley | February 15, 2021 |
353 | 3 | "The Blinding of Isaac Woodard" [307] | Jamila Ephron | Jamila Ephron & Mark Zwonitzer | March 30, 2021 |
354 | 4 | "American Oz" [308] | Randall MacLowry & Tracy Heather Strain | Randall MacLowry & Tracy Heather Strain | April 19, 2021 |
355 | 5 | "Billy Graham" [309] | Sarah Colt | Keven McAlester | May 17, 2021 |
356 | 6 | "Sandra Day O'Connor: The First" [310] | Michelle Ferrari | Michelle Ferrari | September 13, 2021 |
357 | 7 | "Citizen Hearst" (Part 1)" [311] | Amanda Pollak | Gene Tempest | September 27, 2021 |
358 | 8 | "Citizen Hearst" (Part 2)" | Stephen Ives | Stephen Ives | September 28, 2021 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
359 | 1 | "Riveted: The History of Jeans" [312] | Michael Bicks & Anna Lee Strachan | Michael Bicks & Anna Lee Strachan | February 7, 2022 |
360 | 2 | "The American Diplomat" [313] | Leola Calzolai-Stewart | Ken Chowder | February 15, 2022 |
361 | 3 | "Flood in the Desert" [314] | Rob Rapley | Rob Rapley | May 3, 2022 |
362 | 4 | "Plague at the Golden Gate" [315] | Li-Shin Yu | Susan Kim | May 24, 2022 |
363 | 5 | "Taken Hostage (Part One)" [316] | Robert Stone | Robert Stone | November 14, 2022 |
364 | 6 | "Taken Hostage (Part Two)" | Robert Stone | Robert Stone | November 15, 2022 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
365 | 1 | "The Lie Detector" [317] | Rob Rapley | Rob Rapley | January 3, 2023 |
366 | 2 | "Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space" [318] | Tracy Heather Strain | Tracy Heather Strain | January 17, 2023 |
367 | 3 | "Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History" [319] | Stephen Ives | Stephen Ives | February 20, 2023 |
368 | 4 | "The Movement and the 'Madman'" [320] | Stephen Talbot | (none credited) [321] | March 28, 2023 |
369 | 5 | "The Sun Queen" [322] | Amanda Pollak | Gene Tempest | April 4, 2023 |
370 | 6 | " Casa Susanna" [323] | Sébastien Lifshitz | Sébastien Lifshitz | June 27, 2023 |
371 | 7 | "The Busing Battleground" [324] | Sharon Grimberg & Cyndee Readdean | Sharon Grimberg | September 11, 2023 |
372 | 8 | "The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools" [325] | Douglas A. Blackmon & Sam Pollard | Douglas A. Blackmon | September 12, 2023 |
373 | 9 | "The War on Disco" [326] | Lisa Quijano Wolfinger | Rushmore Denooyer | October 30, 2023 |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
374 | 1 | "Nazi Town, USA" [327] | Peter Yost | Peter Yost | January 23, 2024 |
375 | 2 | "Fly With Me" [328] | Sarah Colt & Helen Dobrowski | Sarah Colt | February 20, 2024 |
376 | 3 | "The Cancer Detectives" [329] | Amanda Pollak & Gene Tempest | Gene Tempest | March 26, 2024 |
377 | 4 | "Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal" [330] | Jamila Ephron | Jamila Ephron | April 22, 2024 |
378 | 5 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
379 | 6 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
380 | 7 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Title | Directed by | Premiere date |
---|---|---|
"The Riot Report" [331] [332] | Michelle Ferrari | May 21, 2024 |
"A Heartbeat Away: Succession Planning in the WH" [333] | Michelle Ferrari | October 2024 |
"Insurrection 1898" [334] | Brad Lichtenstein & Yoruba Richen | November 2024 |