American Experience

Synopsis

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

Details

Aired

October 4, 1988

Status

Returning Series

Country

United States of America

Network

PBS

Episodes

396

View on IMDb

Where to watch

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Seasons

1. Season 1 · episodes: 16 · 1988
2. Season 2 · episodes: 16 · 1989
3. Season 3 · episodes: 11 · 1990
4. Season 4 · episodes: 13 · 1991
5. Season 5 · episodes: 13 · 1992
6. Season 6 · episodes: 8 · 1993
7. Season 7 · episodes: 12 · 1994
8. Season 8 · episodes: 9 · 1995
9. Season 9 · episodes: 22 · 1996
10. Season 10 · episodes: 9 · 1997
11. Season 11 · episodes: 10 · 1998
12. Season 12 · episodes: 15 · 1999
13. Season 13 · episodes: 12 · 2000
14. Season 14 · episodes: 14 · 2001
15. Season 15 · episodes: 13 · 2002
16. Season 16 · episodes: 9 · 2003
17. Season 17 · episodes: 11 · 2004
18. Season 18 · episodes: 13 · 2005
19. Season 19 · episodes: 15 · 2006
20. Season 20 · episodes: 14 · 2008
21. Season 21 · episodes: 9 · 2009
22. Season 22 · episodes: 8 · 2009
23. Season 23 · episodes: 12 · 2010
24. Season 24 · episodes: 8 · 2012
25. Season 25 · episodes: 8 · 2013
26. Season 26 · episodes: 7 · 2014
27. Season 27 · episodes: 11 · 2015
28. Season 28 · episodes: 8 · 2016
29. Season 29 · episodes: 8 · 2017
30. Season 30 · episodes: 9 · 2018
31. Season 31 · episodes: 7 · 2019
32. Season 32 · episodes: 8 · 2020
33. Season 33 · episodes: 8 · 2021
34. Season 34 · episodes: 6 · 2022
35. Season 35 · episodes: 9 · 2023
36. Season 36 · episodes: 7 · 2024
37. Season 37 · episodes: 8 · 2025

Cast

• 
  David Ogden Stiers

  Narrator (voice)
• 
  David McCullough

  Narrator (voice)
• 
  Michael Murphy

  Narrator (voice)
• 
  Linda Hunt

  Self - Narrator (voice)
• 
  Oliver Platt

  Narrator (voice)
• 
  Liev Schreiber

  Narrator (voice)
• 
  Joe Morton

  Narrator (voice)
• 
  Julian Bond

  Narrator (voice)
• 
  Jason Robards

  Narrator (voice)
• 
  Blair Brown

  Narrator (voice)
• 
  Frances Sternhagen

  (voice)
• 
  Campbell Scott

  Narrator (voice)

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