American Experience

Season 20 (14 Episodes)

36 Seasons 2008 TV-PG 3h 43m 8.6

A series showcasing documentaries on American history.

"American Experience" combines dramatic re-enactments with commentary by historians and authors to present an absorbing look at the personalities, events and resources that have had a profound impact on the shaping of America's past and present.

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Season 20 Episodes:

Episode 1 Oswald's Ghost

1. Oswald's Ghost

Aired: Jan 14, 2008

Few Americans then or now accept that a lone, inconsequential gunman could br...

Episode 2 The Lobotomist

2. The Lobotomist

Aired: Jan 21, 2008

This program tells the gripping tale of medical intervention gone awry.

Episode 4 Grand Central

4. Grand Central

Aired: Feb 4, 2008

On January 8, 1902, a commuter train traveling through a tunnel in New York C...

Episode 7 Kit Carson

7. Kit Carson

Aired: Feb 24, 2008

In the 1970s, antidiscrimination legal rights gained in past decades by the c...

Episode 9 Buffalo Bill

9. Buffalo Bill

Aired: Feb 25, 2008

In 1886, Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show played to over one million people in N...

Episode 11 Walt Whitman

11. Walt Whitman

Aired: Apr 14, 2008

Walt Whitman (1819-1892) is today one of the most-recognized figures in Ameri...

Episode 12 Roberto Clemente

12. Roberto Clemente

Aired: Apr 21, 2008

Roberto Clemente is an in-depth look at an exceptional baseball player and co...

Info about American Experience

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres: Documentary, History, Biography