American Experience
1988 · TV Series · TV-PG · 55 min
★ 6.6(48)unSUB Rating
This long-running history series explores important people, events, and turning points from America's past, showing how they still shape the present. Through in-depth storytelling and firsthand perspectives, it turns familiar and lesser-known chapters of history into engaging, accessible viewing.
Also known as The American Experience
Where to watch
Streaming on PBS Documentaries.
~394 hours to watch · 401 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 1988
- Release date
- 1988-10-04
- Network
- PBS
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Runtime
- 55 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 6.5/10 (48 votes)
About
If you enjoy thoughtful historical documentaries like Frontline or The Men Who Built America, this offers absorbing stories from America's past; Not for you if you want light, fast-paced viewing or modern-day drama.
Pros: in-depth history stories; engaging real-life accounts; consistently strong episodes | Cons: hard to find; limited extras; some title-change complaints
Themes
- biography
- media coverage
- usa history
- current affairs
Cast & crew
F. Murray Abraham
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Liev Schreiber
as Narrator (voice)
Linda Hunt
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Jason Robards
as Narrator (voice)
Mary McDonnell
as Narrator (voice)
Donald Sutherland
as Narrator (voice)
Peter Coyote
as Narrator (voice)
Alfre Woodard
as Narrator (voice)
Dion Graham
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Brian Dennehy
as Aaron Burr (voice)
Directed by Irv Drasnin, Stephen Ives, Mark Zwonitzer +54 more
Episodes38 seasons · 401 episodes
38 seasons · 401 episodes. Full episode list omitted here for length — open the episode tracker above to browse and mark episodes.