American Experience
1988 · TV Series · TV-PG · 55 min · ★ 6.6
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.
~391 hours to watch · 407 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
- 6.6/10 (47 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
- FA
F. Murray Abraham
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Liev Schreiber
as Narrator (voice)
- LH
Linda Hunt
as Self - Narrator (voice)
- JR
Jason Robards
as Narrator (voice)
- MM
Mary McDonnell
as Narrator (voice)
Donald Sutherland
as Narrator (voice)
- PC
Peter Coyote
as Narrator (voice)
- AW
Alfre Woodard
as Narrator (voice)
- DG
Dion Graham
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Brian Dennehy
as Aaron Burr (voice)
Directed by Irv Drasnin, Stephen Ives, Chana Gazit +47 more
Episodes38 seasons · 407 episodes
38 seasons · 407 episodes. Full episode list omitted here for length — open the episode tracker above to browse and mark episodes.