American Experience
1988
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
Storyline
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
Released
1988-10-04
Episode Runtime
55 min
Language
English
Status
Returning Series
Genre
Production
GBH
CASTS
David Ogden Stiers
Narrator (voice)
David McCullough
Narrator (voice)
Michael Murphy
Narrator (voice)
Linda Hunt
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)
Andre Braugher
Narrator
George Plimpton
(voice)
Stacy Keach
Narrator (voice)
Russell Baker
Narrator (voice)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Robert Dallek
Self
Dion Graham
Self - Narrator (voice)
René Auberjonois
Woodrow Wilson (voice)
Susan Sarandon
Narrator (voice)
Richard Ben Cramer
Narrator (voice)
David Margulies
(voice)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Benjamin Bratt
Narrator (voice)
Corey Stoll
Narrator (voice)
Holly Hunter
Mary Lincoln (voice)
David Morse
Abraham Lincoln
Peter Coyote
Narrator (voice)
Alfre Woodard
Narrator (voice)
Randy Quaid
Narrator (voice)
Héctor Elizondo
Narrator (voice)
Morgan Freeman
Narrator (voice)
Scott Glenn
Narrator (voice)
Laura Linney
Narrator (voice)
Robert Redford
Self - Narrator (voice)
James Avery
Narrator (voice)
Eric Sevareid
Self - Narrator (voice)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Himself (archive footage)
Kate Burton
Narrator
Peter Krause
Narrator
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Donald Regan
Self
Dina Titus
Self
Lois Smith
(voice)
Morley Safer
Narrator (voice)
Kathy Bates
Narrator
Walter Cronkite
Self
J. Edgar Hoover
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Amelia Earhart
Self (archive footage)
Wes Studi
Major Ridge
Ronnie Dugger
Self
Lady Bird Johnson
Self
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage)
Eleanor Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
Tim Naftali
Self
Robert A. Caro
Self
Ruthie Tompson
Self
Tom Sito
Self
Neal Gabler
Self
Steven Watts
Self
Eric Smoodin
Self
Ron Suskind
Self
F. Murray Abraham
Self - Narrator (voice)
Mary McDonnell
Narrator (voice)
Donald Sutherland
Narrator (voice)
Brian Dennehy
Aaron Burr (voice)
Mandy Patinkin
Narrator (voice)
Judith Light
Narrator (voice)
Tom Hanks
Narrator (voice)
Carl Lumbly
Narrator (voice)
Marion Ross
Edith Bolling-Galt (voice)
Cherry Jones
Narrator (voice)
Keith Carradine
Narrator (voice)
Courtney B. Vance
Narrator (voice)
Robert Duvall
Narrator (voice)
Glenn Close
Self - Narrator (voice)
Charles Kuralt
Self - Narrator (voice)
Hume Cronyn
Narrator (voice)
Ruby Dee
Narrator (voice)
Philip Bosco
Narrator (voice)
Joe Mantegna
Narrator (voice)
Hal Linden
Narrator (voice)
Ellen Burstyn
Narrator (voice)
William Stanley Merwin
Narrator (voice)
Hal Holbrook
Narrator (voice)
Garrison Keillor
Narrator (voice)
Roy Scheider
Narrator (voice)
Anna Deavere Smith
Narrator (voice)
Harris Yulin
Narrator (voice)
Simon Russell Beale
John Adams (voice)
Lisa Emond
Abigail Adams (voice)
Mitchell McCann
Jesse James
Brian Paulette
Frank James
Christopher Plummer
Narrator
Marilyn Spanier
Annie Oakley (voice)
Kenneth Branagh
Narrator (voice)
Jeffrey Wright
Narrator (voice)
Colm Feore
Narrator (voice)
Ping Wu
Narrator (voice)
Chris Cooper
Narrator (voice)
Nicholas Purcell
Charles Adams
Bugsy Siegel
Self (archive footage)
Roger Rees
William Bradford
Richard Thomas
Narrator (voice)
Sada Thompson
Narrator (voice)
Len Cariou
Narrator (voice)
Jesse Owens
Self
Hilmar Dressler
Self
Jeremy Schaap
Self
Professor Margaret MacMillan
Self
Theodor Michael
Self
William Rhoden
Self
Harry Edwards
Self
Volker Kluge
Self
Guy Walters
Self
Rainer Rother
Self
Iris Cummings Critchell
Self
David Wallechinsky
Self
Louis Zamperini
Self
William J. Baker
Self
Susan Ware
Self
Rafael Medoff
Self
Marlene Owens Rankin
Self
Beverly Owens Prather
Self
David Clay Large
Self
Louis Stokes
Self
Renée Elise Goldsberry
Narrator
André Holland
Narrator
Joanna Rhinehart
Narrator
Lea Salonga
Narrator
Vanessa Williams
Narrator (voice)
Bahni Turpin
Zora Neale Hurston (voice)
J. Hunter
Self
Jim Jones
Self (archive footage)
Leo J. Ryan
Self (archive footage)
Christine Jorgensen
Self (archive footage)
Chris Dodd
Self
Lee Wilkof
Dr. Walter Freeman (voice)
Joanna Merlin
Family Member (voice)
Judd Hirsch
(voice)
Al Lewis
Self
Timothy Hutton
(voice)
Beverly Gage
Self
William Hitchcock
Self
Sarah Churchwell
Self
Bradley Hart
Self
Steven Ross
Self
Charles Coughlin
Self
Leah Wright Rigeur
Self
Fritz Kuhn
Self (archive footage)
Vladimir Lenin
Self (archive footage)
Dorothy Thompson
Self (archive footage)
Kyle MacLachlan
Narrator
Ron Vawter
Charles Guiteau
Bart Whiteman
James Garfield
Robert Fields
George Scoville
Adolph Mall
Judge Cox
Marty McDonough
District Attorney Cockhill
Kevin Murray
Mr Jocelyn
Steven Conn
Self
Kenneth Anger
Self
Bradley Douglas Cook
Alfred Kinsey
Mary Pickford
Self
Douglas Fairbanks
Self
Jeanine Basinger
Self
Charlie Chaplin
Self
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Self
Jack Pickford
Self
Lottie Pickford
Self
Hermann Göring
Self (archive footage)
Robert Jackson
Self
Benjamin Ferencz
Self
William Jennings Bryan
Self
Clarence Darrow
Self
John Thomas Scopes
Self
Gutzon Borglum
Self
Theodore Roosevelt
Self
Jackson Walker
Daniel Ross
Josh Blaylock
Young John Ross
Carla-Rae
Suzanna Ridge
Kelly Finley
Sara
William J. Finley
Elias Boudinot
Wesley French
John Ridge
Robert Hatch
Missionary
Ryan Lewis
Wealthy Plantation Owner
Emily Podleski
Sarah Northrup
Brad D. Smith
Senator
Frederick Stuart
John Ross
Steve Warren
Missionary
Hans Bethe
Self
Peter Haydu
Russian voices (voice)
Curtis LeMay
Self (archive footage)
Curtis LeMay
Self
Edward Teller
Self
Richard Rhodes
Self
Robert Lansing
Narrator
Jane Alcorn
Self
Harold Clark
Self
Peter Fisher
Self
Samantha Hunt
Self
John M. Staudenmaier
Self
Louis Gossett Jr.
Self - Narrator
Denzel Washington
Self - Narrator
Matthew Broderick
Jack Binns (voice)
Stephanie Castellarin
Hallie Davis (voice)
Paul Guilfoyle
James Connolly (voice)
John Maxtone-Graham
Self
Susan Douglas
Self
Phil Petersen
Self
Charles A. Haas
Self
Bill Paxton
Self - Reader (voice)
Blaine Hamann
Self - U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Ila Clements
Self - Worker's Daughter
Tommy Nelson
Self - Worker
John Mahoney
(voice)
Mary Bacon
Sally Thorpe
Samuel Barnett
Philip's Schoolmate
Gerry Bamman
Peter Fenner
Lauren Bloom
Young Eliza Schuyler
John Ellison Conlee
Shopkeeper Evans
John Curless
David Hosack
Michael Cumpsty
James Callender
Richard Easton
George Washington
Peter Gerety
Robert Bartlett
Daniel Gerroll
Thomas Jefferson
Neal Huff
Ephraim Slattery
Neil McGarry
Aaron Burr
Brian Murray
Gouverneur Morris
Mark Nelson
Nathaniel Pendleton
Denis O'Hare
Henry Lee
Kelli O'Hara
Maria Reynolds
Jamie Parker
Philip Hamilton
Brandon Reilly
Young Hamilton in St. Croix
Bridget Regan
Angelica Shippen
Henry Strozier
John Adams
Michael Stuhlbarg
Officer Stephen Colden
Angela Thornton
Old Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
Leonardo Cuesta
Plantation Slave St. Croix
Joanne Freeman
Self
Brían F. O'Byrne
Alexander Hamilton
John Pagano
Continental Officer
Matthew Arkin
Alexander Bickel (voice)
Robin Miles
Self - Narrator (voice)
James Hite
Self
Jared Cohen
Self
Dan Rather
Self (archive footage)
Ramesh Ponnuru
Self
Joel K. Goldstein
Self
Rachel Maddow
Self
John D. Feerick
Self
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
Hilary Brown
Self
Carole Jerome
Self
Stephen Kinzer
Self
James Q. Roberts
Self
Barbara Rosen
Self
Barry Rosen
Self
Gary Sick
Self
Alan Campbell
Josephus Daniels / Other Voices
Keith David
W.E. Henderson / Other Voices
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self
Norman Lloyd
Self
Gary Cooper
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Myrna Loy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dick Powell
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
David McCulloch
Narrator (voice)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Helen Gahagan
Self (archive footage)
John Connally
Self
Lynda Johnson Robb
Self (archive footage)
Stokely Carmichael
Self (archive footage)
Clark Clifford
Self
James Farmer
Self
Daniel Ellsberg
Self
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Self
Barry Goldwater
Self (archive footage)
Hubert H. Humphrey
Self (archive footage)
Nicholas Katzenbach
Self
Robert F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Robert McNamara
Self (archive footage)
John W. McCormack
Self (archive footage)
Hồ Chí Minh
Self (archive footage)
George Reedy
Self
Dean Rusk
Self (archive footage)
Richard B. Russell
Self (archive footage)
Sargent Shriver
Self
Jack Valenti
Self
Andrew Young
Self
Sally Chapman
Self
George Palmer Putnam
Self (archive footage)
A. Peter Bailey
Self - Harlem Resident
Maya Angelou
Self - Author
Ossie Davis
Self - Harlem Resident
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage)
King George V of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage)
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
H.L. Mencken
Self
Marcos Akiaten
Massasoit
William Belleau
Wampanoag man
Tonantzin Carmelo
Awashunk
Mark S. Cartier
John Easton
William Joseph Elk III
Wampanoag man
Nicholas Irons
Edward Winslow
Jill Lepore
Self
Jim Loutzenhiser
Josiah Winslow
Zahn McClarnon
Wampanoag man
Tatanka Means
Nookau
Duncan B. Putney
Miles Standish
Alan Francis Sullivan
Governor John Carver
Lewis D. Wheeler
Stephen Hopkins
Jerry Wolf
Wampanoag Man
Michael Greyeyes
Tecumseh
Dwier Brown
Alex Meraz
Warrior
Billy Merasty
Warrior
Thosh Collins
Warrior
Chevez Ezaneh
Young Tecumseh
Lawrence Santiago
Warrior
Bob Boze Bell
Self - Writer
Peter Dodson
Self - Paleontologist
Jacques Gauthier
Self - Paleontologist
Timothy Rowe
Self - Paleontologist
Robert Bakker
Self
John Wesley Powell
Self
William F. Cody
Self
Josh Hamilton
Carolyn McCormick
Paul Bosche
Reenactor
Alfredo del Rio
Reenactor
John DiGiacomo
Reenactor
Dana Gaiser
Reenactor
Noah Goldman
Police Officer
Virginia Apuzzo
Self
Martin Boyce
Self
Raymond Castro
Self
William Eskridge
Self
Danny Garvin
Self
Jerry Hoose
Self
Ed Koch
Self
Doric Wilson
Self
Liberace
Self (archive footage)
John V. Lindsay
Self (archive footage)
George Putnam
Self (archive footage)
Charles Cabell
Self - General, CIA Deputy Director (archive footage)
Evan Thomas
Self - Writer
Nikita Khrushchev
Self (archive footage)
Stephanie Coontz
Self
Rick Perlstein
Self
Jann Wenner
Self
Mark Kurlansky
Self
Phyllis Schlafly
Self
Todd Gitlin
Self
Robert J. Thompson
Self
Roy Edward Disney
Self
Nancy Koehn
Self
Carmenita Higginbotham
Self
Floyd Norman
Self
Marty Sklar
Self
Alice Davis
Self
Scott Carpenter
Self (archive footage)
Gordon Cooper
Self (archive footage)
John Glenn
Self (archive footage)
Gus Grissom
Self (archive footage)
Alan Shepard
Self (archive footage)
Deke Slayton
Self (archive footage)
John Hope Franklin
Jefferson Cowie
Self
Adam Green
Self
Linda Clifford
Self
Ayana Contreras
Self
Darlene Jackson
Self
Felipe Rose
Self
Paul Natkin
Self
Jimmy Carter
Self (archive footage)
Will Lyman
Self - Narrator (voice)
Jim Dunham
Self - Historian
Seasons
Specials
2003
.1 Episodes
Season 0 of American Experience premiered on 2003-01-15.
Season 1.
1988
.16 Episodes
Season 1 of American Experience premiered on 1988-10-03.
Season 2
1989
.16 Episodes
Season 2 of American Experience premiered on 1989-10-02.
Season 3
1990
.13 Episodes
Season 3 of American Experience premiered on 1990-08-26.
Season 4
1991
.13 Episodes
Season 4 of American Experience premiered on 1991-09-29.
Season 5
1992
.13 Episodes
Season 5 of American Experience premiered on 1992-09-19.
Season 6
1993
.8 Episodes
Season 6 of American Experience premiered on 1993-10-26.
Season 7
1994
.13 Episodes
Season 7 of American Experience premiered on 1994-10-11.
Season 8
1995
.9 Episodes
Season 8 of American Experience premiered on 1995-10-15.
Season 9
1996
.22 Episodes
Season 9 of American Experience premiered on 1996-10-05.
Season 10
1997
.9 Episodes
Season 10 of American Experience premiered on 1997-10-04.
Season 11
1998
.10 Episodes
Season 11 of American Experience premiered on 1998-11-17.
Season 12.
1999
.15 Episodes
Season 12 of American Experience premiered on 1999-11-13.
Season 13
2000
.12 Episodes
Season 13 of American Experience premiered on 2000-10-16.
Season 14
2001
.14 Episodes
Season 14 of American Experience premiered on 2001-09-09.
Season 15
2002
.13 Episodes
Season 15 of American Experience premiered on 2002-11-10.
Season 16
2003
.9 Episodes
Season 16 of American Experience premiered on 2003-09-07.
Season 17.
2004
.11 Episodes
Season 17 of American Experience premiered on 2004-10-03.
Season 18
2005
.13 Episodes
Season 18 of American Experience premiered on 2005-10-16.
Season 19
2006
.15 Episodes
Season 19 of American Experience premiered on 2006-10-01.
Season 20.
2008
.14 Episodes
Season 20 of American Experience premiered on 2008-01-13.
Season 21
2009
.9 Episodes
Season 21 of American Experience premiered on 2009-01-25.
Season 22
2009
.8 Episodes
Season 22 of American Experience premiered on 2009-11-01.
Season 23.
2010
.12 Episodes
Season 23 of American Experience premiered on 2010-10-10.
Season 24.
2012
.8 Episodes
Season 24 of American Experience premiered on 2012-01-09.
Season 25.
2013
.8 Episodes
Season 25 of American Experience premiered on 2013-01-07.
Season 26.
2014
.7 Episodes
Season 26 of American Experience premiered on 2014-01-06.
Season 27
2015
.11 Episodes
Season 27 of American Experience premiered on 2015-01-05.
Season 28.
2016
.8 Episodes
Season 28 of American Experience premiered on 2016-01-18.
Season 29.
2017
.8 Episodes
Season 29 of American Experience premiered on 2017-01-09.
Season 30.
2018
.9 Episodes
Season 30 of American Experience premiered on 2018-01-08.
Season 31.
2019
.7 Episodes
Season 31 of American Experience premiered on 2019-01-14.
Season 32.
2020
.8 Episodes
Season 32 of American Experience premiered on 2020-01-05.
Season 33.
2021
.8 Episodes
Season 33 of American Experience premiered on 2021-01-10.
Season 34.
2022
.6 Episodes
Season 34 of American Experience premiered on 2022-02-06.
Season 35.
2023
.9 Episodes
Season 35 of American Experience premiered on 2023-01-02.
Season 36.
2024
.7 Episodes
Season 36 of American Experience premiered on 2024-01-23.
Season 37.
2025
.7 Episodes
Season 37 of American Experience premiered on 2025-02-24.
Season 38
2026
.1 Episodes
Season 38 of American Experience premiered on 2026-01-06.
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