American Experience
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
Videos
Top 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)
Andre Braugher
Narrator (voice)
George Plimpton
(voice)
Stacy Keach
Narrator (voice)
Seasons
Specials
2003 · 1 eps
Season 1
1988 · 16 eps
Season 2
1989 · 16 eps
Season 3
1990 · 13 eps
Season 4
1991 · 13 eps
Season 5
1992 · 13 eps
Season 6
1993 · 8 eps
Season 7
1994 · 13 eps
Season 8
1995 · 9 eps
Season 9
1996 · 22 eps
Season 10
1997 · 9 eps
Season 11
1998 · 10 eps
Season 12
1999 · 15 eps
Season 13
2000 · 12 eps
Season 14
2001 · 14 eps
Season 15
2002 · 13 eps
Season 16
2003 · 9 eps
Season 17
2004 · 11 eps
Season 18
2005 · 13 eps
Season 19
2006 · 15 eps
Season 20
2008 · 14 eps
Season 21
2009 · 9 eps
Season 22
2009 · 8 eps
Season 23
2010 · 12 eps
Season 24
2012 · 8 eps
Season 25
2013 · 8 eps
Season 26
2014 · 7 eps
Season 27
2015 · 11 eps
Season 28
2016 · 8 eps
Season 29
2017 · 8 eps
Season 30
2018 · 9 eps
Season 31
2019 · 7 eps
Season 32
2020 · 8 eps
Season 33
2021 · 8 eps
Season 34
2022 · 6 eps
Season 35
2023 · 9 eps
Season 36
2024 · 7 eps
Season 37
2025 · 8 eps
Where to watch
Stream
YouTube TV
PBS
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Amazon Video
Apple TV StoreAvailability for US · streaming data provided by JustWatch via TMDB.
Details
- Status
- Returning Series
- First air date
- October 4, 1988
- Last air date
- January 6, 2026
- Seasons
- 37
- Episodes
- 399
- Episode runtime
- 55m
- Network
- PBS
- Original language
- EN
Gallery
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