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Season 32 – American Experience

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"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. Many of the program's documentaries have received major honors in the broadcasting community, including Emmy, Peabodys and duPont-Columbia University awards.
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John Doyle Globe and Mail 07/06/2020
It's a powerful, gnarly tale, with as many strange entanglements as the current-day politics in the United States. Go to Full Review Brian Lowry CNN.com 05/04/2020
"George W. Bush" lays out plenty of details regarding that riddle, in sober and stately fashion. Yet even after four hours, the documentary doesn't feel as if it has advanced the ball much in terms of deciphered it. Go to Full Review John Anderson Wall Street Journal 01/23/2020
"The Poison Squad" includes some gory detail, but it combines terrific history and photography from the past with some entertaining experts from the present. Go to Full Review David Zurawik Baltimore Sun 01/03/2020
"McCarthy" is an effort PBS can be proud of. It meets the highest hopes that the most enlightened founders of public broadcasting had for the medium: to provide context to events based on facts and verified images. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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benson g @RT88097821 10/04/2019 Hatfield McCoy episode was awesome--eye-opening, compelling, explained the story and revealed the origin of some of our biases about it very clearly. See more Read all reviews
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Henry Hampton

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Stephen Fitzmeyer

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Episode 1 Aired Sep 10, 2019 The Feud Exploring the Hatfield-McCoy feud through the years 1863-1891, which involved two rural families of the West Virginia-Kentucky area along the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River. Details Episode 2 Aired Jan 6, 2020 McCarthy The rise and fall of Joe McCarthy, the junior senator from Wisconsin who led a Cold War crusade against Communists. Details Episode 3 Aired Jan 28, 2020 The Poison Squad Government chemist Dr. Harvey Wiley takes on food manufacturers to banish dangerous substances threatening the health of consumers, laying the groundwork for U.S. consumer protection laws and the creation of the Food and Drug Administration. Details Episode 4 Aired Apr 21, 2020 The Man Who Tried to Feed the World Plant breeder Norman Borlaug solves India's famine problem and leads a "Green Revolution" of agriculture programs around the world, saving 1 billion lives and winning a 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts. Details Episode 5 Aired May 4, 2020 George W. Bush The life and presidency of George W. Bush, including the turbulent events that dominated his time in office -- including the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, the war in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina. Details Episode 6 Aired May 5, 2020 George W. Bush The life and presidency of George W. Bush, including the turbulent events that dominated his time in office -- including the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, the war in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina. Details Episode 7 Aired May 19, 2020 Mr. Tornado Japanese American researcher Tetsuya Theodore Fujita, aka Mr. Tornado, created the Fujita scale of tornado intensity and damage and is credited with advancing modern understanding of severe weather phenomena. Details Episode 8 Aired Jul 6, 2020 The Vote The campaign waged by American women for the right to vote results in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history. Details Episode 9 Aired Jul 7, 2020 The Vote The campaign waged by American women for the right to vote results in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history. Details

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Season Info

Creator
Henry Hampton, Stephen Fitzmeyer
Network
PBS
Rating
TV-MA (L|V)
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 10, 2019