American Experience: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

American Experience is TV's most-watched history series and brings to life incredible characters and compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Acclaimed by viewers and critics alike, American Experience documentaries have been honored with every major broadcast award, including 30 Emmy Awards, 4 duPont-Columbia Awards, and 18 George Foster Peabody Awards.

Series details

• Title: American Experience
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: History
• Premiere date: 1988-10-04
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: PBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 70 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 3509

Cast and credited roles

• David McCullough — Host
• Will Lyman — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1988-10-04; final listed air date 1989-01-17; episode order: 16.
• Season 2: premiered 1989-10-03; final listed air date 1990-01-16; episode order: 15.
• Season 3: premiered 1990-10-01; final listed air date 1991-02-04; episode order: 14.
• Season 4: premiered 1991-09-30; final listed air date 1992-02-17; episode order: 15.
• Season 5: premiered 1992-09-20; final listed air date 1993-03-01; episode order: 12.
• Season 6: premiered 1993-10-27; final listed air date 1994-05-25; episode order: 9.
• Season 7: premiered 1994-10-11; final listed air date 1995-05-09; episode order: 13.
• Season 8: premiered 1995-10-16; final listed air date 1996-02-26; episode order: 9.
• Season 9: premiered 1996-10-06; final listed air date 1997-07-28; episode order: 23.
• Season 10: premiered 1997-10-05; final listed air date 1998-04-13; episode order: 10.
• Season 11: premiered 1998-11-18; final listed air date 1999-05-24; episode order: 13.
• Season 12: premiered 1999-11-14; final listed air date 2000-05-22; episode order: 15.
• Season 13: premiered 2000-10-16; final listed air date 2001-04-23; episode order: 15.
• Season 14: premiered 2001-09-30; final listed air date 2002-05-12; episode order: 14.
• Season 15: premiered 2002-11-11; final listed air date 2003-07-14; episode order: 13.
• Season 16: premiered 2003-09-08; final listed air date 2004-05-03; episode order: 9.
• Season 17: premiered 2004-10-04; final listed air date 2005-05-23; episode order: 13.
• Season 18: premiered 2005-10-17; final listed air date 2006-05-22; episode order: 13.
• Season 19: premiered 2006-10-02; final listed air date 2007-05-14; episode order: 18.
• Season 20: premiered 2008-01-14; final listed air date 2008-05-06; episode order: 18.
• Season 21: premiered 2009-01-26; final listed air date 2009-05-11; episode order: 9.
• Season 22: premiered 2009-11-02; final listed air date 2010-05-10; episode order: 8.
• Season 23: premiered 2010-10-11; final listed air date 2011-05-16; episode order: 15.
• Season 24: premiered 2012-01-10; final listed air date 2012-09-18; episode order: 8.
• Season 25: premiered 2013-01-08; final listed air date 2013-11-12; episode order: 8.
• Season 26: premiered 2014-01-07; final listed air date 2014-11-18; episode order: 7.
• Season 27: premiered 2015-01-06; final listed air date 2015-11-24; episode order: 11.
• Season 28: premiered 2016-01-19; final listed air date 2016-11-01; episode order: 8.
• Season 29: premiered 2017-01-10; final listed air date 2017-04-12; episode order: 8.
• Season 30: premiered 2018-01-09; final listed air date 2018-10-16; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from American Experience on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.