This American Life: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Compelling stories are explored every day on This American Life, the nearly 15-year-old, award-winning Chicago Public Radio show that boasts a devoted weekly listening audience of 1.7 million, and is heard on more than 500 stations nationally. The series, created in 1995 by host and executive producer Ira Glass, pioneered a unique way of telling stories on the radio. Its first-person telling of these revealing stories makes the radio series a great fit for television.

Series details

• Title: This American Life
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2007-03-22
• Final broadcast date listed: 2008-06-08
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Paramount+ with Showtime
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 8955
• IMDb ID: tt0805978
• TVDB ID: 79928

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2007-03-22; final listed air date 2007-04-26; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2008-05-04; final listed air date 2008-06-08; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from This American Life 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.