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American Experience is a television program airing on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. The program airs documentaries, many of which have won awards,WEB,weblink About the Series . American Experience . WGBH, PBS,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160304210802weblink">weblink March 4, 2016, dead, about important or interesting events and people in American history.The series premiered on October 4, 1988, and was originally titled The American Experience, but the definite article was later dropped during a rebrand and image update. The show has had a presence on the internet since 1995, and more than 100 American Experience programs are accompanied by their own internet websites, which have more background information on the subjects covered as well as teachers' guides and educational companion materials.WEB,weblink American Experience, Who We Are, Public Broadcasting Service, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), October 23, 2012, The show is produced primarily by WGBH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts, though occasionally in the early seasons of the show, it was co-produced by other PBS stations such as WNET (Channel 13) in New York City.Some programs now considered part of the American Experience collection were produced prior to the creation of the series. (Vietnam: A Television History) was one of them, airing originally in 1983 after taking six years to assemble.WEB,weblink American Experience, Vietnam Online, About the TV Series, PBS, October 23, 2012, November 14, 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20121114112715weblink">weblink dead, Also, in 2006, American Experience rebroadcast Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, the first half of the 1986 documentary series about the Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s and 1960s.

Episodes

Critical reception

American Experience has received generally positive reviews from television critics and parents of young children. Glenn McNatt of The Baltimore Sun wrote that it is "TV's finest history series ever."WEB,weblink Best of This Week, Mcnatt, Glenn, January 13, 2008, The Baltimore Sun, en-US, December 13, 2019, Steve Johnson of Chicago Tribune wrote, "History comes alive in excellent docu-series."WEB, Johnson, Steve, October 22, 2008, TV can be good for you,weblink dead,weblink 2018-09-16, 2022-05-25, Chicago Tribune,

Home media

A DVD boxset collecting episodes about United States presidents was released on August 26, 2008.WEB, American Experience: The Presidents Collection,weblink Amazon (company), Amazon.com, 26 August 2008, Amazon.com, Inc., July 12, 2020, The collection was updated to include the documentary on Bill Clinton's presidency on August 28, 2012.WEB, American Experience: The Presidents,weblink Amazon (company), Amazon.com, 28 August 2012, Amazon.com, Inc., July 12, 2020, A DVD boxset for the five-part documentary We Shall Remain was released on May 12, 2009.WEB, We Shall Remain: America Through Native Eyes,weblink Amazon (company), Amazon.com, 12 May 2009, Amazon.com, Inc., July 12, 2020,

Awards

References

External links

American Experience website
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