# American Experience season 9

Season nine of the television program American Experience originally aired on the PBS network in the United States on October 6, 1996 and concluded on July 28, 1997. This is the ninth season to feature David McCullough as the host. The season contained 20 new episodes and began with the first part of the film TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt. The 11-part Vietnam: A Television History miniseries was a rebroadcast of the production originally shown in 1983. Episode two "The First Vietnam War" and episode 13 "Legacies" were dropped from the 1997 rebroadcast. Episode 12 "The End of the Tunnel (1973–1975)" was rebroadcast as "The Fall of Saigon" for the 1997 airing.

## Episodes

    * Denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date |
| 93 | 1 | "TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part 1)" | David Grubin | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | October 6, 1996 (1996-10-06) |
| 94 | 2 | "TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part 2)" | David Grubin | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | October 7, 1996 (1996-10-07) |
| 95 | 3 | "The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie" | Austin Hoyt | Biographies | January 20, 1997 (1997-01-20) |
| 96 | 4 | "Hawaii's Last Queen" | Vivian Ducat | Biographies | January 27, 1997 (1997-01-27) |
| 97 | 5 | "The Telephone" | Karen Goodman & Kirk Simon | Technology | February 3, 1997 (1997-02-03) |
| 98 | 6 | "Big Dream, Small Screen" | David Dugan | Technology | February 10, 1997 (1997-02-10) |
| 99 | 7 | "New York Underground" | Elena Mannes | Technology | February 17, 1997 (1997-02-17) |
| 100 | 8 | "Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern" | Steven Ascher & Jeanne Jordan | Biographies, Technology, The Natural Environment | April 14, 1997 (1997-04-14) |
| 101 | 9 | "Around the World in 72 Days" | Christine Lesiak | Biographies, Popular Culture | April 28, 1997 (1997-04-28) |
| 102 | 10 | "Gold Fever" | Susan Steinberg | The American West | May 12, 1997 (1997-05-12) |
| 103 | 11* | "Vietnam: A Television History (Parts 1–2)" | Judith Vecchione (Part 1) Elizabeth Deane (Part 2) | Politics, War | May 26, 1997 (1997-05-26) |
| Part 1: "Roots of a War (1945–1953)" Part 2: "America's Mandarin (1954–1963)" ||||||
| 104 | 12 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 3)" | Austin Hoyt | Politics, War | June 2, 1997 (1997-06-02) |
| Part 3: "LBJ Goes to War (1964–1965)" ||||||
| 105 | 13 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 4)" | Andrew Pearson | Politics, War | June 9, 1997 (1997-06-09) |
| Part 4: "America Takes Charge (1965–1967)" ||||||
| 106 | 14 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 5)" | Martin Smith | Politics, War | June 16, 1997 (1997-06-16) |
| Part 5: "America's Enemy (1954–1967)" ||||||
| 107 | 15 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 6)" | Austin Hoyt | Politics, War | June 23, 1997 (1997-06-23) |
| Part 6: "Tet 1968" ||||||
| 108 | 16 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 7)" | Martin Smith | Politics, War | June 30, 1997 (1997-06-30) |
| Part 7: "Vietnamizing the War (1968–1973)" ||||||
| 109 | 17 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 8)" | Bruce Palling | Politics, War | July 7, 1997 (1997-07-07) |
| Part 8: "Cambodia and Laos" ||||||
| 110 | 18 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 9)" | Martin Smith | Politics, War | July 14, 1997 (1997-07-14) |
| Part 9: "Peace is at Hand (1968–1973)" ||||||
| 111 | 19 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 10)" | Elizabeth Deane | Politics, War | July 21, 1997 (1997-07-21) |
| Part 10: "Homefront USA" ||||||
| 112 | 20 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 11)" | Elizabeth Deane | Politics, War | July 28, 1997 (1997-07-28) |
| Part 11: "The Fall of Saigon" ||||||