# List of American Experience episodes

American Experience, originally titled The American Experience, is an American television program and a PBS documentary series created by Peter McGhee. The series airs documentaries about significant historical events or figures in United States history. The show is produced primarily by WGBH-TV, a television station and PBS affiliate located in Boston, Massachusetts. WGBH-TV creates non-commercial educational programs and distributes them on public television stations throughout the United States. However, other PBS affiliate stations, such as WNET in New York City, have co-produced episodes for the television series. Since the program's debut on October 4, 1988, American Experience has broadcast 367 new episodes and has been a recipient of over 265 broadcast and web awards.
The program's thirty-sixth season premiered on January 23, 2024.

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 16 | 16 | October 4, 1988 (1988-10-04) | January 17, 1989 (1989-01-17) |
| 2 | 15 | 15 | October 3, 1989 (1989-10-03) | February 12, 1990 (1990-02-12) |
| 3 | 12 | 12 | October 1, 1990 (1990-10-01) | May 6, 1991 (1991-05-06) |
| 4 | 12 | 12 | September 30, 1991 (1991-09-30) | February 17, 1992 (1992-02-17) |
| 5 | 15 | 15 | September 20, 1992 (1992-09-20) | March 1, 1993 (1993-03-01) |
| 6 | 7 | 7 | October 27, 1993 (1993-10-27) | May 25, 1994 (1994-05-25) |
| 7 | 9 | 9 | October 11, 1994 (1994-10-11) | May 9, 1995 (1995-05-09) |
| 8 | 9 | 9 | October 16, 1995 (1995-10-16) | February 26, 1996 (1996-02-26) |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | October 6, 1996 (1996-10-06) | July 28, 1997 (1997-07-28) |
| 10 | 18 | 18 | October 5, 1997 (1997-10-05) | March 2, 1998 (1998-03-02) |
| 11 | 13 | 13 | November 18, 1998 (1998-11-18) | May 17, 1999 (1999-05-17) |
| 12 | 15 | 15 | November 14, 1999 (1999-11-14) | May 23, 2000 (2000-05-23) |
| 13 | 13 | 13 | October 17, 2000 (2000-10-17) | April 30, 2001 (2001-04-30) |
| 14 | 14 | 14 | September 30, 2001 (2001-09-30) | May 12, 2002 (2002-05-12) |
| 15 | 13 | 13 | November 11, 2002 (2002-11-11) | July 14, 2003 (2003-07-14) |
| 16 | 9 | 9 | September 8, 2003 (2003-09-08) | May 3, 2004 (2004-05-03) |
| 17 | 12 | 12 | October 4, 2004 (2004-10-04) | July 4, 2005 (2005-07-04) |
| 18 | 13 | 13 | October 17, 2005 (2005-10-17) | May 22, 2006 (2006-05-22) |
| 19 | 18 | 18 | October 2, 2006 (2006-10-02) | May 14, 2007 (2007-05-14) |
| 20 | 18 | 18 | January 14, 2008 (2008-01-14) | May 6, 2008 (2008-05-06) |
| 21 | 10 | 10 | January 26, 2009 (2009-01-26) | May 18, 2009 (2009-05-18) |
| 22 | 8 | 8 | November 2, 2009 (2009-11-02) | May 10, 2010 (2010-05-10) |
| 23 | 12 | 12 | October 11, 2010 (2010-10-11) | May 16, 2011 (2011-05-16) |
| 24 | 7 | 7 | January 10, 2012 (2012-01-10) | May 1, 2012 (2012-05-01) |
| 25 | 6 | 6 | September 18, 2012 (2012-09-18) | February 5, 2013 (2013-02-05) |
| 26 | 9 | 9 | October 29, 2013 (2013-10-29) | June 24, 2014 (2014-06-24) |
| 27 | 8 | 8 | November 18, 2014 (2014-11-18) | July 14, 2015 (2015-07-14) |
| 28 | 10 | 10 | September 14, 2015 (2015-09-14) | August 2, 2016 (2016-08-02) |
| 29 | 10 | 10 | October 18, 2016 (2016-10-18) | April 12, 2017 (2017-04-12) |
| 30 | 6 | 6 | January 9, 2018 (2018-01-09) | October 16, 2018 (2018-10-16) |
| 31 | 9 | 9 | January 15, 2019 (2019-01-15) | September 10, 2019 (2019-09-10) |
| 32 | 9 | 9 | January 6, 2020 (2020-01-06) | July 7, 2020 (2020-07-07) |
| 33 | 5 | 5 | January 11, 2021 (2021-01-11) | September 28, 2021 (2021-09-28) |
| 34 | 7 | 7 | February 7, 2022 (2022-02-07) | November 15, 2022 (2022-11-15) |
| 35 | 8 | 8 | January 3, 2023 (2023-01-03) | October 30, 2023 (2023-10-30) |
| 36 | 7 | 7 | January 23, 2024 (2024-01-23) | November 30, 2024 (2024-11-30) |
| 37 | 2 | 2 | February 25, 2025 (2025-02-25) | March 25, 2025 (2025-03-25) |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (1988–89)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "The Great San Francisco Earthquake" | Tom Weidlinger | The Natural Environment | October 4, 1988 (1988-10-04) |
| 2 | 2 | "Radio Bikini" | Robert Stone | Technology, War | October 11, 1988 (1988-10-11) |
| 3 | 3 | "Indians, Outlaws, and Angie Debo" | Martha Sandlin | Biographies, Native American History | October 18, 1988 (1988-10-18) |
| 4 | 4 | "Eric Sevareid's Not So Wild a Dream" | Frank J. DeMeo & Anthony Potter | Biographies | October 25, 1988 (1988-10-25) |
| 5 | 5 | "The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter" | Connie Field | Popular Culture, War | November 1, 1988 (1988-11-01) |
| 6 | 6 | "Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?" | Jon Blair | Popular Culture, The American West | November 8, 1988 (1988-11-08) |
| 7 | 7 | "Kennedy vs. Wallace: A Crisis Up Close" | Robert Drew | Civil Rights, Politics | November 15, 1988 (1988-11-15) |
| 8 | 8 | "Geronimo and the Apache Resistance" | Neil Goodwin | Native American History | November 22, 1988 (1988-11-22) |
| 9 | 9 | "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Revisited" | Carol Bell | Popular Culture | November 29, 1988 (1988-11-29) |
| 10 | 10 | "That Rhythm, Those Blues" | George T. Nierenberg | Civil Rights, Popular Culture | December 6, 1988 (1988-12-06) |
| 11 | 11 | "The Radio Priest" | Irv Drasnin | Popular Culture | December 13, 1988 (1988-12-13) |
| 12 | 12 | "Hearts and Hands" | Pat Ferrero | Biographies | December 20, 1988 (1988-12-20) |
| 13 | 13 | "Views of a Vanishing Frontier" | Craig B. Fisher | Native American History, The Natural Environment | December 27, 1988 (1988-12-27) |
| 14 | 14 | "Eudora Welty: One Writer's Beginnings" | Patchy Wheatley | Biographies | January 3, 1989 (1989-01-03) |
| 15 | 15 | "The World That Moses Built" | Edward Gray & Mark Obenhaus | Biographies, Technology | January 10, 1989 (1989-01-10) |
| 16 | 16 | "Sins of Our Mothers" | Matthew Collins | Biographies | January 17, 1989 (1989-01-17) |

### Season 2 (1989–90)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original release date |
| 17 | 1 | "The Great Air Race of 1924" | David Grubin | Technology | October 3, 1989 (1989-10-03) |
| 18 | 2 | "Demon Rum" | Thomas Lennon | Popular Culture | October 10, 1989 (1989-10-10) |
| 19 | 3 | "A Family Gathering" | Lise Yasui | Biographies, Popular Culture | October 17, 1989 (1989-10-17) |
| 20 | 4 | "The Great War: 1918" | Tom Weidlinger | War | October 31, 1989 (1989-10-31) |
| 21 | 5 | "Forever Baseball" | Irv Drasnin | Popular Culture | November 7, 1989 (1989-11-07) |
| 22 | 6 | "Mr. Sears' Catalogue" | Edward Gray & Mark Obenhaus | Biographies | November 14, 1989 (1989-11-14) |
| 23 | 7 | "Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven" | Jon Else | Native American History, The Natural Environment | November 21, 1989 (1989-11-21) |
| 24 | 8 | "Adam Clayton Powell" | Richard Kilberg | Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics | November 28, 1989 (1989-11-28) |
| 25 | 9 | "Journey to America" | Charles Guggenheim | Popular Culture | December 5, 1989 (1989-12-05) |
| 26 | 10 | "Ballad of a Mountain Man" | David Hoffman | Biographies, Popular Culture | December 12, 1989 (1989-12-12) |
| 27 | 11 | "Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice" | William Greaves | Biographies, Civil Rights | December 19, 1989 (1989-12-19) |
| 28 | 12 | "Orphans of the Storm" | Gill Barnes | War | December 26, 1989 (1989-12-26) |
| 29 | 13 | "Forbidden City, USA" | Arthur Dong | Popular Culture | January 2, 1990 (1990-01-02) |
| 30 | 14 | "Battle for Wilderness" | Diane Garey & Lawrence Hott | The American West, The Natural Environment | January 9, 1990 (1990-01-09) |
| 31 | 15 | "Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad" | Orlando Bagwell | Civil Rights | January 16, 1990 (1990-01-16) |

### Season 3 (1990–91)

    * 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 release date |
| 32 | 1 | "Lindbergh" | Stephen Ives | Biographies, Popular Culture | October 1, 1990 (1990-10-01) |
| 33 | 2* | "Nixon (Parts 1–3)" | David Espar (Part 1), Elizabeth Deane (Part 2) & Marilyn H. Mellowes (Part 3) | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | October 15, 1990 (1990-10-15) |
| 34 | 3 | "God Bless America and Poland, Too" | Marian Marzynski | Biographies | October 22, 1990 (1990-10-22) |
| 35 | 4 | "Insanity on Trial" | Matthew Collins | Biographies, Politics | October 29, 1990 (1990-10-29) |
| 36 | 5 | "The Satellite Sky" | Robert Stone | Technology | November 5, 1990 (1990-11-05) |
| 37 | 6 | "The Crash of 1929" | Ellen Hovde & Muffie Meyer | Popular Culture | November 19, 1990 (1990-11-19) |
| 38 | 7 | "The Iron Road" | Neil Goodwin | Technology, The American West | November 26, 1990 (1990-11-26) |
| 39 | 8 | "French Dance Tonight" | Les Blank & Chris Strachwitz | Popular Culture | December 10, 1990 (1990-12-10) |
| 40 | 9 | "Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil" | Robert Tranchin | Technology | December 17, 1990 (1990-12-17) |
| 41 | 10 | "After the Crash" | Eric Neudel | Politics | January 7, 1991 (1991-01-07) |
| 42 | 11 | "Los Mineros" | Hector Galan | Civil Rights | January 28, 1991 (1991-01-28) |
| 43 | 12 | "Coney Island" | Ric Burns | Popular Culture, Technology | February 4, 1991 (1991-02-04) |

### Season 4 (1991–92)

    * 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 release date |
| 44 | 1* | "LBJ (Parts 1–2)" | David Grubin | Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War | September 30, 1991 (1991-09-30) |
| 45 | 2* | "LBJ (Parts 3–4)" | David Grubin | Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War | October 1, 1991 (1991-10-01) |
| 46 | 3 | "The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry" | Jacqueline Shearer | War | October 14, 1991 (1991-10-14) |
| 47 | 4 | "Scandalous Mayor" | Ken Eluto | Biographies | October 28, 1991 (1991-10-28) |
| 48 | 5 | "The Johnstown Flood" | Charles Guggenheim | The Natural Environment | November 4, 1991 (1991-11-04) |
| 49 | 6 | "Pearl Harbor: Surprise and Remembrance" | Lance Bird, John Crowley & Tom Johnson | War | November 11, 1991 (1991-11-11) |
| 50 | 7 | "G-Men: The Rise of J. Edgar Hoover" | Irv Drasnin | Popular Culture | November 18, 1991 (1991-11-18) |
| 51 | 8 | "Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo" | Robert Levi | Biographies | December 9, 1991 (1991-12-09) |
| 52 | 9 | "The Quiz Show Scandal" | Michael R. Lawrence | Popular Culture | January 6, 1992 (1992-01-06) |
| 53 | 10 | "Love in the Cold War" | David Dugan & Eric Stange | War | January 13, 1992 (1992-01-13) |
| 54 | 11 | "Wild by Law" | Diane Garey & Lawrence Hott | The Natural Environment | January 27, 1992 (1992-01-27) |
| 55 | 12 | "Barnum's Big Top" | Matthew Collins | Biographies, Popular Culture | February 10, 1992 (1992-02-10) |
| 56 | 13 | "In the White Man's Image" | Christine Lesiak | Native American History | February 17, 1992 (1992-02-17) |

### Season 5 (1992–93)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original release date |
| 57 | 1 | "The Kennedys (Part 1)" | James A. Devinney, David Espar, Marilyn H. Mellowes & Phillip Whitehead | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | September 20, 1992 (1992-09-20) |
| 58 | 2 | "The Kennedys (Part 2)" | David Espar & James A. Devinney | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | September 21, 1992 (1992-09-21) |
| 59 | 3 | "The Donner Party" | Ric Burns | The American West | October 28, 1992 (1992-10-28) |
| — | 4 | "Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II" | William Miles & Nina Rosenblum | — | November 11, 1992 (1992-11-11) |
| 60 | 5 | "George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King" | David Sutherland | Biographies, Presidents | November 18, 1992 (1992-11-18) |
| 61 | 6 | "Last Stand at Little Big Horn" | Paul Stekler | Native American History | November 25, 1992 (1992-11-25) |
| 62 | 7 | "If You Knew Sousa" | Tom Spain | Popular Culture | December 9, 1992 (1992-12-09) |
| 63 | 8 | "Simple Justice" | Helaine Head | Civil Rights | January 18, 1993 (1993-01-18) |
| 64 | 9 | "Knute Rockne and His Fighting Irish" | Diane Garey & Lawrence Hott | Biographies | January 25, 1993 (1993-01-25) |
| 65 | 10 | "Sit Down and Fight" | Charlotte Mitchell Zwerin | Biographies | February 1, 1993 (1993-02-01) |
| 66 | 11 | "Rachel Carson's Silent Spring" | Neil Goodwin | The Natural Environment | February 8, 1993 (1993-02-08) |
| 67 | 12 | "Goin' Back to T–Town" | Samuel D. Pollard & Joyce Vaughn | Biographies, Civil Rights | March 1, 1993 (1993-03-01) |

### Season 6 (1993–94)

    * 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 release date |
| 68 | 1 | "Amelia Earhart: The Price of Courage" | Nancy Porter | Biographies, Popular Culture | October 27, 1993 (1993-10-27) |
| 69 | 2 | "The Hunt for Pancho Villa" | Hector Galan | Politics, War | November 3, 1993 (1993-11-03) |
| 70 | 3* | "Eisenhower (Parts 1–2)" | Adriana Bosch (Part 1) & Austin Hoyt (Part 2) | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | November 10, 1993 (1993-11-10) |
| 71 | 4 | "The Hurricane of '38" | Michael Epstein & Thomas Lennon | The Natural Environment | November 17, 1993 (1993-11-17) |
| 72 | 5 | "Ishi: The Last Yahi Indian" | Jed Riffe & Pamela Roberts | Biographies, Native American History | January 19, 1994 (1994-01-19) |
| 73 | 6 | "Malcolm X: Make It Plain" | Orlando Bagwell | Biographies, Civil Rights | January 26, 1994 (1994-01-26) |
| 74 | 7 | "America and the Holocaust" | Martin Ostrow | Politics, War | April 6, 1994 (1994-04-06) |
| 75 | 8 | "D-Day" | Charles Guggenheim | War | May 25, 1994 (1994-05-25) |

### Season 7 (1994–95)

    * 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 release date |
| 76 | 1* | "FDR (Parts 1–2)" | David Grubin | Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War | October 11, 1994 (1994-10-11) |
| 77 | 2* | "FDR (Parts 3–4)" | David Grubin | Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War | October 12, 1994 (1994-10-12) |
| 78 | 3 | "Telegrams from the Dead" | Matthew Collins | Popular Culture | October 19, 1994 (1994-10-19) |
| 79 | 4 | "Midnight Ramble" | Pearl Bowser & Bestor Cram | Civil Rights, Popular Culture | October 26, 1994 (1994-10-26) |
| 80 | 5 | "Battle of the Bulge" | Thomas Lennon | War | November 9, 1994 (1994-11-09) |
| 81 | 6 | "One Woman, One Vote" | Ruth Pollak | Biographies, Civil Rights | February 15, 1995 (1995-02-15) |
| 82 | 7* | "The Way West (Parts 1–2)" | Ric Burns | The American West | May 8, 1995 (1995-05-08) |
| 83 | 8* | "The Way West (Parts 3–4)" | Ric Burns | The American West | May 9, 1995 (1995-05-09) |

### Season 8 (1995–96)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original release date |
| 84 | 1 | "Murder of the Century" | Carl Charlson | Popular Culture | October 16, 1995 (1995-10-16) |
| 85 | 2 | "Edison's Miracle of Light" | John Walter | Biographies, Technology | October 23, 1995 (1995-10-23) |
| 86 | 3 | "Chicago 1968" | Chana Gazit | Politics, Popular Culture | November 13, 1995 (1995-11-13) |
| 87 | 4 | "The Orphan Trains" | Janet Graham & Edward Gray | Popular Culture | November 27, 1995 (1995-11-27) |
| 88 | 5 | "Freedom on My Mind" | Connie Field & Marilyn Mulford | Civil Rights | January 15, 1996 (1996-01-15) |
| 89 | 6 | "Daley: The Last Boss" | Barak Goodman | Biographies, Politics | January 22, 1996 (1996-01-22) |
| 90 | 7 | "The Battle Over Citizen Kane" | Michael Epstein & Thomas Lennon | Popular Culture | January 29, 1996 (1996-01-29) |
| 91 | 8 | "The Wright Stuff" | Nancy Porter | Biographies, Technology | February 12, 1996 (1996-02-12) |
| 92 | 9 | "Spy in the Sky" | Linda Garmon | Technology, War | February 26, 1996 (1996-02-26) |

### Season 9 (1996–97)

    * 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 release 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) |
| 104 | 12 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 3)" | Austin Hoyt | Politics, War | June 2, 1997 (1997-06-02) |
| 105 | 13 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 4)" | Andrew Pearson | Politics, War | June 9, 1997 (1997-06-09) |
| 106 | 14 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 5)" | Martin Smith | Politics, War | June 16, 1997 (1997-06-16) |
| 107 | 15 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 6)" | Austin Hoyt | Politics, War | June 23, 1997 (1997-06-23) |
| 108 | 16 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 7)" | Martin Smith | Politics, War | June 30, 1997 (1997-06-30) |
| 109 | 17 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 8)" | Bruce Palling | Politics, War | July 7, 1997 (1997-07-07) |
| 110 | 18 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 9)" | Martin Smith | Politics, War | July 14, 1997 (1997-07-14) |
| 111 | 19 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 10)" | Elizabeth Deane | Politics, War | July 21, 1997 (1997-07-21) |
| 112 | 20 | "Vietnam: A Television History (Part 11)" | Elizabeth Deane | Politics, War | July 28, 1997 (1997-07-28) |

### Season 10 (1997–98)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original release date |
| 113 | 1 | "Truman (Part 1)" | David Grubin | Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War | October 5, 1997 (1997-10-05) |
| 114 | 2 | "Truman (Part 2)" | David Grubin | Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War | October 6, 1997 (1997-10-06) |
| 115 | 3 | "A Midwife's Tale" | Richard P. Rogers | Biographies | January 19, 1998 (1998-01-19) |
| 116 | 4 | "Mr. Miami Beach" | Mark Davis | Biographies | February 2, 1998 (1998-02-02) |
| 117 | 5 | "Influenza 1918" | Robert Kenner | Technology | February 9, 1998 (1998-02-09) |
| 118 | 6 | "Reagan (Part 1)" | Adriana Bosch | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | February 23, 1998 (1998-02-23) |
| 119 | 7 | "Reagan (Part 2)" | Austin Hoyt | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | February 24, 1998 (1998-02-24) |
| 120 | 8 | "Surviving the Dust Bowl" | Chana Gazit | The Natural Environment | March 2, 1998 (1998-03-02) |
| 121 | 9 | "Riding the Rails" | Lexy Lovell & Michael Uys | Popular Culture | April 13, 1998 (1998-04-13) |

### Season 11 (1998–99)

    * 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 release date |
| 122 | 1* | "America 1900 (Parts 1–4)" | David Grubin | Politics, Popular Culture, Technology | November 18, 1998 (1998-11-18) |
| 123 | 2 | "Race for the Superbomb" | Thomas Ott | Technology, War | January 11, 1999 (1999-01-11) |
| 124 | 3 | "Hoover Dam" | Stephen Stept | Technology, The American West | January 18, 1999 (1999-01-18) |
| 125 | 4 | "Alone on the Ice" | Nancy Porter | Biographies, Technology, The Natural Environment | February 8, 1999 (1999-02-08) |
| 126 | 5 | "Rescue at Sea" | Ben Loeterman | Technology | February 15, 1999 (1999-02-15) |
| 127 | 6 | "Meltdown at Three Mile Island" | Chana Gazit | Technology | February 22, 1999 (1999-02-22) |
| 128 | 7 | "Lost in the Grand Canyon" | Mark Davis | Biographies, The American West, The Natural Environment | April 5, 1999 (1999-04-05) |
| 129 | 8 | "MacArthur (Part 1)" | Sarah Holt & Austin Hoyt | Biographies, War | May 17, 1999 (1999-05-17) |
| 130 | 9 | "MacArthur (Part 2)" | Sarah Holt & Austin Hoyt | Biographies, War | May 18, 1999 (1999-05-18) |
| 131 | 10 | "Fly Girls" | Laurel Ladevich | Biographies, Technology, War | May 24, 1999 (1999-05-24) |

### Season 12 (1999–2000)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original release date |
| 132 | 1 | "New York: A Documentary Film (Part 1)" | Ric Burns | Popular Culture | November 14, 1999 (1999-11-14) |
| 133 | 2 | "New York: A Documentary Film (Part 2)" | Ric Burns | Popular Culture | November 15, 1999 (1999-11-15) |
| 134 | 3 | "New York: A Documentary Film (Part 3)" | Ric Burns | Popular Culture | November 16, 1999 (1999-11-16) |
| 135 | 4 | "New York: A Documentary Film (Part 4)" | Ric Burns | Popular Culture | November 17, 1999 (1999-11-17) |
| 136 | 5 | "New York: A Documentary Film (Part 5)" | Ric Burns | Popular Culture | November 18, 1999 (1999-11-18) |
| 137 | 6 | "Eleanor Roosevelt" | Sue Williams | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | January 10, 2000 (2000-01-10) |
| 138 | 7 | "Houdini" | Nancy Porter | Biographies, Popular Culture | January 24, 2000 (2000-01-24) |
| 139 | 8 | "Nixon's China Game" | Mark Anderson & Michael Simkin | Biographies, Politics | January 31, 2000 (2000-01-31) |
| 140 | 9 | "The Duel" | Carl Byker & Mitch Wilson | Politics | February 14, 2000 (2000-02-14) |
| 141 | 10 | "John Brown's Holy War" | Robert Kenner | Biographies, Civil Rights | February 28, 2000 (2000-02-28) |
| 142 | 11 | "George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (Part 1)" | Daniel McCabe & Paul Stekler | Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics | April 23, 2000 (2000-04-23) |
| 143 | 12 | "George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (Part 2)" | Daniel McCabe & Paul Stekler | Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics | April 24, 2000 (2000-04-24) |
| 144 | 13 | "Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory" | Llewellyn M. Smith | Civil Rights, Popular Culture | May 1, 2000 (2000-05-01) |
| 145 | 14 | "Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life" | Mark Zwonitzer | Biographies, Popular Culture | May 8, 2000 (2000-05-08) |
| 146 | 15 | "The Wizard of Photography" | James A. DeVinney | Biographies, Technology | May 22, 2000 (2000-05-22) |

### Season 13 (2000–01)

    * 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 release date |
| 147 | 1 | "The Rockefellers (Part 1)" | Elizabeth Deane | Biographies, Popular Culture | October 16, 2000 (2000-10-16) |
| 148 | 2 | "The Rockefellers (Part 2)" | Adriana Bosch | Biographies, Popular Culture | October 23, 2000 (2000-10-23) |
| 149 | 3 | "Secrets of a Master Builder" | Carl Charlson | Biographies, Technology | October 30, 2000 (2000-10-30) |
| 150 | 4 | "Return with Honor" | Freida Lee Mock & Terry Sanders | Politics, War | November 13, 2000 (2000-11-13) |
| 151 | 5 | "Streamliners: America's Lost Trains" | Thomas Ott | Technology | February 5, 2001 (2001-02-05) |
| 152 | 6 | "Marcus Garvey: Look For Me in the Whirlwind" | Stanley Nelson | Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics | February 12, 2001 (2001-02-12) |
| 153 | 7* | "Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (Parts 1–2)" | David Grubin | Biographies, Presidents | February 19, 2001 (2001-02-19) |
| 154 | 8* | "Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (Parts 3–4)" | David Grubin | Biographies, Presidents | February 20, 2001 (2001-02-20) |
| 155 | 9* | "Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (Parts 5–6)" | David Grubin | Biographies, Presidents | February 21, 2001 (2001-02-21) |
| 156 | 10 | "Scottsboro: An American Tragedy" | Barak Goodman | Civil Rights | April 2, 2001 (2001-04-02) |
| 157 | 11 | "Fatal Flood" | Chana Gazit | The Natural Environment | April 16, 2001 (2001-04-16) |
| 158 | 12 | "Stephen Foster" | Randall MacLowry | Biographies, Popular Culture | April 23, 2001 (2001-04-23) |

### Season 14 (2001–02)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original release date |
| 159 | 1 | "New York: A Documentary Film (Part 6)" | Ric Burns | Popular Culture | September 30, 2001 (2001-09-30) |
| 160 | 2 | "New York: A Documentary Film (Part 7)" | Ric Burns | Popular Culture | October 1, 2001 (2001-10-01) |
| 161 | 3 | "War Letters" | Robert Kenner | War | November 11, 2001 (2001-11-11) |
| 162 | 4 | "Woodrow Wilson (Part 1)" | Carl Byker & Mitch Wilson | Biographies, Presidents, War | January 6, 2002 (2002-01-06) |
| 163 | 5 | "Woodrow Wilson (Part 2)" | Carl Byker & Mitch Wilson | Biographies, Presidents, War | January 13, 2002 (2002-01-13) |
| 164 | 6 | "Mount Rushmore" | Mark Zwonitzer | The Natural Environment | January 20, 2002 (2002-01-20) |
| 165 | 7 | "Miss America" | Lisa Ades | Popular Culture | January 27, 2002 (2002-01-27) |
| 166 | 8 | "Zoot Suit Riots" | Joseph Tovares | Civil Rights, Politics | February 10, 2002 (2002-02-10) |
| 167 | 9 | "Monkey Trial" | Christine Lesiak | Politics, Popular Culture | February 17, 2002 (2002-02-17) |
| 168 | 10 | "Public Enemy #1" | Ben Loeterman | Biographies, Politics, Popular Culture | February 24, 2002 (2002-02-24) |
| 169 | 11 | "Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film" | Ric Burns | Biographies, Popular Culture, The Natural Environment | April 21, 2002 (2002-04-21) |
| 170 | 12 | "A Brilliant Madness" | Mark Samels | Biographies | April 28, 2002 (2002-04-28) |
| 171 | 13 | "Ulysses S. Grant (Part 1)" | Adriana Bosch | Biographies, Politics, Popular Culture, Presidents, War | May 5, 2002 (2002-05-05) |
| 172 | 14 | "Ulysses S. Grant (Part 2)" | Elizabeth Deane | Biographies, Politics, Popular Culture, Presidents, War | May 12, 2002 (2002-05-12) |

### Season 15 (2002–03)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original release date |
| 173 | 1 | "Jimmy Carter (Part 1)" | Adriana Bosch | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | November 11, 2002 (2002-11-11) |
| 174 | 2 | "Jimmy Carter (Part 2)" | Adriana Bosch | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | November 12, 2002 (2002-11-12) |
| 175 | 3 | "Chicago: City of the Century (Part 1)" | Austin Hoyt | Popular Culture | January 13, 2003 (2003-01-13) |
| 176 | 4 | "Chicago: City of the Century (Part 2)" | Austin Hoyt | Popular Culture | January 14, 2003 (2003-01-14) |
| 177 | 5 | "Chicago: City of the Century (Part 3)" | Austin Hoyt | Popular Culture | January 15, 2003 (2003-01-15) |
| 178 | 6 | "The Murder of Emmett Till" | Stanley Nelson | Civil Rights, Politics | January 20, 2003 (2003-01-20) |
| 179 | 7 | "The Transcontinental Railroad" | Michael Chin & Mark Zwonitzer | Technology, The American West | January 27, 2003 (2003-01-27) |
| 180 | 8 | "Partners of the Heart" | Andrea Kalin | Biographies, Civil Rights, Technology | February 10, 2003 (2003-02-10) |
| 181 | 9 | "The Pill" | Chana Gazit | Popular Culture, Technology | February 24, 2003 (2003-02-24) |
| 182 | 10 | "Daughter from Danang" | Gail Dolgin & Vicente Franco | Biographies, War | April 7, 2003 (2003-04-07) |
| 183 | 11 | "Seabiscuit" | Stephen Ives | Biographies, Popular Culture | April 21, 2003 (2003-04-21) |
| 184 | 12 | "Bataan Rescue" | Peter Jones | War | July 7, 2003 (2003-07-07) |
| 185 | 13 | "Murder at Harvard" | Eric Stange | Popular Culture | July 14, 2003 (2003-07-14) |

### Season 16 (2003–04)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original release date |
| 186 | 1 | "New York: A Documentary Film (Part 8)" | Ric Burns | Popular Culture, Technology | September 8, 2003 (2003-09-08) |
| 187 | 2 | "Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (Part 1)" | Llewellyn M. Smith | Civil Rights, War | January 12, 2004 (2004-01-12) |
| 188 | 3 | "Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (Part 2)" | Elizabeth Deane | Civil Rights, War | January 13, 2004 (2004-01-13) |
| 189 | 4 | "Citizen King" | Orlando Bagwell & W. Noland Walker | Biographies, Civil Rights | January 19, 2004 (2004-01-19) |
| 190 | 5 | "Remember the Alamo" | Joseph Tovares | The American West, War | February 2, 2004 (2004-02-02) |
| 191 | 6 | "Tupperware!" | Laurie Kahn-Leavitt | Popular Culture | February 9, 2004 (2004-02-09) |
| 192 | 7 | "Emma Goldman" | Mel Bucklin | Biographies, Politics | April 12, 2004 (2004-04-12) |
| 193 | 8 | "Patriots Day" | Marian Marzynski | Popular Culture | April 19, 2004 (2004-04-19) |
| 194 | 9 | "Golden Gate Bridge" | Ben Loeterman | Technology | May 3, 2004 (2004-05-03) |

### Season 17 (2004–05)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original release date |
| 195 | 1 | "RFK" | David Grubin | Biographies, Politics | October 4, 2004 (2004-10-04) |
| 196 | 2 | "The Fight" | Barak Goodman | Biographies, Civil Rights, Popular Culture | October 18, 2004 (2004-10-18) |
| 197 | 3 | "Fidel Castro" | Adriana Bosch | Biographies | January 31, 2005 (2005-01-31) |
| 198 | 4 | "Building the Alaska Highway" | Tracy Heather Strain | Technology, War | February 7, 2005 (2005-02-07) |
| 199 | 5 | "Kinsey" | Barak Goodman & John Maggio | Biographies, Popular Culture | February 14, 2005 (2005-02-14) |
| 200 | 6 | "Mary Pickford" | Sue Williams | Biographies, Popular Culture | April 4, 2005 (2005-04-04) |
| 201 | 7 | "The Great Transatlantic Cable" | Peter Jones | Technology | April 11, 2005 (2005-04-11) |
| 202 | 8 | "The Massie Affair" | Mark Zwonitzer | Popular Culture | April 18, 2005 (2005-04-18) |
| 203 | 9 | "Victory in the Pacific" | Austin Hoyt | War | May 2, 2005 (2005-05-02) |
| 204 | 10 | "The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken" | Kathy Conkwright | Biographies, Popular Culture | May 9, 2005 (2005-05-09) |
| 205 | 11 | "Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst" | Robert Stone | Politics, Popular Culture | May 23, 2005 (2005-05-23) |

### Season 18 (2005–06)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original release date |
| 206 | 1 | "Two Days in October" | Robert Kenner | Politics, War | October 17, 2005 (2005-10-17) |
| 207 | 2 | "Race to the Moon" | Kevin Michael Kertscher | Technology | October 31, 2005 (2005-10-31) |
| 208 | 3 | "Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (Part 1)" | Stephen Ives | Popular Culture, The American West | November 14, 2005 (2005-11-14) |
| 209 | 4 | "Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (Part 2)" | Stephen Ives | Popular Culture, The American West | November 15, 2005 (2005-11-15) |
| 210 | 5 | "John & Abigail Adams" | Peter Jones | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | January 23, 2006 (2006-01-23) |
| 211 | 6 | "The Nuremberg Trials" | Michael Kloft | Politics, War | January 30, 2006 (2006-01-30) |
| 212 | 7 | "Jesse James" | Mark Zwonitzer | Biographies, Popular Culture | February 6, 2006 (2006-02-06) |
| 213 | 8 | "Hijacked" | Ilan Ziv | Politics | February 27, 2006 (2006-02-27) |
| 214 | 9 | "Eugene O'Neill" | Ric Burns | Biographies, Popular Culture | March 27, 2006 (2006-03-27) |
| 215 | 10 | "The Boy in the Bubble" | Barak Goodman & John Maggio | Biographies, Technology | April 10, 2006 (2006-04-10) |
| 216 | 11 | "The Alaska Pipeline" | Mark Davis | Technology, The Natural Environment | April 24, 2006 (2006-04-24) |
| 217 | 12 | "Annie Oakley" | Riva Freifeld | Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West | May 8, 2006 (2006-05-08) |
| 218 | 13 | "The Man Behind Hitler" | Lutz Hachmeister | Biographies, War | May 22, 2006 (2006-05-22) |

### Season 19 (2006–07)

    * 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 release date |
| 219 | 1* | "Eyes on the Prize (Parts 1–2)" | Judith Vecchione (Parts 1–2) | Civil Rights | October 2, 2006 (2006-10-02) |
| 220 | 2* | "Eyes on the Prize (Parts 3–4)" | Orlando Bagwell (Part 3) Callie Crossley & James A. DeVinney (Part 4) | Civil Rights | October 9, 2006 (2006-10-09) |
| 221 | 3* | "Eyes on the Prize (Parts 5–6)" | Orlando Bagwell (Part 5) Callie Crossley & James A. DeVinney (Part 6) | Civil Rights | October 16, 2006 (2006-10-16) |
| 222 | 4 | "Test Tube Babies" | Chana Gazit & Hilary Klotz Steinman | Technology | October 23, 2006 (2006-10-23) |
| 223 | 5 | "The Great Fever" | Adriana Bosch & Michael Chin | Technology | October 30, 2006 (2006-10-30) |
| 224 | 6 | "The Gold Rush" | Randall MacLowry | The American West | November 6, 2006 (2006-11-06) |
| 225 | 7 | "The Berlin Airlift" | Peter Adler, Alexander Berkel & Stefan Mausbach | War | January 29, 2007 (2007-01-29) |
| 226 | 8 | "The Living Weapon" | John Rubin | Technology, War | February 5, 2007 (2007-02-05) |
| 227 | 9 | "New Orleans" | Stephen Ives | Popular Culture | February 12, 2007 (2007-02-12) |
| 228 | 10 | "Sister Aimee" | Linda Garmon | Biographies, Popular Culture | April 2, 2007 (2007-04-02) |
| 229 | 11 | "Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple" | Stanley Nelson | Popular Culture | April 9, 2007 (2007-04-09) |
| 230 | 12 | "Summer of Love" | Gail Dolgin & Vicente Franco | Popular Culture | April 23, 2007 (2007-04-23) |
| 231 | 13 | "The Mormons (Part 1)" | Helen Whitney | Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West | April 30, 2007 (2007-04-30) |
| 232 | 14 | "The Mormons (Part 2)" | Helen Whitney | Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West | May 1, 2007 (2007-05-01) |
| 233 | 15 | "Alexander Hamilton" | Muffie Meyer | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | May 14, 2007 (2007-05-14) |

### Season 20 (2008)

    * 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 release date |
| 234 | 1 | "Oswald's Ghost" | Robert Stone | Biographies | January 14, 2008 (2008-01-14) |
| 235 | 2 | "The Lobotomist" | Barak Goodman & John Maggio | Technology | January 21, 2008 (2008-01-21) |
| 236 | 3* | "Eyes on the Prize (Parts 7–8)" | James A. DeVinney & Madison D. Lacy Jr. (Part 7) Sheila C. Bernard & Samuel D. Pollard (Part 8) | Civil Rights | February 3, 2008 (2008-02-03) |
| 237 | 4 | "Grand Central" | Michael Epstein | Popular Culture, Technology | February 4, 2008 (2008-02-04) |
| 238 | 5* | "Eyes on the Prize (Parts 9–10)" | Louis Massiah & Terry Kay Rockefeller (Part 9) Jacqueline Shearer & Paul Stekler (Part 10) | Civil Rights | February 10, 2008 (2008-02-10) |
| 239 | 6* | "Eyes on the Prize (Parts 11–12)" | Sheila C. Bernard & Samuel D. Pollard (Part 11) Louis Massiah, Thomas Ott & Terry Kay Rockefeller (Part 12) | Civil Rights | February 17, 2008 (2008-02-17) |
| 240 | 7 | "Kit Carson" | Stephen Ives | Biographies, Native American History, The American West | February 18, 2008 (2008-02-18) |
| 241 | 8* | "Eyes on the Prize (Parts 13–14)" | Jacqueline Shearer & Paul Stekler (Part 13) James A. DeVinney & Madison D. Lacy (Part 14) | Civil Rights | February 24, 2008 (2008-02-24) |
| 242 | 9 | "Buffalo Bill" | Rob Rapley | Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West | February 25, 2008 (2008-02-25) |
| 243 | 10 | "Minik" "Minik, the Lost Eskimo" | Axel Engstfeld | Biographies | March 31, 2008 (2008-03-31) |
| 244 | 11 | "Walt Whitman" | Mark Zwonitzer | Biographies, The Natural Environment | April 14, 2008 (2008-04-14) |
| 245 | 12 | "Roberto Clemente" | Bernardo Ruiz | Biographies, Civil Rights, Popular Culture | April 21, 2008 (2008-04-21) |
| 246 | 13 | "George H.W. Bush (Part 1)" | Austin Hoyt | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | May 5, 2008 (2008-05-05) |
| 247 | 14 | "George H.W. Bush (Part 2)" | Austin Hoyt | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | May 6, 2008 (2008-05-06) |

### Season 21 (2009)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original release date |
| 248 | 1 | "The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer" | David Grubin | Biographies, Technology, War | January 26, 2009 (2009-01-26) |
| 249 | 2 | "The Polio Crusade" | Sarah Colt | Popular Culture, Technology | February 2, 2009 (2009-02-02) |
| 250 | 3 | "The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln" | Barak Goodman | Presidents | February 9, 2009 (2009-02-09) |
| 251 | 4 | "A Class Apart" | Peter Miller & Carlos Sandoval | Civil Rights, Popular Culture | February 23, 2009 (2009-02-23) |
| 252 | 5 | "We Shall Remain (Part 1)" | Chris Eyre | Civil Rights, Native American History, Politics, The American West | April 13, 2009 (2009-04-13) |
| 253 | 6 | "We Shall Remain (Part 2)" | Ric Burns & Chris Eyre | Civil Rights, Native American History, Politics, The American West | April 20, 2009 (2009-04-20) |
| 254 | 7 | "We Shall Remain (Part 3)" | Chris Eyre | Civil Rights, Native American History, Politics, The American West | April 27, 2009 (2009-04-27) |
| 255 | 8 | "We Shall Remain (Part 4)" | Sarah Colt and Dustinn Craig | Civil Rights, Native American History, Politics, The American West | May 4, 2009 (2009-05-04) |
| 256 | 9 | "We Shall Remain (Part 5)" | Stanley Nelson | Civil Rights, Native American History, Politics, The American West | May 11, 2009 (2009-05-11) |

### Season 22 (2009–10)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original release date |
| 257 | 1 | "The Civilian Conservation Corps" | Robert Stone | The American West, The Natural Environment | November 2, 2009 (2009-11-02) |
| 258 | 2 | "Wyatt Earp" | Rob Rapley | Biographies, The American West | January 25, 2010 (2010-01-25) |
| 259 | 3 | "The Bombing of Germany" | Zvi Dor-Ner | Politics, War | February 8, 2010 (2010-02-08) |
| 260 | 4 | "Dolley Madison" | Muffie Meyer | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | March 1, 2010 (2010-03-01) |
| 261 | 5 | "Earth Days" | Robert Stone | Popular Culture, The Natural Environment | April 19, 2010 (2010-04-19) |
| 262 | 6 | "My Lai" | Barak Goodman | War | April 26, 2010 (2010-04-26) |
| 263 | 7 | "Roads to Memphis" | Stephen Ives | Civil Rights | May 3, 2010 (2010-05-03) |
| 264 | 8 | "Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World" | Ric Burns | The Natural Environment | May 10, 2010 (2010-05-10) |

### Season 23 (2010–11)

    * 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 release date |
| 265 | 1* | "God in America (Parts 1–2)" | David Belton | Popular Culture | October 11, 2010 (2010-10-11) |
| 266 | 2* | "God in America (Parts 3–4)" | Sarah Colt | Popular Culture | October 12, 2010 (2010-10-12) |
| 267 | 3* | "God in America (Parts 5–6)" | Greg Barker | Popular Culture | October 13, 2010 (2010-10-13) |
| 268 | 4 | "Robert E. Lee" | Mark Zwonitzer | Biographies, War | January 3, 2011 (2011-01-03) |
| 269 | 5 | "Dinosaur Wars" | Mark Davis | The American West, The Natural Environment | January 17, 2011 (2011-01-17) |
| 270 | 6 | "Panama Canal" | Stephen Ives | Popular Culture, Technology, The Natural Environment | January 24, 2011 (2011-01-24) |
| 271 | 7 | "The Greely Expedition" | Rob Rapley | Popular Culture, The Natural Environment | January 31, 2011 (2011-01-31) |
| 272 | 8 | "Triangle Fire" | Jamila Wignot | Popular Culture, Technology | February 28, 2011 (2011-02-28) |
| 273 | 9 | "The Great Famine" | Austin Hoyt & Aisiyuak Yumagulov | Popular Culture, The Natural Environment | April 11, 2011 (2011-04-11) |
| 274 | 10 | "Stonewall Uprising" | Kate Davis & David Heilbroner | Civil Rights, Popular Culture | April 25, 2011 (2011-04-25) |
| 275 | 11 | "Soundtrack for a Revolution" | Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman | Civil Rights, Popular Culture | May 9, 2011 (2011-05-09) |
| 276 | 12 | "Freedom Riders" | Stanley Nelson | Civil Rights, Popular Culture | May 16, 2011 (2011-05-16) |

### Season 24 (2012)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original release date |
| 277 | 1 | "Billy the Kid" | John Maggio | Biographies, The American West | January 10, 2012 (2012-01-10) |
| 278 | 2 | "Custer's Last Stand" | Stephen Ives | Biographies, Native American History, The American West | January 17, 2012 (2012-01-17) |
| 279 | 3 | "Clinton (Part 1)" | Barak Goodman | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | February 20, 2012 (2012-02-20) |
| 280 | 4 | "Clinton (Part 2)" | Barak Goodman | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | February 21, 2012 (2012-02-21) |
| 281 | 5 | "The Amish" | David Belton | Biographies, Popular Culture | February 28, 2012 (2012-02-28) |
| 282 | 6 | "Grand Coulee Dam" | Stephen Ives | Native American History, Technology, The American West, The Natural Environment | April 3, 2012 (2012-04-03) |
| 283 | 7 | "Jesse Owens" | Laruens Grant | Biographies, Civil Rights, Popular Culture, War | May 1, 2012 (2012-05-01) |
| 284 | 8 | "Death and the Civil War" | Ric Burns | Popular Culture, War | September 18, 2012 (2012-09-18) |

### Season 25 (2013)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original release date |
| 285 | 1 | "The Abolitionists (Part 1)" | Rob Rapley | Biographies, Civil Rights | January 8, 2013 (2013-01-08) |
| 286 | 2 | "The Abolitionists (Part 2)" | Rob Rapley | Biographies, Civil Rights | January 15, 2013 (2013-01-15) |
| 287 | 3 | "The Abolitionists (Part 3)" | Rob Rapley | Biographies, Civil Rights | January 22, 2013 (2013-01-22) |
| 288 | 4 | "Henry Ford" | Sarah Colt | Biographies, Popular Culture | January 29, 2013 (2013-01-29) |
| 289 | 5 | "Silicon Valley" | Randall MacLowry | Biographies, Popular Culture, Technology | February 5, 2013 (2013-02-05) |
| 290 | 6 | "War of the Worlds" | Cathleen O'Connell | Popular Culture | October 29, 2013 (2013-10-29) |
| 291 | 7 | "JFK (Part 1)" | Susan Bellows | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | November 11, 2013 (2013-11-11) |
| 292 | 8 | "JFK (Part 2)" | Susan Bellows | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | November 12, 2013 (2013-11-12) |

### Season 26 (2014)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 293 | 1 | "The Poisoner's Handbook" | Rob Rapley | Teleplay by : Rob Rapley Story by : Michelle Ferrari | January 7, 2014 (2014-01-07) |
| 294 | 2 | "1964" | Stephen Ives | Stephen Ives | January 14, 2014 (2014-01-14) |
| 295 | 3 | "The Amish: Shunned" | Callie T. Wiser | Callie T. Wiser | February 4, 2014 (2014-02-04) |
| 296 | 4 | "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" | John Maggio | John Maggio | February 11, 2014 (2014-02-11) |
| 297 | 5 | "The Rise and Fall of Penn Station" | Randall MacLowry | Randall MacLowry | February 18, 2014 (2014-02-18) |
| 298 | 6 | "Freedom Summer" | Stanley Nelson | Stanley Nelson | June 24, 2014 (2014-06-24) |
| 299 | 7 | "Cold War Roadshow" | Robert Stone & Tim B. Toidze | Unknown | November 18, 2014 (2014-11-18) |

### Season 27 (2015)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 300 | 1 | "Ripley: Believe It or Not" | Cathleen O'Connell | Cathleen O'Connell | January 6, 2015 (2015-01-06) |
| 301 | 2 | "Klansville U.S.A." | Callie T. Wiser | Teleplay by : David Espar & Callie T. Wiser Story by : Callie T. Wiser | January 13, 2015 (2015-01-13) |
| 302 | 3 | "Edison" | Michelle Ferrari | Michelle Ferrari | January 27, 2015 (2015-01-27) |
| 303 | 4 | "The Big Burn" | Stephen Ives | Stephen Ives | February 3, 2015 (2015-02-03) |
| 304 | 5 | "The Forgotten Plague" | Chana Gazit | Chana Gazit | February 10, 2015 (2015-02-10) |
| 305 | 6 | "Last Days in Vietnam" | Rory Kennedy | Mark Bailey & Keven McAlester | April 28, 2015 (2015-04-28) |
| 306 | 7 | "Blackout" | Callie T. Wiser | Teleplay by : Sharon Grimberg Story by : David Murdock | July 14, 2015 (2015-07-14) |
| 307 | 8 | "Walt Disney (Part 1)" | Sarah Colt | Teleplay by : Mark Zwonitzer Story by : Sarah Colt & Tom Jennings | September 14, 2015 (2015-09-14) |
| 308 | 9 | "Walt Disney (Part 2)" | Sarah Colt | Teleplay by : Mark Zwonitzer Story by : Sarah Colt & Tom Jennings | September 15, 2015 (2015-09-15) |
| 309 | 10 | "American Comandante" | Adriana Bosch | Adriana Bosch | November 17, 2015 (2015-11-17) |
| 310 | 11 | "The Pilgrims" | Ric Burns | Ric Burns | November 24, 2015 (2015-11-24) |

### Season 28 (2016)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 311 | 1 | "Bonnie & Clyde" | John Maggio | John Maggio | January 19, 2016 (2016-01-19) |
| 312 | 2 | "The Mine Wars" | Randall MacLowry | Teleplay by : Mark Zwonitzer Story by : Paul Taylor | January 26, 2016 (2016-01-26) |
| 313 | 3 | "Murder of a President" | Rob Rapley | Teleplay by : Rob Rapley Story by : Paul Taylor | February 2, 2016 (2016-02-02) |
| 314 | 4 | "The Perfect Crime" | Cathleen O'Connell | Michelle Ferrari | February 9, 2016 (2016-02-09) |
| 315 | 5 | "Space Men" | Amanda Pollak | Amanda Pollak | March 1, 2016 (2016-03-01) |
| 316 | 6 | "The Boys of ’36" | Margaret Grossi | Aaron R. Cohen | August 2, 2016 (2016-08-02) |
| 317 | 7 | "Tesla" | David Grubin | David Grubin | October 18, 2016 (2016-10-18) |
| 318 | 8 | "The Battle of Chosin" | Randall MacLowry | Mark Zwonitzer | November 1, 2016 (2016-11-01) |

### Season 29 (2017)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 319 | 1 | "Command and Control" | Robert Kenner | Teleplay by : Robert Kenner & Eric Schlosser Story by : Brian Pearle & Kim Roberts | January 10, 2017 (2017-01-10) |
| 320 | 2 | "Rachel Carson" | Michelle Ferrari | Michelle Ferrari | January 24, 2017 (2017-01-24) |
| 321 | 3 | "The Race Underground" | Michael Rossi | Michael Rossi | January 31, 2017 (2017-01-31) |
| 322 | 4 | "Oklahoma City" | Barak Goodman | Barak Goodman | February 7, 2017 (2017-02-07) |
| 323 | 5 | "Ruby Ridge" | Barak Goodman | Barak Goodman & Don Kleszy | February 14, 2017 (2017-02-14) |
| 324 | 6 | "The Great War (Part 1)" | Stephen Ives | Stephen Ives | April 10, 2017 (2017-04-10) |
| 325 | 7 | "The Great War (Part 2)" | Amanda Pollak | Stephen Ives | April 11, 2017 (2017-04-11) |
| 326 | 8 | "The Great War (Part 3)" | Rob Rapley | Rob Rapley | April 12, 2017 (2017-04-12) |

### Season 30 (2018)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 327 | 1 | "Into the Amazon" | John Maggio | John Maggio | January 9, 2018 (2018-01-09) |
| 328 | 2 | "The Secret of Tuxedo Park" | Rob Rapley | Rob Rapley | January 16, 2018 (2018-01-16) |
| 329 | 3 | "The Gilded Age" | Sarah Colt | Mark Zwonitzer | February 6, 2018 (2018-02-06) |
| 330 | 4 | "The Bombing of Wall Street" | Susan Bellows | Susan Bellows | February 13, 2018 (2018-02-13) |
| 331 | 5 | "The Island Murder" | Mark Zwonitzer | Mark Zwonitzer | April 17, 2018 (2018-04-17) |
| 332 | 6 | "The Chinese Exclusion Act" | Ric Burns & Li-Shin Yu | Teleplay by : Ric Burns Story by : Ric Burns, Robin Espinola & Li-Shin Yu | May 29, 2018 (2018-05-29) |
| 333 | 7 | "The Circus (Part 1)" | Sharon Grimberg | Sharon Grimberg | October 8, 2018 (2018-10-08) |
| 334 | 8 | "The Circus (Part 2)" | Sharon Grimberg | Sharon Grimberg | October 9, 2018 (2018-10-09) |
| 335 | 9 | "The Eugenics Crusade" | Michelle Ferrari | Michelle Ferrari | October 16, 2018 (2018-10-16) |

### Season 31 (2019)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 336 | 1 | "The Swamp" | Randall MacLowery | Teleplay by : Michelle Ferrari & Randall MacLowry Story by : Randall MacLowry | January 15, 2019 (2019-01-15) |
| 337 | 2 | "Sealab" | Stephen Ives | Stephen Ives | February 12, 2019 (2019-02-12) |
| 338 | 3 | "Chasing the Moon (Part 1)" | Robert Stone | Robert Stone | July 8, 2019 (2019-07-08) |
| 339 | 4 | "Chasing the Moon (Part 2)" | Robert Stone | Robert Stone | July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09) |
| 340 | 5 | "Chasing the Moon (Part 3)" | Robert Stone | Robert Stone | July 10, 2019 (2019-07-10) |
| 341 | 6 | "Woodstock" | Barak Goodman | Barak Goodman & Don Kleszy | August 6, 2019 (2019-08-06) |
| 342 | 7 | "The Feud" | Randall MacLowry | Randall MacLowry | September 10, 2019 (2019-09-10) |

### Season 32 (2020)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 343 | 1 | "McCarthy" | Sharon Grimberg | Sharon Grimberg | January 6, 2020 (2020-01-06) |
| 344 | 2 | "The Poison Squad" | John Maggio | John Maggio | January 28, 2020 (2020-01-28) |
| 345 | 3 | "The Man Who Tried to Feed the World" | Rob Rapley | Rob Rapley | April 21, 2020 (2020-04-21) |
| 346 | 4 | "George W. Bush (Part 1)" | Jamila Ephron | Chris Durrance & Barak Goodman | May 4, 2020 (2020-05-04) |
| 347 | 5 | "George W. Bush (Part 2)" | Jamila Ephron | Chris Durrance & Barak Goodman | May 5, 2020 (2020-05-05) |
| 348 | 6 | "Mr. Tornado" | Michael Rossi | Michael Rossi | May 19, 2020 (2020-05-19) |
| 349 | 7 | "The Vote (Part 1)" | Michelle Ferrari | Michelle Ferrari | July 6, 2020 (2020-07-06) |
| 350 | 8 | "The Vote (Part 2)" | Michelle Ferrari | Michelle Ferrari | July 7, 2020 (2020-07-07) |

### Season 33 (2021)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 351 | 1 | "The Codebreaker" | Chana Gazit | Chana Gazit | January 11, 2021 (2021-01-11) |
| 352 | 2 | "Voice of Freedom" | Rob Rapley | Rob Rapley | February 15, 2021 (2021-02-15) |
| 353 | 3 | "The Blinding of Isaac Woodard" | Jamila Ephron | Jamila Ephron & Mark Zwonitzer | March 30, 2021 (2021-03-30) |
| 354 | 4 | "American Oz" | Randall MacLowry & Tracy Heather Strain | Randall MacLowry & Tracy Heather Strain | April 19, 2021 (2021-04-19) |
| 355 | 5 | "Billy Graham" | Sarah Colt | Keven McAlester | May 17, 2021 (2021-05-17) |
| 356 | 6 | "Sandra Day O'Connor: The First" | Michelle Ferrari | Michelle Ferrari | September 13, 2021 (2021-09-13) |
| 357 | 7 | "Citizen Hearst" (Part 1)" | Amanda Pollak | Gene Tempest | September 27, 2021 (2021-09-27) |
| 358 | 8 | "Citizen Hearst" (Part 2)" | Stephen Ives | Stephen Ives | September 28, 2021 (2021-09-28) |

### Season 34 (2022)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 359 | 1 | "Riveted: The History of Jeans" | Michael Bicks & Anna Lee Strachan | Michael Bicks & Anna Lee Strachan | February 7, 2022 (2022-02-07) |
| 360 | 2 | "The American Diplomat" | Leola Calzolai-Stewart | Ken Chowder | February 15, 2022 (2022-02-15) |
| 361 | 3 | "Flood in the Desert" | Rob Rapley | Rob Rapley | May 3, 2022 (2022-05-03) |
| 362 | 4 | "Plague at the Golden Gate" | Li-Shin Yu | Susan Kim | May 24, 2022 (2022-05-24) |
| 363 | 5 | "Taken Hostage (Part One)" | Robert Stone | Robert Stone | November 14, 2022 (2022-11-14) |
| 364 | 6 | "Taken Hostage (Part Two)" | Robert Stone | Robert Stone | November 15, 2022 (2022-11-15) |

### Season 35 (2023)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 365 | 1 | "The Lie Detector" | Rob Rapley | Rob Rapley | January 3, 2023 (2023-01-03) |
| 366 | 2 | "Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space" | Tracy Heather Strain | Tracy Heather Strain | January 17, 2023 (2023-01-17) |
| 367 | 3 | "Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History" | Stephen Ives | Stephen Ives | February 20, 2023 (2023-02-20) |
| 368 | 4 | "The Movement and the 'Madman'" | Stephen Talbot | (none credited) | March 28, 2023 (2023-03-28) |
| 369 | 5 | "The Sun Queen" | Amanda Pollak | Gene Tempest | April 4, 2023 (2023-04-04) |
| 370 | 6 | "Casa Susanna" | Sébastien Lifshitz | Sébastien Lifshitz | June 27, 2023 (2023-06-27) |
| 371 | 7 | "The Busing Battleground" | Sharon Grimberg & Cyndee Readdean | Sharon Grimberg | September 11, 2023 (2023-09-11) |
| 372 | 8 | "The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools" | Douglas A. Blackmon & Sam Pollard | Douglas A. Blackmon | September 12, 2023 (2023-09-12) |
| 373 | 9 | "The War on Disco" | Lisa Quijano Wolfinger | Rushmore Denooyer | October 30, 2023 (2023-10-30) |

### Season 36 (2024)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 374 | 1 | "Nazi Town, USA" | Peter Yost | Peter Yost | January 23, 2024 (2024-01-23) |
| 375 | 2 | "Fly With Me" | Sarah Colt & Helen Dobrowski | Sarah Colt | February 20, 2024 (2024-02-20) |
| 376 | 3 | "The Cancer Detectives" | Amanda Pollak & Gene Tempest | Gene Tempest | March 26, 2024 (2024-03-26) |
| 377 | 4 | "Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal" | Jamila Ephron | Jamila Ephron | April 22, 2024 (2024-04-22) |
| 378 | 5 | "The Riot Report" | Michelle Ferrari | Michelle Ferrari & Jelani Cobb | May 21, 2024 (2024-05-21) |
| 379 | 6 | "The American Vice President" | Michelle Ferrari | Michelle Ferrari | October 1, 2024 (2024-10-01) |
| 380 | 7 | "American Coup: Wilmington 1898" | Brad Lichtenstein & Yoruba Richen | Brad Lichtenstein, Yoruba Richen & Peter Miller | November 12, 2024 (2024-11-12) |

### Season 37 (2025)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 381 | 1 | "Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP" | Michelle Smawley | Rob Rapley | February 25, 2025 (2025-02-25) |
| 382 | 2 | TBA | TBD | TBD | |
| 383 | 3 | TBA | TBD | TBD | |
| 384 | 4 | TBA | TBD | TBD | |
| 385 | 5 | TBA | TBD | TBD | |
| 386 | 6 | TBA | TBD | TBD | |
| 387 | 7 | TBA | TBD | TBD | |

## Upcoming episodes

| Title | Directed by | Premiere date |
| "Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act" | | March 25 2025 |