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| Season 24 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Air Date | |
| 7 | Jesse Owens | Tue 01 May '12 | |
| 6 | Grand Coulee Dam | Tue 10 Apr '12 | |
| 5 | The Amish | Tue 28 Feb '12 | |
| 4 | Clinton (2) | Tue 21 Feb '12 | |
| 3 | Clinton (1) | Mon 20 Feb '12 | |
| 2 | Custer's Last Stand | Tue 17 Jan '12 | |
| 1 | Billy the Kid | Tue 10 Jan '12 | |
| Season 23 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Air Date | |
| 17 | Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided (6) | Mon 01 Aug '11 | |
| 16 | Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided (5) | Mon 25 Jul '11 | |
| 15 | Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided (4) | Mon 18 Jul '11 | |
| 14 | Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided (3) | Mon 11 Jul '11 | |
| 13 | Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided (2) | Mon 27 Jun '11 | |
| 12 | Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided (1) | Mon 20 Jun '11 | |
| 11 | Freedom Riders | Mon 16 May '11 | |
| 10 | Soundtrack for a Revolution | Mon 09 May '11 | |
| 9 | Stonewall Uprising | Mon 25 Apr '11 | |
| 8 | Great Famine | Mon 11 Apr '11 | |
| 7 | Triangle Fire | Mon 28 Feb '11 | |
| 6 | Jimmy Carter | Mon 21 Feb '11 | |
| 5 | Greely Expedition | Mon 31 Jan '11 | |
| 4 | Panama Canal | Mon 24 Jan '11 | |
| 3 | Dinosaur Wars | Mon 17 Jan '11 | |
| 2 | U.S. Grant: Warrior | Mon 10 Jan '11 | |
| 1 | Robert E. Lee | Mon 03 Jan '11 | |
| Season 22 | |||
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| # | Title | Air Date | |
| 8 | Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World | Mon 10 May '10 | |
| 7 | Roads to Memphis | Mon 03 May '10 | |
| 6 | My Lai | Mon 26 Apr '10 | |
| 5 | Earth Days | Mon 19 Apr '10 | |
| 4 | Dolley Madison | Mon 01 Mar '10 | |
| 3 | The Bombing of Germany | Mon 08 Feb '10 | |
| 2 | Wyatt Earp | Mon 25 Jan '10 | |
| 1 | The Civilian Conservation Corps | Mon 02 Nov '09 | |
| Season 21 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Air Date | |
| 10 | The Kennedys | Mon 18 May '09 | |
| 9 | We Shall Remain: Wounded Knee (5) | Mon 11 May '09 | |
| 8 | We Shall Remain: Geronimo (4) | Mon 04 May '09 | |
| 7 | We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears (3) | Mon 27 Apr '09 | |
| 6 | We Shall Remain: Tecumseh's Vision (2) | Mon 20 Apr '09 | |
| 5 | We Shall Remain: After the Mayflower (1) | Mon 13 Apr '09 | |
| 4 | A Class Apart | Mon 23 Feb '09 | |
| 3 | The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln | Mon 09 Feb '09 | |
| 2 | The Polio Crusade | Mon 02 Feb '09 | |
| 1 | The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer | Mon 26 Jan '09 | |
| Season 20 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Air Date | |
| 14 | George H. W. Bush (2) | Tue 06 May '08 | |
| 13 | George H. W. Bush (1) | Mon 05 May '08 | |
| 12 | Roberto Clemente | Mon 21 Apr '08 | |
| 11 | Walt Whitman | Mon 14 Apr '08 | |
| 10 | Minik, the Lost Eskimo | Mon 31 Mar '08 | |
| 9 | Buffalo Bill | Mon 25 Feb '08 | |
| 8 | Eyes on the Prize II (7 & 8) | Sun 24 Feb '08 | |
| 7 | Kit Carson | Mon 18 Feb '08 | |
| 6 | Eyes on the Prize II (5 & 6) | Sun 17 Feb '08 | |
| 5 | Eyes on the Prize II (3 & 4) | Sun 10 Feb '08 | |
| 4 | Grand Central | Mon 04 Feb '08 | |
| 3 | Eyes on the Prize II (1 & 2) | Sun 03 Feb '08 | |
| 2 | The Lobotomist | Mon 21 Jan '08 | |
| 1 | Oswald's Ghost | Mon 14 Jan '08 | |
| Season 19 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Air Date | |
| 15 | Alexander Hamilton | Mon 14 May '07 | |
| 14 | The Mormons (2) | Tue 01 May '07 | |
| 13 | The Mormons (1) | Mon 30 Apr '07 | |
| 12 | Summer of Love | Mon 23 Apr '07 | |
| 11 | Jonestown: the Life and Death of Peoples Temple | Mon 09 Apr '07 | |
| 10 | Sister Aimee | Mon 02 Apr '07 | |
| 9 | New Orleans | Mon 12 Feb '07 | |
| 8 | The Living Weapon | Mon 05 Feb '07 | |
| 7 | The Berlin Airlift | Mon 29 Jan '07 | |
| 6 | The Gold Rush | Mon 06 Nov '06 | |
| 5 | The Great Fever | Mon 30 Oct '06 | |
| 4 | Test Tube Babies | Mon 23 Oct '06 | |
| 3 | Eyes on the Prize (5 & 6) | Mon 16 Oct '06 | |
| 2 | Eyes on the Prize (3 & 4) | Mon 09 Oct '06 | |
| 1 | Eyes on the Prize (1 & 2) | Mon 02 Oct '06 | |
| Season 18 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Air Date | |
| 13 | The Man Behind Hitler | Mon 22 May '06 | |
| 12 | Annie Oakley | Mon 08 May '06 | |
| 11 | The Alaska Pipeline | Mon 24 Apr '06 | |
| 10 | The Boy in the Bubble | Mon 10 Apr '06 | |
| 9 | Eugene O'Neill | Tue 21 Mar '06 | |
| 8 | Hijacked | Sat 25 Feb '06 | |
| 7 | Jesse James | Mon 06 Feb '06 | |
| 6 | The Nuremberg Trials | Mon 30 Jan '06 | |
| 5 | John and Abigail Adams | Mon 23 Jan '06 | |
| 4 | Las Vegas: an Unconventional History (2) | Tue 15 Nov '05 | |
| 3 | Las Vegas: an Unconventional History (1) | Mon 14 Nov '05 | |
| 2 | Race to the Moon | Sun 30 Oct '05 | |
| 1 | Two Days in October | Mon 17 Oct '05 | |
| Season 17 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Air Date | |
| 12 | The Massie Affair | Mon 04 Jul '05 | |
| 11 | Guerilla: the Taking of Patty Hearst | Mon 30 May '05 | |
| 10 | The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken | Mon 23 May '05 | |
| 9 | Victory in the Pacific | Mon 09 May '05 | |
| 8 | The Fall of Saigon | Mon 25 Apr '05 | |
| 7 | The Great Transatlantic Cable | Mon 11 Apr '05 | |
| 6 | Mary Pickford | Mon 04 Apr '05 | |
| 5 | Kinsey | Mon 14 Feb '05 | |
| 4 | Building the Alaskan Highway | Mon 07 Feb '05 | |
| 3 | Fidel Castro | Mon 31 Jan '05 | |
| 2 | The Fight | Mon 24 Jan '05 | |
| 1 | RFK | Mon 04 Oct '04 | |
| Season 16 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Air Date | |
| 9 | Golden Gate Bridge | Mon 03 May '04 | |
| 8 | Patriots Day | Mon 19 Apr '04 | |
| 7 | Emma Goldman | Mon 12 Apr '04 | |
| 6 | Tupperware | Mon 09 Feb '04 | |
| 5 | Remember the Alamo | Mon 02 Feb '04 | |
| 4 | Citizen King | Mon 19 Jan '04 | |
| 3 | Reconstruction: the Second Civil War (2) | Tue 13 Jan '04 | |
| 2 | Reconstruction: the Second Civil War (1) | Mon 12 Jan '04 | |
| 1 | New York (8) | Tue 09 Sep '03 | |
| Season 15 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Air Date | |
| 13 | Murder at Harvard | Mon 14 Jul '03 | |
| 12 | Bataan Rescue | Mon 07 Jul '03 | |
| 11 | Seabiscuit | Mon 14 Apr '03 | |
| 10 | Daughter from Da Nang | Mon 07 Apr '03 | |
| 9 | The Pill | Mon 17 Feb '03 | |
| 8 | Partners of the Heart | Mon 10 Feb '03 | |
| 7 | Transcontinental Railroad | Mon 27 Jan '03 | |
| 6 | The Murder of Emmett Till | Mon 20 Jan '03 | |
| 5 | Chicago: City of the Century (3) | Wed 15 Jan '03 | |
| 4 | Chicago: City of the Century (2) | Tue 14 Jan '03 | |
| 3 | Chicago: City of the Century (1) | Mon 13 Jan '03 | |
| 2 | Jimmy Carter (2) | Tue 12 Nov '02 | |
| 1 | Jimmy Carter (1) | Mon 11 Nov '02 | |
| Season 14 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Air Date | |
| 14 | A Brilliant Madness | Sun 28 Apr '02 | |
| 13 | Ansel Adams | Sun 21 Apr '02 | |
| 12 | Ulysses S. Grant (2) | Tue 02 Apr '02 | |
| 11 | Ulysses S. Grant (1) | Mon 01 Apr '02 | |
| 10 | Zoot Suit Riots | Fri 01 Mar '02 | |
| 9 | Monkey Trial | Sun 24 Feb '02 | |
| 8 | Public Enemy #1 | Sun 17 Feb '02 | |
| 7 | Miss America | Sun 27 Jan '02 | |
| 6 | Mount Rushmore | Sun 20 Jan '02 | |
| 5 | Woodrow Wilson (2) | Sun 13 Jan '02 | |
| 4 | Woodrow Wilson (1) | Sun 06 Jan '02 | |
| 3 | War Letters | Sun 11 Nov '01 | |
| 2 | New York (7) | Mon 08 Oct '01 | |
| 1 | New York (6) | Mon 01 Oct '01 | |
| Season 13 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Air Date | |
| 13 | Streamliners: America's Lost Trains | Mon 30 Apr '01 | |
| 12 | Stephen Foster | Mon 23 Apr '01 | |
| 11 | Fatal Flood | Mon 16 Apr '01 | |
| 10 | Scottsboro: an American Tragedy | Mon 02 Apr '01 | |
| 9 | Abraham and Mary Lincoln: a House Divided (3) | Wed 21 Feb '01 | |
| 8 | Abraham and Mary Lincoln: a House Divided (2) | Tue 20 Feb '01 | |
| 7 | Abraham and Mary Lincoln: a House Divided (1) | Mon 19 Feb '01 | |
| 6 | Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind | Fri 19 Jan '01 | |
| 5 | The Hurricane of '38 | Fri 12 Jan '01 | |
| 4 | Return with Honor | Tue 14 Nov '00 | |
| 3 | Secrets of a Master Builder | Mon 30 Oct '00 | |
| 2 | The Rockefellers (2) | Mon 23 Oct '00 | |
| 1 | The Rockefellers (1) | Mon 16 Oct '00 | |
| Season 12 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Air Date | |
| 15 | George Eastman: the Wizard of Photography | Tue 23 May '00 | |
| 14 | Joe DiMaggio: a Hero's Life | Mon 08 May '00 | |
| 13 | George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (2) | Tue 25 Apr '00 | |
| 12 | George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (1) | Mon 24 Apr '00 | |
| 11 | Houdini | Tue 07 Mar '00 | |
| 10 | John Brown's Holy War | Tue 29 Feb '00 | |
| 9 | The Duel | Tue 15 Feb '00 | |
| 8 | Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory | Tue 08 Feb '00 | |
| 7 | Nixon's China Game | Tue 01 Feb '00 | |
| 6 | Eleanor Roosevelt | Mon 10 Jan '00 | |
| 5 | New York (5) | Thu 18 Nov '99 | |
| 4 | New York (4) | Wed 17 Nov '99 | |
| 3 | New York (3) | Tue 16 Nov '99 | |
| 2 | New York (2) | Mon 15 Nov '99 | |
| 1 | New York (1) | Sun 14 Nov '99 | |
| Season 11 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Air Date | |
| 10 | MacArthur | Mon 17 May '99 | |
| 9 | Fly Girls | Mon 10 May '99 | |
| 8 | Riding the Rails | Mon 12 Apr '99 | |
| 7 | Lost in the Grand Canyon | Mon 05 Apr '99 | |
| 6 | Meltdown at Three Mile Island | Mon 22 Feb '99 | |
| 5 | Rescue at Sea | Mon 15 Feb '99 | |
| 4 | Alone on the Ice | Mon 08 Feb '99 | |
| 3 | Hoover Dam | Mon 18 Jan '99 | |
| 2 | Race for the Super Bomb | Mon 11 Jan '99 | |
| 1 | America 1900 | Wed 18 Nov '98 | |
| Season 10 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Air Date | |
| 13 | Surviving the Dust Bowl | Mon 02 Mar '98 | |
| 12 | Reagan (2) | Tue 24 Feb '98 | |
| 11 | Reagan (1) | Mon 23 Feb '98 | |
| 10 | Influenza 1918 | Mon 09 Feb '98 | |
| 9 | Mr. Miami Beach | Mon 02 Feb '98 | |
| 8 | A Midwife's Tale | Mon 19 Jan '98 | |
| 7 | Vietnam (9 & 10) | Tue 09 Dec '97 | |
| 6 | Vietnam (7 & 8) | Tue 02 Dec '97 | |
| 5 | Vietnam (5 & 6) | Mon 27 Oct '97 | |
| 4 | Vietnam (3 & 4) | Mon 20 Oct '97 | |
| 3 | Vietnam (1 & 2) | Mon 13 Oct '97 | |
| 2 | Truman (2) | Mon 06 Oct '97 | |
| 1 | Truman (1) | Sun 05 Oct '97 | |
| Season 9 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Air Date | |
| 9 | Gold Fever | Mon 12 May '97 | |
| 8 | Around the World in 72 Days | Mon 28 Apr '97 | |
| 7 | New York Underground | Mon 17 Feb '97 | |
| 6 | Big Dream, Small Screen | Mon 10 Feb '97 | |
| 5 | The Telephone | Mon 03 Feb '97 | |
| 4 | Hawaii's Last Queen | Mon 27 Jan '97 | |
| 3 | The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie | Mon 20 Jan '97 | |
| 2 | T. R.: the Story of Theodore Roosevelt (2) | Mon 07 Oct '96 | |
| 1 | T. R.: the Story of Theodore Roosevelt (1) | Sun 06 Oct '96 | |
| Season 8 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Air Date | |
| 9 | Spy in the Sky | Mon 26 Feb '96 | |
| 8 | The Wright Stuff | Mon 12 Feb '96 | |
| 7 | The Battle Over Citizen Kane | Mon 29 Jan '96 | |
| 6 | Daley: the Last Boss | Mon 22 Jan '96 | |
| 5 | Freedom on My Mind | Mon 15 Jan '96 | |
| 4 | The Orphan Trains | Mon 27 Nov '95 | |
| 3 | Chicago 1968 | Mon 13 Nov '95 | |
| 2 | Edison's Miracle of Light | Mon 23 Oct '95 | |
| 1 | Murder of the Century | Mon 16 Oct '95 | |
| Season 7 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Air Date | |
| 9 | The Way West (2) | Tue 09 May '95 | |
| 8 | The Way West (1) | Mon 08 May '95 | |
| 7 | One Woman, One Vote | Wed 15 Feb '95 | |
| 6 | Troublesome Creek | Mon 16 Jan '95 | |
| 5 | Battle of the Bulge | Wed 09 Nov '94 | |
| 4 | Midnight Ramble | Wed 26 Oct '94 | |
| 3 | Telegrams from the Dead | Wed 19 Oct '94 | |
| 2 | FDR (2) | Thu 13 Oct '94 | |
| 1 | FDR (1) | Wed 12 Oct '94 | |
| Season 6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Air Date | |
| 7 | D-Day Remembered | Wed 25 May '94 | |
| 6 | America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference | Wed 06 Apr '94 | |
| 5 | Malcolm X: Make It Plain | Wed 26 Jan '94 | |
| 4 | The Hunt for Pancho Villa | Mon 08 Nov '93 | |
| 3 | Amelia Earhart: the Price of Courage | Mon 11 Oct '93 | |
| 2 | Ike (2) | Mon 27 Sep '93 | |
| 1 | Ike (1) | Mon 20 Sep '93 | |
| Season 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Air Date | |
| 15 | Goin' Back to T-Town | Mon 01 Mar '93 | |
| 14 | French Dance Tonight | Mon 22 Feb '93 | |
| 13 | Rachel Carson's Silent Spring | Mon 15 Feb '93 | |
| 12 | Knute Rockne and His Fighting Irish | Mon 08 Feb '93 | |
| 11 | Sit Down and Fight | Mon 01 Feb '93 | |
| 10 | Simple Justice | Mon 18 Jan '93 | |
| 9 | If You Knew Sousa | Mon 11 Jan '93 | |
| 8 | Ishi: the Last Yahi Indian | Wed 02 Dec '92 | |
| 7 | Last Stand at Little Big Horn | Wed 25 Nov '92 | |
| 6 | George Washington: the Man Who Wouldn't Be King | Wed 18 Nov '92 | |
| 5 | Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II | Wed 11 Nov '92 | |
| 4 | The Johnstown Flood | Wed 04 Nov '92 | |
| 3 | The Donner Party | Wed 28 Oct '92 | |
| 2 | The Kennedys (2) | Mon 21 Sep '92 | |
| 1 | The Kennedys (1) | Sun 20 Sep '92 | |
| Season 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Air Date | |
| 12 | In the White Man's Image | Mon 17 Feb '92 | |
| 11 | Wild by Law | Mon 10 Feb '92 | |
| 10 | Love in the Cold War | Mon 13 Jan '92 | |
| 9 | The Quiz Show Scandal | Mon 06 Jan '92 | |
| 8 | Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo | Mon 09 Dec '91 | |
| 7 | G-Men: the Rise of J. Edgar Hoover | Mon 18 Nov '91 | |
| 6 | Pearl Harbor: Surprise and Remembrance | Mon 11 Nov '91 | |
| 5 | Scandalous Mayor | Mon 28 Oct '91 | |
| 4 | Barnum's Big Top | Mon 14 Oct '91 | |
| 3 | The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry | Mon 07 Oct '91 | |
| 2 | LBJ (2) | Tue 01 Oct '91 | |
| 1 | LBJ (1) | Mon 30 Sep '91 | |
| Season 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Air Date | |
| 12 | Orphans of the Storm | Mon 06 May '91 | |
| 11 | Journey to America | Mon 22 Apr '91 | |
| 10 | Coney Island | Mon 04 Feb '91 | |
| 9 | Los Mineros | Mon 28 Jan '91 | |
| 8 | The Crash of 1929 | Mon 14 Jan '91 | |
| 7 | Insanity on Trial | Mon 17 Dec '90 | |
| 6 | The Satellite Sky | Mon 03 Dec '90 | |
| 5 | The Iron Road | Mon 26 Nov '90 | |
| 4 | Nixon (3) | Mon 22 Oct '90 | |
| 3 | Nixon (2) | Mon 15 Oct '90 | |
| 2 | Nixon (1) | Mon 08 Oct '90 | |
| 1 | Lindbergh | Mon 01 Oct '90 | |
| Season 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Air Date | |
| 15 | God Bless America and Poland, Too | Mon 12 Feb '90 | |
| 14 | Yosemite: the Fate of Heaven | Mon 29 Jan '90 | |
| 13 | Roots of Resistance: a Story of the Underground Railroad | Mon 15 Jan '90 | |
| 12 | Wildcatter: a Story of Texas Oil | Mon 08 Jan '90 | |
| 11 | Forbidden City, USA | Tue 19 Dec '89 | |
| 10 | Ballad of a Mountain Man | Tue 12 Dec '89 | |
| 9 | Battle for Wilderness | Tue 05 Dec '89 | |
| 8 | Mr. Sears' Catalogue | Tue 21 Nov '89 | |
| 7 | Adam Clayton Powell | Tue 14 Nov '89 | |
| 6 | Forever Baseball | Tue 07 Nov '89 | |
| 5 | The Great War: 1918 | Tue 31 Oct '89 | |
| 4 | Ida B. Wells: a Passion for Justice | Tue 24 Oct '89 | |
| 3 | A Family Gathering | Tue 17 Oct '89 | |
| 2 | Demon Rum | Tue 10 Oct '89 | |
| 1 | The Great Air Race of 1924 | Tue 03 Oct '89 | |
| Season 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Air Date | |
| 16 | Sins of Our Mothers | Tue 17 Jan '89 | |
| 15 | The World That Moses Built | Tue 10 Jan '89 | |
| 14 | Eudora Welty: One Writer's Beginnings | Tue 03 Jan '89 | |
| 13 | Views of a Vanishing Frontier | Tue 27 Dec '88 | |
| 12 | Hearts and Hands | Tue 20 Dec '88 | |
| 11 | The Radio Priest | Tue 13 Dec '88 | |
| 10 | That Rhythm, Those Blues | Tue 06 Dec '88 | |
| 9 | Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Revisited | Tue 29 Nov '88 | |
| 8 | Geronimo and the Apache Resistance | Tue 22 Nov '88 | |
| 7 | Kennedy vs. Wallace: a Crisis Up Close | Tue 15 Nov '88 | |
| 6 | Do You Mean There are Still Real Cowboys? | Tue 08 Nov '88 | |
| 5 | The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter | Tue 01 Nov '88 | |
| 4 | Not So Wild a Dream | Tue 25 Oct '88 | |
| 3 | Indians, Outlaws, and Angie Debo | Tue 18 Oct '88 | |
| 2 | Radio Bikini | Tue 11 Oct '88 | |
| 1 | The Great San Francisco Earthquake | Tue 04 Oct '88 | |