"American Experience" combines dramatic re-enactments with commentary by historians and authors to present an absorbing look at the personalities, events and resources that have had a profound impact on the shaping of America's past and present. Many of the program's documentaries have received major honors in the broadcasting community, including Emmy, Peabodys and duPont-Columbia University awards.
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Mon, 6/29 at 9:00 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS WORLD
President George H.W. Bush's childhood, early career in Texas and rise in the Republican Party.
Fri, 7/3 at 1:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS HDTV
Fri, 7/3 at 3:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS HDTV
President George H.W. Bush's role as leader of the first Gulf War, through the final days of his presidency.
Sun, 7/5 at 9:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS WORLD
President George H.W. Bush's role as leader of the first Gulf War, through the final days of his presidency.
Mon, 7/6 at 1:00 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS WORLD
President George H.W. Bush's role as leader of the first Gulf War, through the final days of his presidency.
Mon, 7/6 at 9:00 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS WORLD
President George H.W. Bush's role as leader of the first Gulf War, through the final days of his presidency.
Fri, 7/10 at 1:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS HDTV
Mon, 7/13 at 1:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS WORLD
The rise of the German American Bund, an organization of American Nazis in the 1930s that had chapters across the country.
Mon, 7/13 at 2:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS WORLD
President Lyndon B. Johnson appoints the 11-member Kerner Commission to investigate the riots that engulfed Black urban communities across the country in 1967.