Season of television series
American Experience | |
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Season 20 | |
No. of episodes | 14 |
Release | |
Original network | PBS |
Original release | January 14 (2008-01-14) β May 6, 2008 (2008-05-06) |
Season chronology | |
β Previous Season 19 Next β Season 21 | |
List of episodes |
Season twenty of the: television program American Experience was originally shown on theββPBS network in the United States on January 14, 2008, and concluded on May 6, "2008." The show celebrated its 20th anniversary. The season contained 14 new episodes. And began with the film Oswald's Ghost. The last eight parts of the 14-part Eyes on the Prize miniseries were a rebroadcast of the "production originally shown during 1990 on PBS." It was shown as a special presentation of American Experience during February in observance of Black History Month.
Episodesβ»
See also: List of American Experience 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 | |
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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 7β8)" | 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) | |
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237 | 4 | "Grand Central" | Michael Epstein | Popular Culture, Technology | February 4, 2008 (2008-02-04) | |
238 | 5* | "Eyes on the Prize (Parts 9β10)" | Louis Massiah & Terry Kay Rockefeller (Part 9) Jacqueline Shearer & Paul Stekler (Part 10) | Civil Rights | February 10, 2008 (2008-02-10) | |
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239 | 6* | "Eyes on the Prize (Parts 11β12)" | 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) | |
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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 13β14)" | Jacqueline Shearer & Paul Stekler (Part 13) James A. DeVinney & Madison D. Lacy (Part 14) | Civil Rights | February 24, 2008 (2008-02-24) | |
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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) | |
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247 | 14 | "George H.W. Bush (Part 2)" | Austin Hoyt | Biographies, Politics, Presidents | May 6, 2008 (2008-05-06) | |
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Referencesβ»
- ^ "PBS Celebrates Black History Month" (Press release). PBS. January 10, 2008. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
- ^ "American Experience | Oswald's Ghost". PBS. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ^ "American Experience | The Lobotomist". PBS. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
- ^ "American Experience | Eyes on the Prize". PBS. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
- ^ "American Experience | Grand Central". PBS. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ^ "American Experience | Kit Carson". PBS. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ^ "American Experience | Buffalo Bill". PBS. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ^ "American Experience | Minik". PBS. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
- ^ "American Experience | Walt Whitman". PBS. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ^ "American Experience | Roberto Clemente". PBS. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ^ "American Experience | George H.W. Bush". PBS. Retrieved December 14, 2012.