Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy an elevated position in the American imagination. He was, after all, the man who risked life and limb to fly a ...

Premieres Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Wednesday, Jan. 18 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS Video app AMERICAN EXPERIENCE presents "Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space," a new in-depth ...

Five years in the making, “LBJ” offers a look at disputed events of the past, including the Tonkin Gulf episode and the decision to “Americanize” the war in Vietnam in July 1965. It also examines the ...

The documentary series “American Experience” begins an abbreviated schedule this week. A victim of the federal funding take-back, it has suspended production and laid off its staff. By Mike Hale The ...

GBH is pausing new episodes of American Experience, public television’s signature documentary series about American history, following Congress’ move to zero out federal funding for stations, NPR and ...

Some people say they love PBS and prove it by quoting Julia Child, Arthur or Call the Midwife. But can they compare to Shane Hunt? In April, Hunt completed his quest to watch every episode of American ...

Since she was appointed executive producer of “American Experience” in July 2020, Cameo George has been busy expanding and diversifying the slate of PBS’ signature historical documentary series, with ...