American Experience season 1

American Experience
Season 1
No. of episodes	16
Release
Original network	PBS
Original release	October 4, 1988 (1988-10-04) – January 17, 1989 (1989-01-17)
Season chronology
Next → Season 2
List of episodes

Season one of the television program American Experience originally aired on the PBS network in the United States on October 4, 1988 and concluded on January 17, 1989. The season contained 16 new episodes and began with the film The Great San Francisco Earthquake. This is the first season to feature David McCullough as the host, who previously hosted the PBS show Smithsonian World from 1984 to 1988.

Episodes

See also: List of American Experience episodes

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

Notes

1. The film episode Eric Sevareid's Not So Wild a Dream is sometimes listed in news reports as Eric Sevareid: Not So Wild a Dream or as Eric Sevareid's "Not So Wild a Dream".

References

1. "American Experience | The Great San Francisco Earthquake". PBS. Archived from the original on December 25, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
2. "American Experience | Radio Bikini". PBS. Archived from the original on December 1, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
3. "American Experience | Indians, Outlaws, and Angie Debo". PBS. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
4. "American Experience | Eric Sevareid's Not So Wild a Dream". PBS. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
5. "American Experience | The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter". PBS. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
6. "American Experience | Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?". PBS. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
7. "American Experience | Kennedy vs. Wallace: A Crisis Up Close". PBS. Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
8. "American Experience | Geronimo and the Apache Resistance". PBS. Archived from the original on March 16, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
9. "American Experience | Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Revisited". PBS. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
10. "American Experience | That Rhythm, Those Blues". PBS. Archived from the original on November 26, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
11. "American Experience | The Radio Priest". PBS. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
12. "American Experience | Hearts and Hands". PBS. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
13. "American Experience | Views of a Vanishing Frontier". PBS. Archived from the original on July 8, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
14. "American Experience | Eudora Welty: One Writer's Beginnings". PBS. Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
15. "American Experience | The World That Moses Built". PBS. Archived from the original on June 8, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
16. "American Experience | Sins of Our Mothers". PBS. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2012.