American Experience

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American Experience is a television program airing on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States that presents documentaries about key events and people in American history. The show has several awards, including 30 Emmy Awards. The series premiered on October 4, 1988, and was originally titled The American Experience. The show has had a presence on the internet since 1995, and more than 100 American Experience programs are accompanied by their own internet websites that provide background information on the subjects covered as well as teachers' guides and educational companion materials. American Experience is produced primarily by WGBH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts, though occasionally in the early seasons it was co-produced by other PBS stations such as WNET (Channel 13) in New York City. Some of the American Experience programs were produced prior to the formal creation of the series. Vietnam: A Television History was one of them, airing originally in 1983 after six years...

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