American Experience is a television program airing on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States.

The program airs documentaries, many of which have won awards,[3] about important or interesting events and people in American history.

[4] The show 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 programs considered part of the American Experience collection were produced prior to the creation of the series.

American Experience has received generally positive reviews from television critics and parents of young children.