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The Best Seasons of American Experience

Every season of American Experience ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of American Experience!

Top season: Season 31; 8.0avg
Best episode: S31E7 The Feud; 8.6108 votes

Season 31

7 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2019

8.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE7 · The Feud 8.6

Season 25

8 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2013

7.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · The Abolitionists: 1820s-1838 8.1

Season 21

9 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2009

7.8/ 10

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Best episodeE5 · We Shall Remain (1): After the Mayflower 8.1

Other Seasons

Season 13

12 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2000

7.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE7 · Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part I 8.5

Season 26

7 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2014

7.7/ 10

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Best episodeE4 · Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid 8.4

Season 29

8 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2017

7.7/ 10

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Best episodeE6 · The Great War: Part 1 8.2

Season 28

8 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2016

7.7/ 10

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Best episodeE1 · Bonnie & Clyde 8.1

Season 22

8 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 2009

7.6/ 10

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Best episodeE6 · My Lai 8.3

Season 24

8 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2012

7.6/ 10

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Best episodeE3 · Clinton: The Comeback Kid (1) 7.8

#10

Season 10

9 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1997

7.6/ 10

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Best episodeE1 · Truman (1): An Accident of Democracy 8.2

#11

Season 7

12 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1992

7.5/ 10

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Best episodeE1 · FDR (1): The Center of the World (1882-1921) 8.5

#12

Season 12

15 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 1999

7.5/ 10

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Best episodeE1 · New York (1): The Country and the City 8.3

#13

Season 16

9 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2003

7.5/ 10

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Best episodeE1 · New York (8): The Center of the World 8.4

#14

Season 18

13 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2005

7.5/ 10

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Best episodeE9 · Eugene O'Neill 8.1

#15

Season 15

13 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 2002

7.5/ 10

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Best episodeE3 · Chicago: City of the Century (1): Mudhole to Metropolis 8.0

#16

Season 14

14 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2001

7.5/ 10

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Best episodeE1 · New York (6): The City of Tomorrow 8.3

#17

Season 6

8 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1993

7.4/ 10

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Best episodeE5 · Ishi: The Last Yahi Indian 7.8

#18

Season 5

13 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1992

7.4/ 10

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Best episodeE3 · The Donner Party 8.2

#19

Season 17

11 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2004

7.3/ 10

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Best episodeE1 · RFK (Part 1 & 2) 7.9

#20

Season 8

9 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1995

7.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE4 · The Orphan Trains 7.8

#21

Season 27

11 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2015

7.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE7 · Blackout 8.3

#22

Season 33

8 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2021

7.3/ 10

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Best episodeE1 · The Codebreaker 7.8

#23

Season 9

22 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1996

7.3/ 10

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Best episodeE1 · T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (1): The Long Campaign 8.5

#24

Season 34

6 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2022

7.3/ 10

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Best episodeE5 · Taken Hostage (1) 7.8

#25

Season 36

7 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2024

7.3/ 10

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Best episodeE4 · Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal 7.7

#26

Season 11

10 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 1998

7.2/ 10

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Best episodeE1 · America 1900 8.4

#27

Season 20

14 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2008

7.2/ 10

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Best episodeE2 · The Lobotomist 7.7

#28

Season 23

12 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2010

7.2/ 10

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Best episodeE10 · Stonewall Uprising 7.9

#29

Season 32

8 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2020

7.1/ 10

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Best episodeE4 · George W. Bush (Part 1) 7.9

#30

Season 30

9 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2018

7.1/ 10

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Best episodeE1 · Into the Amazon 7.9

#31

Season 3

11 Episodes

First Aired: Aug 1990

7.1/ 10

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Best episodeE7 · The Iron Road 8.2

#32

Season 19

15 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2006

7.0/ 10

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Best episodeE11 · Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple 8.2

#33

Season 35

9 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2023

7.0/ 10

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Best episodeE4 · The Movement and the "Madman" 7.4

#34

Season 4

13 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1991

7.0/ 10

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Best episodeE8 · Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo 7.9

#35

Season 1

16 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1988

6.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · The Great San Francisco Earthquake 7.8

#36

Season 2

16 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1989

6.8/ 10

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Best episodeE2 · Demon Rum 7.5

#37

Season 37

8 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2025

6.1/ 10

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Best episodeE3 · Mr. Polaroid 7.4

The Best Seasons of American Experience

Season 31

Season 25

Season 21

Other Seasons

Season 13

Season 26

Season 29

Season 28

Season 22

Season 24

Season 10

Season 7

Season 12

Season 16

Season 18

Season 15

Season 14

Season 6

Season 5

Season 17

Season 8

Season 27

Season 33

Season 9

Season 34

Season 36

Season 11

Season 20

Season 23

Season 32

Season 30

Season 3

Season 19

Season 35

Season 4

Season 1

Season 2

Season 37

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