8.1/10161 votes#1 - The Abolitionists: 1820s-1838
Season 25 Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2013
The story of how abolitionist allies William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown and Angelina Grimke turned a despised fringe movement against chattel slavery into a force that literally changed the nation.
Director: Rob Rapley
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/10124 votes
#2 - The Abolitionists: 1838-1854
Season 25 Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/2013
See how the activities of the five principals intersect and affect the anti-slavery movement.
Director: Rob Rapley
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1093 votes
#3 - The Abolitionists: 1854-Emancipation and Victory
Season 25 Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/2013
Examine the forces leading to war and to the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment.
Director: Rob Rapley
Writer: N/A
7.7/1093 votes#4 - Henry Ford
Season 25 Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2013
An absorbing life story of a farm boy who rose from obscurity to become the most influential American innovator of the 20th century, Henry Ford offers an incisive look at the birth of the American auto industry with its long history of struggles between labor and management, and a thought-provoking reminder of how Ford's automobile forever changed the way we work, where we live, and our ideas about individuality, freedom, and possibility.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10281 votes#5 - Silicon Valley
Season 25 Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/2013
Led by physicist Robert Noyce, Fairchild Semiconductor began as a start-up company whose radical innovations would help make the United States a leader in both space exploration and the personal computer revolution, changing the way the world works, plays, and communicates. Noyce's invention of the microchip ultimately re-shaped the future, launching the world into the Information Age.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10207 votes#6 - War of the Worlds
Season 25 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/2013
A broadcast that struck fear into an already anxious nation, Orson Welles' War of the Worlds radio broadcast was the most famous alien invasion that never happened.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#7 - JFK (Part 1)
Season 25 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/2013
A two-part profile of John F. Kennedy begins with his early years, detailing the health challenges he faced; his heroism after his PT boat was hit by an enemy destroyer during World War II; his first run for Congress; and the 1960 presidential race, which featured the first televised presidential debates. Among those sharing insights are his sister Jean Kennedy Smith and niece Kathleen Kennedy Townsend; presidential biographers Robert A. Caro and Robert Dallek; and historian David Nasaw.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#8 - JFK (Part 2)
Season 25 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/2013
Conclusion. John F. Kennedy's White House years, including the Bay of Pigs fiasco; Cuban Missile Crisis; handling of civil rights; and decision to travel to Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, to shore up support for the 1964 election. The successes and failures of his tenure in office are also weighed by Kennedy administration officials John Seigenthaler, Thomas Hughes and Harris Wofford; civil-rights leaders Andrew Young and Julian Bond; and journalists Evan Thomas and Richard Reeves.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of American Experience Season 25
Every episode of American Experience Season 25 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of American Experience Season 25!
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
Genre:Documentary
Network:PBS
Season 25 Ratings Summary
"The Abolitionists: 1820s-1838" is the best rated episode of "American Experience" season 25. It scored 8.1/10 based on 161 votes. Directed by Rob Rapley and written by N/A, it aired on 1/8/2013. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Abolitionists: 1838-1854".