Season eleven of the television program American Experience originally aired on the PBS network in the United States on November 18, 1998 and concluded on May 24, 1999. This is the eleventh season to feature David McCullough as the host, and the winner of the Primetime Emmy Awards. The season contained ten new episodes and began with all four parts of the film America 1900.
| American Experience | |
|---|---|
| Season 11 | |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Release | |
| Original network | PBS |
| Original release | November 18, 1998 – May 24, 1999 |
| Season chronology | |
Episodes
edit- * Denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Categories | Original air date | |
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| 122 | 1* | "America 1900 (Parts 1–4)"[1] | David Grubin | Politics, Popular Culture, Technology | November 18, 1998 | |
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| 123 | 2 | "Race for the Superbomb"[2] | Thomas Ott | Technology, War | January 11, 1999 | |
| 124 | 3 | "Hoover Dam"[3] | Stephen Stept | Technology, The American West | January 18, 1999 | |
| 125 | 4 | "Alone on the Ice"[4] | Nancy Porter | Biographies, Technology, The Natural Environment | February 8, 1999 | |
| 126 | 5 | "Rescue at Sea"[5] | Ben Loeterman | Technology | February 15, 1999 | |
| 127 | 6 | "Meltdown at Three Mile Island"[6] | Chana Gazit | Technology | February 22, 1999 | |
| 128 | 7 | "Lost in the Grand Canyon"[7] | Mark Davis | Biographies, The American West, The Natural Environment | April 5, 1999 | |
| 129 | 8 | "MacArthur (Part 1)"[8] | Sarah Holt & Austin Hoyt | Biographies, War | May 17, 1999 | |
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| 130 | 9 | "MacArthur (Part 2)" | Sarah Holt & Austin Hoyt | Biographies, War | May 18, 1999 | |
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| 131 | 10 | "Fly Girls"[9] | Laurel Ladevich | Biographies, Technology, War | May 24, 1999 | |
References
edit- ^ "American Experience | America 1900". PBS. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
- ^ "American Experience | Race for the Superbomb". PBS. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
- ^ "American Experience | Hoover Dam". PBS. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
- ^ "American Experience | Alone on the Ice". PBS. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ^ "American Experience | Rescue at Sea". PBS. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ "American Experience | Meltdown at Three Mile Island". PBS. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
- ^ "American Experience | Lost in the Grand Canyon". PBS. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ^ "American Experience | MacArthur". PBS. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
- ^ "American Experience | Fly Girls". PBS. Retrieved October 7, 2017.