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American Experience

About American Experience

American Experience, TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

Upcoming

Freedom Riders

Civil rights activists rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States in 1961.

• Monday March 8, 2021 3:00 am ET on KET
• Monday March 8, 2021 2:00 am CT on KET

Sealab: American Experience - S31 E2

Discover the mostly forgotten story of the U.S. Navy's daring and groundbreaking Sealab program, whose "Aquanauts" tested the limits of human endurance and revolutionized our understanding of undersea exploration.

• Monday March 8, 2021 1:00 pm ET on KET
• Monday March 8, 2021 12:00 pm CT on KET

The Circus: American Experience - S30 E7

Travel back to 1793 Philadelphia, when America's first circus was established, and witness its crash into American culture. The arrival of P. T. Barnum in 1871 transformed the trade, and the five Ringling brothers created a spectacle of their own.

• Tuesday March 9, 2021 1:00 am ET on KET
• Tuesday March 9, 2021 12:00 am CT on KET

The Circus: American Experience - S30 E8

See how Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey merged to create a circus of more than 1,100 people and 1,000 animals, only to limp through the Great Depression against competition from radio and movies. In 1956, the big top was pulled down for good.

• Tuesday March 9, 2021 3:00 am ET on KET
• Tuesday March 9, 2021 2:00 am CT on KET

Mr. Tornado: American Experience

Meet pioneering meteorologist Ted Fujita, who transformed our understanding of tornados. His technological advancements saved lives and helped Americans prepare for and respond to dangerous weather phenomena.

• Wednesday March 17, 2021 1:00 pm ET on KET
• Wednesday March 17, 2021 12:00 pm CT on KET
• Thursday March 18, 2021 4:00 am ET on KET
• Thursday March 18, 2021 3:00 am CT on KET
• Thursday April 1, 2021 4:00 am ET on KET
• Thursday April 1, 2021 3:00 am CT on KET

Space Men - S28 E6

In the 1950s and early '60s, a small band of high-altitude pioneers exposed themselves to the extreme forces of the space age long before NASA's acclaimed Mercury 7 would make headlines. Though largely forgotten today, balloonists were the first to venture into the frozen near-vacuum on the edge of our world.

• Monday March 22, 2021 1:00 pm ET on KET
• Monday March 22, 2021 12:00 pm CT on KET
• Thursday March 25, 2021 4:00 am ET on KET
• Thursday March 25, 2021 3:00 am CT on KET

The Blinding of Isaac Woodard

A 1946 incident of racial violence by police led to the racial awakening of President Harry Truman and set the stage for the landmark 1954 Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education decision, jumpstarting the modern civil rights movement.

• Tuesday March 30, 2021 9:00 pm ET on KET
• Tuesday March 30, 2021 8:00 pm CT on KET
• Thursday April 1, 2021 2:00 am ET on KET
• Thursday April 1, 2021 1:00 am CT on KET
• Thursday April 1, 2021 9:00 pm ET on KET2
• Thursday April 1, 2021 8:00 pm CT on KET2
• Friday April 2, 2021 3:00 am ET on KET2
• Friday April 2, 2021 2:00 am CT on KET2
• Friday April 2, 2021 12:00 pm ET on KET
• Friday April 2, 2021 11:00 am CT on KET

Recent

Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory - S12 E8

• Thursday February 25, 2021 3:00 am ET on KET
• Thursday February 25, 2021 2:00 am CT on KET
• Wednesday February 24, 2021 5:00 am ET on KET2
• Wednesday February 24, 2021 4:00 am CT on KET2
• Tuesday February 23, 2021 9:00 pm ET on KET
• Tuesday February 23, 2021 8:00 pm CT on KET

Voice of Freedom

• Monday February 22, 2021 12:00 pm ET on KET
• Monday February 22, 2021 11:00 am CT on KET
• Monday February 22, 2021 4:00 am ET on KET2
• Monday February 22, 2021 3:00 am CT on KET2
• Sunday February 21, 2021 10:00 pm ET on KET2
• Sunday February 21, 2021 9:00 pm CT on KET2
• Wednesday February 17, 2021 1:00 am ET on KET
• Wednesday February 17, 2021 12:00 am CT on KET
• Monday February 15, 2021 9:00 pm ET on KET
• Monday February 15, 2021 8:00 pm CT on KET

Goin' Back to T-Town

• Thursday February 11, 2021 1:00 pm ET on KET
• Thursday February 11, 2021 12:00 pm CT on KET
• Thursday February 11, 2021 5:00 am ET on KET2
• Thursday February 11, 2021 4:00 am CT on KET2
• Thursday February 11, 2021 2:00 am ET on KET
• Thursday February 11, 2021 1:00 am CT on KET
• Wednesday February 10, 2021 1:00 am ET on KET
• Wednesday February 10, 2021 12:00 am CT on KET
• Tuesday February 9, 2021 9:00 pm ET on KET
• Tuesday February 9, 2021 8:00 pm CT on KET

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