American Experience, originally titled The American Experience, is an American television program and a PBS documentary series created by Peter McGhee. The series airs documentaries about historic events or historical figures that had a notable impact upon the United States government or its citizens. The show is produced primarily by WGBH-TV, a television station and PBS member located in Boston, Massachusetts. WGBH-TV creates non-commercial educational programs and distributes them on public television stations throughout the United States. However, other PBS affiliate stations, such as WNET in New York City, have co-produced episodes for the series American Experience. Since the programs debut on October 4, 1988, American Experience has broadcast 317 episodes and has been a recipient of