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American Experience is coming to an end. The PBS documentary series has been shut down after 37 years on the air. The series has aired 380 episodes since its premiere in 1988.
Boston.com reported the news, revealing that the 13 staff members responsible for the series were let go by GBH, the company that produced the program for PBS, after it was defunded.
The following was said about the series:
“This fall, American Experience will still release documentaries, including one on Henry Kissinger, the political scientist who served under Presidents Nixon and Ford. And in 2026, the program will reportedly rerelease its greatest documentaries in a “Best of America” series in celebration of the country’s 250th anniversary, ‘while GBH seeks to reinvent the series’”
What do you think? Do you watch American Experience? Are you hoping they find a way to keep it on the air?
There has to be a way to have foundations that funded American Experience previously willing to fund new productions even if through an independent production licensed by PBS.
They don’t want citizens to know their history so that they can rewrite the history and manipulate the minds of the people.
I used to watch it before I moved to the UK 24 years ago. Still, we do have the PBS in America channel in the UK, and they do show many of the programmes. I’m absolutely heartbroken that the new US regime is destroying everything to do with education and enlightenment, and no less heartbroken to read about the demise of American Experience. It’s another sad day for America and public broadcasting.
Screw that *******! How dare he cause intelligent programming to end!