Watching on TV and Online
When is American Experience on TV?
Can I watch American Experience online?
What's coming up on American Experience?
What are American Experience podcasts? Where do I get them?
Buying Programs
Can I buy American Experience programs on DVD?
Why are some programs not available?
How do I license American Experience footage for my film?
Contacting American Experience
How can I contact the producer of an American Experience film?
Where can I send a program proposal?
I sent an email to "Share Your Story," but it never got posted. Why not?
Other Questions
Do the programs have teacher's guides available?
Can I use images from the American Experience Web site?
Can you help me with homework or historical research?
How do I cite an American Experience Web page?
Who composed the American Experience theme music? Can I get a copy?
Watching on TV and Online
When is American Experience on TV?
American Experience programs are broadcast nationally on PBS on Monday nights at 9 p.m. Contact your local PBS station to check local listings and to find out if a program will be rebroadcast in your area after the initial national broadcast. You can also find American Experience on digital cable on PBS WORLD and On Demand, where available.
Can I watch American Experience online?
Yes! Visit the Watch Online page to find and watch American Experience programs online. We attempt to clear rights for online streaming in order to offer as many programs as possible.
What's coming up on American Experience?
The Schedule section of the Web site is updated frequently. It lists national airdates, but be sure to check your local PBS station's broadcast schedule for definitive information on when a program will air in your community.
What are American Experience podcasts? Where do I get them?
Access to extraordinary audio moments from the programs, in-depth interviews with film producers and participants, and more. Go to the podcasts page to listen to or download American Experience podcasts.
Buying Programs
Can I buy American Experience programs on DVD?
Yes! To buy a DVD of a recently aired program, go to ShopPBS. Educators and Librarians: you can order additional titles through ShopPBS for Teachers. If ShopPBS does not list a particular title, it is most likely out of print. Check your local library, or send an e-mail to ShopPBS to let PBS know there is a demand for the title.
Why are some programs not available?
American Experience programs contain images, footage, music and performances that are licensed for home video distribution for specific terms. After the licenses expire, we are no longer permitted to sell the programs.
How do I license American Experience footage for my film?
Original footage from American Experience programs is available for licensing to professional producers or publishers through WGBH Stock Sales. Visit their Web site at www.wgbhstocksales.org or contact them by phone or email at 617-300-3939 or stock_sales@wgbh.org.
Contacting American Experience
How can I contact the producer of an American Experience film?
To contact a producer, a historian or the American Experience production staff, send an e-mail using the feedback form on this site. You may also send a letter to: WGBH Educational Foundation, American Experience, One Guest Street, Boston, MA 02135. We will forward the email or letter for you.
Where can I send a program proposal?
American Experience looks for good dramatic stories out of the American past, stories about people both ordinary and extraordinary, about events that helped define who we are as Americans and why we are the way we are. We accept completed films and works-in-progress (including films in production, films at rough cut and films with substantial funding in-hand.) We are not currently accepting proposals for film ideas. For more information about submitting a completed film or a work-in-progress, please read through our guidelines.
I sent an email to "Share Your Story," but it never got posted. Why not?
We value viewers' responses and we read all letters. Due to volume, we regret we cannot publish every letter; we publish as many as we can which reflect proportionally the range of views. For approximately two weeks after the initial broadcast of a program, American Experience staff will select and publish related stories or comments. If there is a national rebroadcast of this program, new letters will be selected and published at that time. A few of the topics continue to draw a large volume of mail; these are published on a more regular schedule.
Other Questions
Do the programs have teacher's guides available?
Yes, many have guides available on the Web. Use the Search feature in this site's Teacher's area to find teacher's guides for specific eras and historical topics.
Can I use an image from the American Experience Web site?
According to copyright law, you may not use an image found on any Web site without obtaining permission from the image's owner. American Experience does not own the rights to most of the images on this site. The series makes arrangements with image owners to use the images with their permission. You can do the same; contact the owner of the image that interests you to find out what is required. Most American Experience Web sites include the name of the source next to each image; older sites list image sources in the Web site credits, sometimes available on the bottom of a site's pages, or the film credits page, available from the Film Description page in the Film & More or the About the Program sections of the site.
Can you help me with homework or historical research?
No, unfortunately we aren't staffed to help with individual homework or research requests. If you cannot find what you are looking for on our pages, please seek more information through your local library or online.
How do I cite an American Experience Web page?
There many styles for bibliographic citations. Find one example on the citation information page.
Who composed the American Experience theme music? Can I get a copy?
The series' original theme music was composed by Charles Kuskin and the series adaptation was produced by Michael Bacon. Most of the music from American Experience films, including the series theme music, is not available for purchase, but you can check the film credits for a particular film (under the Film Description in the Film & More section, or in the About/Watch the Program section, of the Web site) for more information on the music used in a particular film.
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