American Experience (season 25)

American Experience (season 25)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	8
Release
Original network	PBS
Original release	January 8 – November 12, 2013

Season twenty-five of the television program American Experience originally aired on the PBS network in the United States on January 8, 2013 and concluded on November 12, 2013. The season contained eight episodes and began with the first part of the The Abolitionists film, "From Courage to Freedom".^[1]

Episodes

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
285	1	"The Abolitionists (Part 1)"[2][3]	Rob Rapley	Biographies, Civil Rights	January 8, 2013
Part 1: "From Courage to Freedom"
286	2	"The Abolitionists (Part 2)"	Rob Rapley	Biographies, Civil Rights	January 15, 2013
Part 2: "Before Brother Fought Brother"
287	3	"The Abolitionists (Part 3)"	Rob Rapley	Biographies, Civil Rights	January 22, 2013
Part 3: "A House Dividing"
288	4	"Henry Ford"[4]	Sarah Colt	Biographies, Popular Culture	January 29, 2013
289	5	"Silicon Valley"[5]	Randall MacLowry	Biographies, Popular Culture, Technology	February 5, 2013
290	6	"War of the Worlds"[6]	Cathleen O'Connell	Popular Culture	October 29, 2013
Recounts and examines the impact of the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) airing of the radio episode, "The War of the Worlds" on October 30, 1938 and its presenter Orson Welles. The radio episode was based on the science fiction novel of the same name by English author H. G. Wells. The radio series, The Mercury Theatre on the Air, broadcast a mock news report that claimed there was an alien invasion by Martians. The broadcast produced numerous news reports of listeners responding with panic and mass hysteria.[7]
291	7	"JFK (Part 1)"[8]	Susan Bellows	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	November 11, 2013
Chronicles the life, presidency, and murder of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States and the eighth President to die while in office. The film aired to coincide with the 50th anniversary of JFK's assassination that occurred on November 22, 1963.[9]
292	8	"JFK (Part 2)"	Susan Bellows	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	November 12, 2013
Part two of the John Fitzgerald Kennedy biopic. The film aired to coincide with the 50th anniversary of JFK's assassination that occurred on November 22, 1963.

References

1. "Series Overview". American Experience. WGBH Educational Foundation. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
2. "American Experience | The Abolitionists". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
3. "The Abolitionists: Preview and Discssion", Boston Public Library, Copley Central Branch, Thursday, January 10, 2013
4. "American Experience | Henry Ford". PBS. Retrieved Mar 23, 2013.
5. "American Experience | Silicon Valley". PBS. Retrieved Mar 23, 2013.
6. "American Experience | War of the Worlds". PBS PressRoom. Retrieved Oct 31, 2013.
7. Kehr, Dave (October 24, 2013). "Disturbing Aliens, Some From Space". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
8. "American Experience | JFK". PBS PressRoom. Retrieved Oct 31, 2013.
9. McNamara, Mary (November 11, 2013). "Review: PBS' 'American Experience: JFK' is the Kennedy Special to See". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 September 2015.