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Season 9
No. of episodes	20
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Original release	October 6, 1996 –; July 28, 1997
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Season nine of the television program American Experience originally aired on the PBS network in the United States on October 6, 1996 and concluded on July 28, 1997. This is the ninth season to feature David McCullough as the host. The season contained 20 new episodes and began with the first part of the film TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt. The 11-part Vietnam: A Television History miniseries was a rebroadcast of the production originally shown in 1983. Episode two "The First Vietnam War" and episode 13 "Legacies" were dropped from the 1997 rebroadcast. Episode 12 "The End of the Tunnel (1973–1975)" was rebroadcast as "The Fall of Saigon" for the 1997 airing.

Episodes

* Denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
93	1	"TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part 1)"^[1]	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	October 6, 1996 (1996-10-06)
94	2	"TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part 2)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	October 7, 1996 (1996-10-07)
95	3	"The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie"^[2]	Austin Hoyt	Biographies	January 20, 1997 (1997-01-20)
96	4	"Hawaii's Last Queen"^[3]	Vivian Ducat	Biographies	January 27, 1997 (1997-01-27)
97	5	"The Telephone"^[4]	Karen Goodman & Kirk Simon	Technology	February 3, 1997 (1997-02-03)
98	6	"Big Dream, Small Screen"^[5]	David Dugan	Technology	February 10, 1997 (1997-02-10)
99	7	"New York Underground"^[6]	Elena Mannes	Technology	February 17, 1997 (1997-02-17)
100	8	"Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern"^[7]	Steven Ascher & Jeanne Jordan	Biographies, Technology, The Natural Environment	April 14, 1997 (1997-04-14)
101	9	"Around the World in 72 Days"^[8]	Christine Lesiak	Biographies, Popular Culture	April 28, 1997 (1997-04-28)
102	10	"Gold Fever"^[9]	Susan Steinberg	The American West	May 12, 1997 (1997-05-12)
103	11*	"Vietnam: A Television History (Parts 1–2)"^[10]	Judith Vecchione (Part 1) Elizabeth Deane (Part 2)	Politics, War	May 26, 1997 (1997-05-26)
Part 1: "Roots of a War (1945–1953)" Part 2: "America's Mandarin (1954–1963)"
104	12	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 3)"	Austin Hoyt	Politics, War	June 2, 1997 (1997-06-02)
Part 3: "LBJ Goes to War (1964–1965)"
105	13	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 4)"	Andrew Pearson	Politics, War	June 9, 1997 (1997-06-09)
Part 4: "America Takes Charge (1965–1967)"
106	14	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 5)"	Martin Smith	Politics, War	June 16, 1997 (1997-06-16)
Part 5: "America's Enemy (1954–1967)"
107	15	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 6)"	Austin Hoyt	Politics, War	June 23, 1997 (1997-06-23)
Part 6: "Tet 1968"
108	16	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 7)"	Martin Smith	Politics, War	June 30, 1997 (1997-06-30)
Part 7: "Vietnamizing the War (1968–1973)"
109	17	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 8)"	Bruce Palling	Politics, War	July 7, 1997 (1997-07-07)
Part 8: "Cambodia and Laos"
110	18	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 9)"	Martin Smith	Politics, War	July 14, 1997 (1997-07-14)
Part 9: "Peace is at Hand (1968–1973)"
111	19	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 10)"	Elizabeth Deane	Politics, War	July 21, 1997 (1997-07-21)
Part 10: "Homefront USA"
112	20	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 11)"	Elizabeth Deane	Politics, War	July 28, 1997 (1997-07-28)
Part 11: "The Fall of Saigon"

References

^ "American Experience | TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt". PBS. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
^ "American Experience | The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie". PBS. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
^ "American Experience | Hawaii's Last Queen". PBS. Archived from the original on March 1, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
^ "American Experience | The Telephone". PBS. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
^ "American Experience | Big Dream, Small Screen". PBS. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
^ "American Experience | New York Underground". PBS. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
^ "American Experience | Troublesome Creek". PBS. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
^ "American Experience | Around the World in 72 Days". PBS. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
^ "American Experience | Gold Fever". PBS. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
^ "American Experience | Vietnam: A Television History". PBS. Retrieved January 19, 2021.

[1] "American Experience | TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt". PBS. Retrieved December 14, 2012.

[2] "American Experience | The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie". PBS. Retrieved October 7, 2017.

[3] "American Experience | Hawaii's Last Queen". PBS. Archived from the original on March 1, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2012.

[4] "American Experience | The Telephone". PBS. Retrieved September 22, 2019.

[5] "American Experience | Big Dream, Small Screen". PBS. Retrieved January 19, 2021.

[6] "American Experience | New York Underground". PBS. Retrieved January 19, 2021.

[7] "American Experience | Troublesome Creek". PBS. Retrieved January 19, 2021.

[8] "American Experience | Around the World in 72 Days". PBS. Retrieved September 22, 2019.

[9] "American Experience | Gold Fever". PBS. Retrieved January 19, 2021.

[10] "American Experience | Vietnam: A Television History". PBS. Retrieved January 19, 2021.

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THAT INCLUDES A CITATION -->~~ '''Part 8:''' "Cambodia and Laos" \| LineColor = 2D545F }} {{Episode list/sublist\|~~List of~~ American Experience ~~episodes~~season 9 \| EpisodeNumber = ~~111~~110 \| EpisodeNumber2 = 18 \| Title = Vietnam,: A Television History~~: "Peace is at Hand" (1968–1973)~~ (Part 9) \| AltTitle = \| DirectedBy = Martin Smith \| Aux2 = Politics, War \| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|1997\|07\|14}} \| ShortSummary = ~~<!-- WRITE A SHORT SUMMARY ABOUT FILM THAT INCLUDES A CITATION -->~~ '''Part 9:''' "Peace is at Hand (1968–1973)" \| LineColor = 2D545F }} {{Episode list/sublist\|~~List of~~ American Experience ~~episodes~~season 9 \| EpisodeNumber = ~~112~~111 \| EpisodeNumber2 = 19 \| Title = Vietnam,: A Television History~~: Homefront USA~~ (Part 10) \| AltTitle = \| DirectedBy = Elizabeth Deane \| Aux2 = Politics, War \| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|1997\|07\|21}} \| ShortSummary = ~~<!-- WRITE A SHORT SUMMARY ABOUT FILM THAT INCLUDES A CITATION -->~~ '''Part 10:''' "Homefront USA" \| LineColor = 2D545F }} {{Episode list/sublist\|~~List of~~ American Experience ~~episodes~~season 9 \| EpisodeNumber = ~~113~~112 \| EpisodeNumber2 = 20 \| Title = Vietnam,: A Television History~~: The Fall of Saigon~~ (Part 11) \| AltTitle = \| DirectedBy = Elizabeth Deane \| Aux2 = Politics, War \| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|1997\|07\|28}} \| ShortSummary = ~~<!-- WRITE A SHORT SUMMARY ABOUT FILM THAT INCLUDES A CITATION -->~~ *'''Part 11:''' "The Fall of Saigon" \| LineColor = 2D545F }} \|}}</onlyinclude> ==References== {{reflist\|2}} ▲{{American Experience episodes\|9}} {{American Experience}} [[Category:1996 American television seasons]] [[Category:1997 American television seasons]] [[Category:American Experience]]