Miniseries · Netflix
The American Experiment
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The American Experiment actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The American Experiment reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
Life. Liberty. The pursuit of happiness. This sweeping historical documentary series traces how the ideals of America's founders gave rise to a nation.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 5 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20265 episodes
1.7IMDbAs the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, this historical documentary reexamines the improbable achievement that was the nation's founding, and the radical question at the center of the American Revolution: Can a people govern themselves?
Best episode · S01E01 Freedom
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Freedom
A young George Washington establishes his military bonafides, and the American colonies begin to chafe at new taxes imposed by the British Crown.
- Directed by Brian Knappenberger
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E02
Tyranny, Like Hell, Is Not Easily Conquered
- Directed by Brian Knappenberger
S01E03
The United States Are Not United
- Directed by Brian Knappenberger
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Tom HanksExecutive Producer
- Brian KnappenbergerExecutive Producer
- Gary GoetzmanExecutive Producer
- Sarah HuisengaExecutive Producer
Direction
- Brian KnappenbergerDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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