All Weekend. Every Weekend.

Covering American History C-SPAN style: with event coverage, eyewitness accounts, and discussions with authors, historians and teachers. Every weekend from 8am ET Saturday to 8am ET Monday on C-SPAN3.

In January, 2011, C-SPAN expanded its programming offerings with a new history-based service airing weekends on C-SPAN3. American History TV (AHTV) features programming geared toward history lovers with 48 hours every weekend of people and events that document the American story.

C-SPAN began C-SPAN3 operations in January 2001 as a digital service. C-SPAN3 is currently available in 49 million digital cable TV households and is streamed live online at C-SPAN.org.

At the time of the launch of American History TV, C-SPAN co-president Susan Swain said: "We’re hoping American History TV does for history enthusiasts what Book TV has done for non-fiction book lovers."

Featured Programs

March 31, 2019
Three Mile Island 40th Anniversary

American History TV and C-SPAN’s Washington Journal look back at the March 28, 1979, partial meltdown at the Three Mile…
March 30, 2019
Fallout from Three Mile Island

This “CBS Reports” documentary from May 1, 1979 investigates the March 28, 1979 Three Mile Island accident near…

March 30, 2019
Navajo Code Talker Keith Little Oral History Interview

During World War II, the U.S. Marine Corps recruited Navajo Indians to create a code based on their unwritten Navajo language to help the…
March 23, 2019
Recovering the USS Cairo

In 1956, while working as a historian at Vicksburg National Military Park, Edwin Bearss set out to recover and preserve…

TV Schedule

This Week

Saturday
8:01AM EDTReel America Fallout from Three Mile Island - 1979
8:49AM EDTGovernor Thornburgh and Three Mile Island
9:01AM EDTThree Mile Island 40th Anniversary
10:45AM EDTWomen in the Workforce & Military During WWII
12:00PM EDTThe Presidency George H.W. Bush's Former Aides
12:55PM EDTU.S. Gun Rights & Regulations
2:00PM EDTGeorge Colburn Interview on Navajo Code Talker Samuel Jesse Smith
2:05PM EDTOral Histories Navajo Code Talker Samuel Jesse Smith Interview
3:00PM EDTThe Presidency George H.W. Bush Remembered
4:00PM EDTHistory Bookshelf Noam Chomsky, Masters of Mankind
5:45PM EDT20th Century Spanish-Speaking Vote
6:00PM EDTThe Civil War Soldier Remains at Manassas
7:00PM EDTGeorge Colburn Interview on Navajo Code Talker Samuel Jesse Smith
7:05PM EDTOral Histories Navajo Code Talker Samuel Jesse Smith Interview
8:00PM EDTLectures in History The Cold War in American Photography
9:30PM EDT20th Century Spanish-Speaking Vote
10:00PM EDTReel America Decade of NATO - 1959
10:30PM EDTUSS Cole Bombing Investigation
Sunday
12:00AM EDTLectures in History The Cold War in American Photography
1:30AM EDT20th Century Spanish-Speaking Vote
2:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Noam Chomsky, Masters of Mankind
3:35AM EDTThe Civil War Soldier Remains at Manassas
4:35AM EDTGeorge Colburn Interview on Navajo Code Talker Samuel Jesse Smith
4:40AM EDTOral Histories Navajo Code Talker Samuel Jesse Smith Interview
5:40AM EDTThe Presidency George H.W. Bush Remembered
6:20AM EDTScottish World War II Combat Artist George Plante
8:00AM EDTHistory Bookshelf Kirstin Downey, The Woman Behind the New Deal
8:30AM EDTPost-Civil War Cattle Trade
10:00AM EDTThe Civil War Paroling Gen. Lee's Army After Appomattox
10:45AM EDTGeorge Colburn Interview on Navajo Code Talker Keith Little
10:51AM EDTOral Histories Navajo Code Talker Keith Little Interview
12:00PM EDTLectures in History Vietnam War Lessons Learned
1:02PM EDTCovert Intervention in Foreign Wars
2:00PM EDTAmerican History TV
4:00PM EDTReel America Decade of NATO - 1959
4:30PM EDTUSS Cole Bombing Investigation
6:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Baseball in America - Origins & Early Days
6:30PM EDTAmerican History TV
7:00PM EDTU.S. Response to Nazi-Era Refugee Crisis
8:00PM EDTThe Presidency Theodore Roosevelt & the National War College
8:41PM EDTThe Presidency Theodore Roosevelt Tribute
9:00PM EDTWomen and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
10:00PM EDTAmerican Artifacts Baseball in America - Origins & Early Days
10:30PM EDTAmerican History TV
11:00PM EDTU.S. Response to Nazi-Era Refugee Crisis
Monday
12:00AM EDTThe Presidency Theodore Roosevelt & the National War College
12:41AM EDTThe Presidency Theodore Roosevelt Tribute
1:00AM EDTWomen and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2:00AM EDTReel America Decade of NATO - 1959
2:40AM EDTUSS Cole Bombing Investigation
4:00AM EDTAmerican History TV
6:00AM EDTThe Presidency Theodore Roosevelt & the National War College
6:41AM EDTThe Presidency Theodore Roosevelt Tribute
7:00AM EDTWomen and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Most Recent American History TV Videos

March 31, 2019
Three Mile Island 40th Anniversary

American History TV and C-SPAN’s Washington Journal look back at the March 28, 1979, partial meltdown at the Three Mile…
November 19, 2016
Governor Thornburgh and Three Mile Island

Nancy Watson showed some of the papers of former Pennsylvania Governor and U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh (R). The papers give…
March 31, 2019
20th Century Spanish-Speaking Vote

Western Carolina University Professor Benjamin Francis-Fallon talked about the Spanish-speaking vote in the 20th…
March 31, 2019
U.S. Gun Rights and Regulations

The National History Center hosted a discussion on gun rights and regulations. Speaking from the Rayburn House Office…

March 24, 2019
George H.W. Bush Remembered

James Baker remembered his long-time friend George H.W. Bush in this program hosted by the George W. Bush Presidential Center in…
March 30, 2019
Women in the Workforce and Military During World War II

History Professor Lisa Keller, of Purchase College, part of the State University of New York system, delivered an illustrated talk on…
March 30, 2019
Fallout from Three Mile Island

This “CBS Reports” documentary from May 1, 1979 investigates the March 28, 1979 Three Mile Island accident near…
March 17, 2019
Grant Wood Studio

In 1930, inside a small studio in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, artist Grant Wood painted his most famous work, "American Gothic". Katherine Kunau, with…

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Clips from this Series

Mar 31, 2019
The Declaration of Independence
- 7 minutes
- 1,883 views
Apr 01, 2019
The Formation of NATO
- 2 minutes
- 99 views
Mar 19, 2019
Koonts talks about NC's Bill of Rights
- 2 minutes
- 56 views
Mar 15, 2019
End of Prohibition
- 3 minutes
- 761 views

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