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Since it began in 1983, Frontline has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human experience. Frontline's goal is to extend the impact of the documentary beyond its initial broadcast by serving as a catalyst for change.

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#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	An Unauthorized History of the NFL	Jan 17, 1983	7.4
2	88 Seconds in Greensboro	Jan 24, 1983	7.1
3	In the Shadow of the Capitol	Jan 31, 1983	0.0
4	A Chinese Affair	Feb 7, 1983	0.0
5	God's Banker	Feb 14, 1983	6.2
6	Pentagon, Inc.	Feb 21, 1983	0.0
7	Gunfight USA	Feb 28, 1983	0.0
8	Children of Pride	Mar 7, 1983	0.0
9	A Journey to Russia	Mar 21, 1983	0.0
10	Daisy - Story of a Facelift	Mar 28, 1983	0.0
11	Space - The Race for High Ground	Apr 11, 1983	0.0
12	Abortion Clinic	Apr 18, 1983	6.1
13	Crisis in Zimbabwe	Apr 25, 1983	0.0
14	Air Crash	May 2, 1983	0.0
15	Looking for Mao	May 9, 1983	0.0
16	Israel: Between the River and the Sea	May 16, 1983	0.0
17	In Our Water	May 23, 1983	0.0
18	Vietnam Memorial	May 30, 1983	0.0
19	For the Good of All	Jun 6, 1983	0.0
20	The Russians are Here	Jun 13, 1983	8.6
21	Who Decides Disability?	Jun 20, 1983	0.0
22	Crossfire in El Salvador	Jun 27, 1983	0.0
23	Sanctuary	Jul 4, 1983	0.0
24	Moneylenders	Jul 11, 1983	0.0
25	Klaus Barbie: the American Connection	Jul 18, 1983	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Crisis at General Hospital	Jan 16, 1984	0.0
2	We Are Driven	Jan 23, 1984	0.0
3	The Old Man and the Gun	Feb 6, 1984	0.0
4	Give Me That Big Time Religion	Feb 13, 1984	0.0
5	The Campaign for Page One	Feb 27, 1984	0.0
6	The Mind of a Murderer (1)	Mar 19, 1984	8.4
7	The Mind of a Murderer (2)	Mar 26, 1984	8.4
8	The Struggle for Birmingham	Apr 2, 1984	0.0
9	Captive in El Salvador	Apr 16, 1984	0.0
10	Chasing the Basketball Dream	Apr 23, 1984	0.0
11	The Other Side of the Track	May 7, 1984	0.0
12	Return of the Great White Fleet	May 14, 1984	0.0
13	Warning from Gangland	May 21, 1984	0.0
14	Bread, Butter and Politics	Jun 4, 1984	0.0
15	Man's Best Friends	Jun 18, 1984	0.0
16	So You Want to Be President	Oct 9, 1984	0.0
17	Welcome to America	Oct 16, 1984	0.0
18	Not One of the Boys	Oct 23, 1984	0.0
19	Living Below the Line	Oct 30, 1984	0.0
20	The Arab and the Israeli	Nov 13, 1984	0.0
21	Better Off Dead?	Nov 20, 1984	0.0
22	Cry, Ethiopia, Cry	Nov 27, 1984	0.0
23	Red Star Over Khyber	Dec 11, 1984	0.0
24	Marshall High Fights Back	Dec 18, 1984	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Vietnam Under Communism	Jan 15, 1985	0.0
2	Shootout on Imperial Highway (1)	Jan 22, 1985	0.0
3	Shootout on Imperial Highway (2)	Jan 29, 1985	0.0
4	The Lifer and the Lady	Feb 5, 1985	0.0
5	The Child Savers	Feb 12, 1985	0.0
6	Down for the Count	Feb 19, 1985	0.0
7	Retreat from Beirut	Feb 26, 1985	0.0
8	Buying the Bomb	Mar 5, 1985	0.0
9	A Class Divided	Mar 26, 1985	8.5
10	Potomac Fever	Apr 2, 1985	0.0
11	Crisis in Central America 1: Yankee Years	Apr 9, 1985	0.0
12	Crisis in Central America 2: Castro's Challenge	Apr 10, 1985	0.0
13	Crisis in Central America 3: Revolution in Nicaragua	Apr 11, 1985	0.0
14	Crisis in Central America 4: Battle for El Salvador	Apr 12, 1985	0.0
15	Men Who Molest	Apr 16, 1985	0.0
16	Catholics in America: Is Nothing Sacred?	Apr 23, 1985	0.0
17	The American Way of War	Apr 30, 1985	0.0
18	Memory of the Camps	May 7, 1985	8.5
19	You Are in the Computer	May 14, 1985	0.0
20	What About Mom and Dad?	May 21, 1985	0.0
21	Breaking the Bank	May 28, 1985	8.2

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Hostage in Iran	Jan 21, 1986	0.0
2	Sue the Doctor?	Jan 28, 1986	0.0
3	Growing Up Poor	Feb 4, 1986	0.0
4	Russia-Love It or Leave It	Feb 11, 1986	0.0
5	Tobacco on Trial	Feb 18, 1986	0.0
6	Divorce Wars	Feb 25, 1986	0.0
7	Who's Running this War?	Mar 18, 1986	0.0
8	AIDS: a National Inquiry	Mar 25, 1986	0.0
9	Standoff in Mexico	Apr 1, 1986	0.0
10	Inside the Jury Room	Apr 8, 1986	0.0
11	Taxes Behind Closed Doors	Apr 15, 1986	0.0
12	The Disillusionment of David Stockman	Apr 20, 1986	0.0
13	Visions of Star Wars	Apr 22, 1986	0.0
14	Hollywood Dreams	May 13, 1986	0.0
15	The Bloods of 'Nam	May 20, 1986	8.5
16	A Matter of the Mind	May 27, 1986	0.0
17	Holy War, Holy Terror	Jun 3, 1986	0.0
18	Will There Always Be an England?	Jun 10, 1986	0.0
19	Assault on Affirmative Action	Jun 17, 1986	0.0
20	Comrades I: The Education of Rita	Jul 1, 1986	0.0
21	Comrades II: Hunter and Son	Jul 8, 1986	0.0
22	Comrades III: All that Jazz	Jul 15, 1986	0.0
23	Comrades IV: The Trial of Tamara Russo	Jul 22, 1986	0.0
24	Comrades V: Master of Samarkand	Jul 29, 1986	0.0
25	Comrades VI: Pacific Outpost	Aug 5, 1986	0.0
26	Comrades VII: Steel Mill Soccer	Aug 12, 1986	0.0
27	Comrades VIII: Doctor in Moscow	Aug 19, 1986	0.0
28	Comrades IX: Baltic Chic	Aug 26, 1986	0.0
29	Comrades X: Soldier Boy	Aug 26, 1986	0.0
30	Comrades XI: October Harvest	Sep 2, 1986	0.0
31	Comrades XII: Leningrad Movie	Sep 9, 1986	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Real Stuff	Jan 27, 1987	0.0
2	The Earthquake Is Coming	Feb 3, 1987	0.0
3	Stopping Drugs (1)	Feb 10, 1987	0.0
4	Stopping Drugs (2)	Feb 17, 1987	0.0
5	The Nazi Connection	Feb 24, 1987	7.6
6	Desperately Seeking Baby	Mar 3, 1987	0.0
7	Street Cop	Mar 31, 1987	0.0
8	The Secret File	Apr 14, 1987	0.0
9	War on Nicaragua	Apr 21, 1987	0.0
10	The Bombing of West Philly	May 5, 1987	0.0
11	In Search of the Marcos Millions	May 26, 1987	0.0
12	Israel: the Price of Victory	Jun 2, 1987	0.0
13	Death of a Porn Queen	Jun 9, 1987	8.3
14	Keeping the Faith	Jun 16, 1987	0.0
15	The Politics of Greed	Jun 23, 1987	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Apartheid Part I: 1652-1948	Dec 14, 1987	0.0
2	Apartheid Part 2: 1948-1963	Dec 14, 1987	0.0
3	Apartheid Part 3: 1963-1977	Dec 15, 1987	7.1
4	Apartheid Part 4: 1978-1986	Dec 15, 1987	0.0
5	Apartheid Part 5: 1987	Dec 16, 1987	0.0
6	Praise the Lord	Jan 26, 1988	0.0
7	Operation Urgent Fury	Feb 2, 1988	0.0
8	The Man Who Shot John Lennon	Feb 9, 1988	0.0
9	Your Flight is Cancelled	Feb 16, 1988	0.0
10	Shakedown in Santa Fe	Feb 23, 1988	0.0
11	Let My Daughter Die	Mar 1, 1988	0.0
12	Back in the USSR	Mar 29, 1988	0.0
13	Poison and the Pentagon	Apr 5, 1988	8.0
14	To a Safer Place	Apr 12, 1988	0.0
15	Murder on the Rio San Juan	Apr 19, 1988	0.0
16	American Game, Japanese Rules	Apr 26, 1988	0.0
17	Racism 101	May 10, 1988	0.0
18	Guns, Drugs, and the CIA	May 17, 1988	0.0
19	The Defense of Europe	May 24, 1988	0.0
20	The Choice	Oct 24, 1988	0.0
21	Who Pays for AIDS?	Jun 7, 1988	0.0
22	Our Forgotten War	Jun 14, 1988	0.0
23	Indian Country	Jun 21, 1988	0.0
24	My Husband is Going to Kill Me	Jun 28, 1988	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Politics of Prosperity	Oct 10, 1988	0.0
2	The Choice	Oct 24, 1988	0.0
3	The Real Life of Ronald Reagan	Jan 18, 1989	0.0
4	The Spy Who Broke the Code	Jan 24, 1989	0.0
5	The Battle for Eastern Airlines	Jan 31, 1989	8.9
6	Running with Jesse	Feb 7, 1989	0.0
7	Children of the Night	Feb 14, 1989	0.0
8	Who Profits from Drugs	Feb 21, 1989	0.0
9	Prescriptions for Profit	Mar 28, 1989	0.0
10	The Dallas Drug War	Apr 4, 1989	6.7
11	Murder in the Amazon	Apr 11, 1989	0.0
12	The Shakespeare Mystery	Apr 18, 1989	0.0
13	Extraordinary People	May 2, 1989	0.0
14	Yellowstone Under Fire	May 9, 1989	8.8
15	Remember My Lai	May 23, 1989	0.0
16	Israel: the Covert Connection	May 16, 1989	0.0
17	Babies at Risk	May 30, 1989	0.0
18	Death of a Terrorist	Jun 13, 1989	0.0
19	Who's Killing Calvert City?	Jun 20, 1989	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Tracking the Pan Am Bombers	Nov 28, 1989
2	The Right to Die?	Dec 13, 1989
3	The Bombing of Pan Am 103	Jan 23, 1990
4	The Noriega Connection	Jan 30, 1990
5	Miss USSR	Feb 6, 1990
6	Throwaway People	Feb 13, 1990
7	The Faces of Arafat	Feb 27, 1990
8	Anatomy of an Oil Spill	Mar 20, 1990
9	Poland - the Morning After	Mar 27, 1990
10	Born in Africa	Apr 3, 1990
11	New Harvest, Old Shame	Apr 17, 1990
12	Hilary in Hiding	Apr 24, 1990
13	Other People's Money	May 1, 1990
14	Plunder!	May 8, 1990
15	Seven Days in Bensonhurst	May 15, 1990
16	Inside the Cartel	May 22, 1990
17	Teacher, Teacher	Jun 12, 1990

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Arming of Iraq: Frontline Special	Sep 11, 1990	0.0
2	Decade of Destruction (1): Ashes of Forest	Sep 18, 1990	0.0
3	Decade of Destruction (2): Killing for Land	Sep 19, 1990	8.7
4	Decade of Destruction (3): Mountains of Gold	Sep 20, 1990	0.0
5	Decade of Destruction (4): Chico Mende	Sep 21, 1990	0.0
6	Global Dumping Ground	Oct 2, 1990	0.0
7	When Cops Go Bad	Oct 16, 1990	0.0
8	The Hunt for Howard Marks	Oct 23, 1990	0.0
9	Broken Minds	Oct 30, 1990	0.0
10	Betting on the Lottery	Nov 6, 1990	8.8
11	Springfield Goes to War	Nov 20, 1990	0.0
12	High Crimes and Misdemeanors	Nov 27, 1990	0.0
13	The Struggle for South Africa	Dec 11, 1990	0.0
14	The Spirit of Crazy Horse	Dec 18, 1990	0.0
15	To the Brink of War	Jan 15, 1991	0.0
16	Cuba and Cocaine	Feb 5, 1991	0.0
17	The Man Who Made the Supergun	Feb 12, 1991	0.0
18	Guns, Tanks, and Gorbachev	Feb 19, 1991	0.0
19	The Mind of Hussein	Feb 26, 1991	0.0
20	Black America's War	Apr 2, 1991	0.0
21	War and Peace in Panama	Apr 9, 1991	0.0
22	The Election Held Hostage	Apr 16, 1991	0.0
23	Who Pays for Mom and Dad?	Apr 30, 1991	0.0
24	Innocence Lost	May 7, 1991	0.0
25	The Spy Hunter	May 14, 1991	0.0
26	To the Last Fish	May 21, 1991	0.0
27	The Color of Your Skin	Jun 11, 1991	0.0
28	The Gates Nomination	Jul 15, 1991	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	In the Shadow of Sakharov	Oct 15, 1991	0.0
2	The Great American Bailout	Oct 22, 1991	0.0
3	The War We Left Behind	Oct 29, 1991	0.0
4	Don King, Unauthorized	Nov 5, 1991	0.0
5	My Doctor, My Lover	Nov 12, 1991	0.0
6	Losing the War with Japan	Nov 19, 1991	0.0
7	The Secret Story of Terry Waite	Nov 26, 1991	0.0
8	Who Killed Adam Mann?	Dec 3, 1991	0.0
9	The Resurrection of Reverend Moon	Jan 21, 1992	0.0
10	The Last Communist	Feb 11, 1992	0.0
11	Coming from Japan	Feb 18, 1992	0.0
12	After Gorbachev's USSR	Feb 25, 1992	0.0
13	Who is David Duke?	Mar 3, 1992	0.0
14	The Death of Nancy Cruzan	Mar 24, 1992	0.0
15	Saddam's Killing Fields	Mar 31, 1992	0.0
16	Investigating the October Surprise	Apr 7, 1992	0.0
17	The Betrayal of Democracy	Apr 15, 1992	0.0
18	The Bank of Crooks and Criminals	Apr 21, 1992	0.0
19	Who Cares About Children?	Apr 28, 1992	0.0
20	China After Tiananmen	Jun 2, 1992	0.0
21	Dear Frontline	Jun 2, 1992	7.6
22	A Kid Kills	Jun 16, 1992	0.0
23	Your Loan is Denied	Jun 23, 1992	0.0
24	Thomas and Hill: Public Hearing, Private Pain	Oct 13, 1992	0.0
25	The Politics of Power	Oct 20, 1992	0.0
26	The Best Campaign Money Can Buy	Oct 27, 1992	0.0
27	Monsters Among Us	Nov 10, 1992	0.0
28	JFK, Hoffa, and the Mob	Nov 17, 1992	0.0
29	In Search of Our Fathers	Nov 24, 1992	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Heartbeat of America	Oct 12, 1993	0.0
2	Prisoners of Silence	Oct 19, 1993	8.2
3	Secrets of a Bomb Factory	Oct 26, 1993	0.0
4	Showdown in Haiti	Nov 9, 1993	0.0
5	Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?	Nov 16, 1993	0.0
6	AIDS, Blood and Politics	Nov 30, 1993	0.0
7	Behind the Badge	Dec 14, 1993	0.0
8	A Place for Madness	Jan 18, 1994	0.0
9	The Diamond Empire	Feb 1, 1994	0.0
10	Tabloid Truth: the Michael Jackson Story	Feb 15, 1994	8.9
11	Red Flag Over Tibet	Feb 22, 1994	0.0
12	Sarajevo: the Living and the Dead	Mar 1, 1994	0.0
13	In the Game	Mar 29, 1994	7.6
14	The Kevorkian File	Apr 5, 1994	0.0
15	Mandela	Apr 26, 1994	0.0
16	The Struggle for Russia	May 3, 1994	0.0
17	Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo	May 10, 1994	0.0
18	Public Lands, Private Profits	May 24, 1994	7.2
19	Go Back to Mexico!	Jun 7, 1994	0.0
20	The Trouble with Evan	Jun 21, 1994	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	School Colors	Oct 18, 1994	0.0
2	Is This Any Way to Run a Government?	Oct 25, 1994	0.0
3	Hot Money	Nov 1, 1994	0.0
4	How to Steal $500 Million	Nov 8, 1994	8.3
5	Hillary's Class	Nov 15, 1994	0.0
6	The Nicotine War	Jan 3, 1995	6.4
7	Does TV Kill?	Jan 10, 1995	0.0
8	What Happened to Bill Clinton?	Jan 31, 1995	0.0
9	The Godfather of Cocaine	Feb 14, 1995	0.0
10	The Begging Game	Feb 21, 1995	0.0
11	Rush Limbaugh's America	Feb 28, 1995	0.0
12	Divided Memories (1)	Apr 4, 1995	0.0
13	Divided Memories (2)	Apr 11, 1995	0.0
14	The Homecoming	Apr 25, 1995	0.0
15	When the Bough Breaks	May 2, 1995	7.8
16	The Vanishing Father	May 16, 1995	7.7
17	The Confessions of Rosa Lee	May 23, 1995	0.0
18	Welcome to Happy Valley	Jun 6, 1995	0.0
19	Currents of Fear	Jun 13, 1995	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Waco: the Inside Story	Oct 17, 1995	7.4
2	The Search for Satan	Oct 24, 1995	8.0
3	High Stakes in Cyberspace	Oct 31, 1995	6.8
4	Who's Afraid of Rupert Murdoch?	Nov 7, 1995	0.0
5	Natasha and the Wolf	Nov 14, 1995	0.0
6	Living on the Edge	Dec 12, 1995	0.0
7	The Gulf War	Jan 9, 1996	0.0
8	The Long March of Newt Gingrich	Jan 16, 1996	7.4
9	So You Want to Buy a President?	Jan 30, 1996	7.8
10	Murder on 'Abortion Row'	Feb 6, 1996	0.0
11	Breast Implants on Trial	Feb 27, 1996	0.0
12	Smoke in the Eye	Apr 2, 1996	0.0
13	Angel on Death Row	Apr 9, 1996	8.5
14	Shtetl	Apr 17, 1996	0.0
15	The Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson	Apr 30, 1996	9.0
16	The Kevorkian Verdict	May 14, 1996	0.0
17	Does America Still Work?	May 21, 1996	0.0
18	The Gate of Heavenly Peace	Jun 4, 1996	8.6

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Choice '96	Oct 8, 1996	0.0
2	The Navy Blues	Oct 15, 1996	7.1
3	Why America Hates the Press	Oct 22, 1996	0.0
4	Loose Nukes	Nov 19, 1996	0.0
5	Secret Daughter	Nov 26, 1996	0.0
6	Betting on the Market	Jan 14, 1997	0.0
7	Six O'Clock News	Jan 21, 1997	0.0
8	What Jennifer Saw	Feb 25, 1997	0.0
9	Valentina's Nightmare	Apr 1, 1997	0.0
10	Murder, Money, and Mexico	Apr 8, 1997	0.0
11	The Fixers	Apr 15, 1997	0.0
12	Nuclear Reaction	Apr 22, 1997	0.0
13	Little Criminals	May 13, 1997	6.1
14	The Opium Kings	May 20, 1997	8.3
15	Innocence Lost: the Plea	May 27, 1997	0.0
16	Hot Guns	Jun 3, 1997	8.9
17	Easy Money	Jun 10, 1997	7.6
18	Nazi Gold	Jun 17, 1997	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Once Upon a Time in Arkansas	Oct 7, 1997	0.0
2	The Lost American	Oct 14, 1997	0.0
3	Behind the Mask: the IRA and Sinn Fein	Oct 21, 1997	4.5
4	Dreams of Tibet	Oct 28, 1997	8.4
5	A Whale of a Business	Nov 11, 1997	8.4
6	The Princess and the Press	Nov 18, 1997	0.0
7	Last Battle of the Gulf War	Jan 20, 1998	6.6
8	My Retirement Dreams	Feb 3, 1998	0.0
9	The Two Nations of Black America	Feb 10, 1998	0.0
10	From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians	Apr 6, 1998	0.0
11	The High Price of Health	Apr 14, 1998	0.0
12	Busted: America's War on Marijuana	Apr 28, 1998	8.8
13	Inside the Tobacco Deal	May 12, 1998	8.0
14	Secrets of an Independent Counsel	May 19, 1998	0.0
15	The World's Most Wanted Man	May 26, 1998	0.0
16	Fooling With Nature	Jun 2, 1998	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	COVID's Hidden Toll	Jul 21, 2020	6.4
2	United States of Conspiracy	Jul 28, 2020	6.6
3	Love, Life & the Virus / Undocumented in the Pandemic	Aug 11, 2020	7.5
4	Growing Up Poor in America	Sep 8, 2020	8.1
5	Policing the Police 2020	Sep 15, 2020	7.5
6	The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden	Sep 22, 2020	5.8
7	America's Medical Supply Crisis	Oct 6, 2020	7.4
8	Whose Vote Counts	Oct 20, 2020	7.3
9	American Voices: A Nation in Turmoil	Nov 17, 2020	7.3
10	Return from ISIS	Dec 15, 2020	6.8

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	A Thousand Cuts	Jan 8, 2021	7.6
2	President Biden	Jan 19, 2021	7.5
3	Trump's American Carnage	Jan 26, 2021	6.5
4	China's COVID Secrets	Feb 2, 2021	7.1
5	Iraq's Assassins/ COVID in Yemen	Feb 9, 2021	7.7
6	Death Is Our Business/ Love, Life & the Virus	Mar 23, 2021	7.7
7	American Insurrection	Apr 13, 2021	7.7
8	The Virus That Shook the World (1)	Apr 26, 2021	7.3
9	The Virus That Shook the World (2)	Apr 27, 2021	6.9
10	Escaping Eritrea	May 4, 2021	7.6
11	The Healthcare Divide	May 18, 2021	7.6
12	The Jihadist	Jun 1, 2021	8.5
13	Germany's Neo-Nazis & the Far Right	Jun 29, 2021	7.5
14	The Power of the Fed	Jul 13, 2021	7.9
15	Leaving Afghanistan/India's Rape Scandal	Jul 20, 2021	7.8
16	In the Shadow of 9/11	Aug 10, 2021	7.7
17	America After 9/11	Sep 7, 2021	2.0
18	Boeing's Fatal Flaw	Sep 14, 2021	2.8
19	Taliban Takeover	Oct 12, 2021	2.8
20	Pandora Papers/ Massacre in El Salvador	Nov 9, 2021	3.2
21	Shots Fired	Nov 23, 2021	2.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (Pt. 1)	Sep 21, 1998	8.4
2	From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (Pt. 2)	Sep 22, 1998	0.0
3	The Farmer's Wife, Part 3	Sep 23, 1998	0.0
4	Ambush in Mogadishu	Sep 29, 1998	0.0
5	Washington's Other Scandal	Oct 6, 1998	0.0
6	Plague War	Oct 13, 1998	8.8
7	The Child Terror	Oct 27, 1998	0.0
8	Fat	Nov 3, 1998	8.3
9	Snitch	Jan 12, 1999	0.0
10	The Triumph of Evil	Jan 26, 1999	9.0
11	The Execution	Feb 9, 1999	0.0
12	Russian Roulette	Feb 23, 1999	8.0
13	Hunting Bin Laden	Apr 13, 1999	0.0
14	Spying on Saddam	Apr 27, 1999	0.0
15	Give War a Chance	May 11, 1999	7.2
16	The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela	May 25, 1999	0.0
17	Making Babies	Jun 1, 1999	9.0
18	Pop	Jun 22, 1999	0.0
19	The Crash	Jun 29, 1999	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	John Paul II: the Millennial Pope	Sep 28, 1999	0.0
2	Secrets of the SAT	Oct 5, 1999	8.0
3	Mafia Power Play	Oct 12, 1999	0.0
4	The Lost Children of Rockdale County	Oct 19, 1999	0.0
5	Apocalypse! (2)	Nov 22, 1999	0.0
6	Justice for Sale	Nov 23, 1999	0.0
7	The Case for Innocence	Jan 11, 2000	0.0
8	The Killer at Thurston High	Jan 18, 2000	0.0
9	The Survival of Saddam	Jan 25, 2000	0.0
10	Assault on Gay America	Feb 15, 2000	0.0
11	War in Europe	Feb 22, 2000	0.0
12	Dr Solomon's Dilemma	Apr 4, 2000	8.6
13	What's Up With the Weather?	Apr 18, 2000	8.5
14	Jefferson's Blood	May 2, 2000	0.0
15	Return of the Czar	May 9, 2000	0.0
16	The Battle Over School Choice	May 23, 2000	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Choice 2000	Oct 2, 2000	7.1
2	Drug Wars (1)	Oct 9, 2000	0.0
3	Drug Wars (2)	Oct 10, 2000	0.0
4	The Future of War	Oct 24, 2000	7.8
5	Real Justice (1)	Nov 11, 2000	8.0
6	Real Justice (2)	Nov 18, 2000	0.0
7	The Clinton Years	Jan 16, 2001	6.9
8	Juvenile Justice	Jan 30, 2001	8.1
9	Saving Elian	Feb 6, 2001	7.7
10	Hackers	Feb 13, 2001	0.0
11	The Merchants of Cool	Feb 27, 2001	8.2
12	Organ Farm (1)	Mar 27, 2001	8.0
13	Medicating Kids	Apr 10, 2001	8.0
14	Harvest of Fear	Apr 24, 2001	9.6
15	LAPD Blues	May 15, 2001	0.0
16	Blackout	Jun 5, 2001	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Hunting Bin Laden	Sep 13, 2001	0.0
2	Target America	Oct 4, 2001	0.0
3	Looking for Answers	Oct 9, 2001	8.9
4	Dangerous Straits	Oct 18, 2001	0.0
5	Trail of a Terrorist	Oct 25, 2001	6.7
6	Gunning for Saddam	Nov 8, 2001	8.4
7	Saudi Time Bomb?	Nov 15, 2001	0.0
8	The Monster That Ate Hollywood	Nov 22, 2001	0.0
9	An Ordinary Crime	Jan 10, 2002	0.0
10	Inside the Terror Network	Jan 17, 2002	8.0
11	Dot Con	Jan 24, 2002	0.0
12	Inside the Teenage Brain	Jan 31, 2002	0.0
13	American Porn	Feb 7, 2002	6.1
14	Roll Over: the Hidden History of the SUV	Feb 21, 2002	0.0
15	Testing Our Schools	Mar 28, 2002	6.8
16	Battle for the Holy Land	Apr 4, 2002	7.5
17	Requiem for Frank Lee Smith	Apr 11, 2002	8.2
18	Modern Meat	Apr 18, 2002	8.6
19	Did Daddy Do It?	Apr 25, 2002	8.2
20	Terror and Tehran	May 2, 2002	0.0
21	Muslims	May 9, 2002	7.9
22	The Siege of Bethlehem	Jun 13, 2002	0.0
23	Bigger Than Enron	Jun 20, 2002	8.1
24	Shattered Dreams	Jun 27, 2002	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero	Sep 3, 2002	6.6
2	Campaign Against Terror	Sep 8, 2002	8.2
3	The Man Who Knew	Oct 3, 2002	9.1
4	Missile Wars	Oct 10, 2002	0.0
5	A Crime of Insanity	Oct 17, 2002	8.7
6	Let's Get Married	Nov 14, 2002	7.7
7	In Search of Al Qaeda	Nov 21, 2002	8.9
8	Much Ado About Something	Jan 2, 2003	0.0
9	A Dangerous Business	Jan 9, 2003	7.0
10	Failure to Protect: The Taking of Logan Marr	Jan 30, 2003	0.0
11	Failure to Protect: The Caseworker Files	Feb 6, 2003	0.0
12	China in the Red	Feb 13, 2003	0.0
13	The War Behind Closed Doors	Feb 20, 2003	9.0
14	The Long Road to War: A FRONTLINE Special Report	Mar 17, 2003	0.0
15	Blair's War	Apr 3, 2003	7.9
16	Kim's Nuclear Gamble	Apr 10, 2003	8.4
17	Cyber War!	Apr 24, 2003	0.0
18	Burden of Innocence	May 1, 2003	0.0
19	The Wall Street Fix	May 8, 2003	7.4
20	The Other Drug War	Jun 19, 2003	0.0
21	Public Schools, Inc.	Jul 3, 2003	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Truth, War, and Consequences	Oct 9, 2003	8.4
2	Chasing the Sleeper Cell	Oct 16, 2003	0.0
3	The Alternative Fix	Nov 6, 2003	8.4
4	Dangerous Prescription	Nov 13, 2003	8.6
5	Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? (Updated)	Nov 20, 2003	8.9
6	From China With Love	Jan 15, 2004	8.7
7	Chasing Saddam's Weapons	Jan 22, 2004	6.9
8	Beyond Baghdad	Feb 12, 2004	8.7
9	Tax Me if You Can	Feb 19, 2004	6.8
10	The Invasion of Iraq	Feb 26, 2004	8.0
11	Ghosts of Rwanda	Apr 1, 2004	8.1
12	Diet Wars	Apr 8, 2004	0.0
13	Son of Al Qaeda	Apr 22, 2004	7.2
14	The Jesus Factor	Apr 29, 2004	8.0
15	The Way the Music Died	May 27, 2004	8.0
16	The Plea	Jun 17, 2004	8.3

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Sacred Ground	Sep 17, 2004	8.5
2	The Choice 2004	Oct 12, 2004	8.1
3	Rumsfeld's War	Oct 26, 2004	8.2
4	The Persuaders	Nov 9, 2004	7.9
5	Is Wal-Mart Good for America?	Nov 16, 2004	7.5
6	Secret History of the Credit Card	Nov 23, 2004	7.3
7	Al Qaeda's New Front	Jan 25, 2005	10.0
8	House of Saud	Feb 8, 2005	7.6
9	A Company of Soldiers	Feb 22, 2005	6.1
10	The Soldier's Heart	Mar 1, 2005	8.1
11	Israel's Next War?	Apr 5, 2005	8.7
12	Karl Rove -- the Architect	Apr 12, 2005	8.1
13	Death of a Princess (Updated)	Apr 19, 2005	8.1
14	The New Asylums	May 10, 2005	8.4
15	A Jew Among the Germans	May 31, 2005	0.0
16	Private Warriors	Jun 21, 2005	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The O.J. Verdict	Oct 4, 2005	8.4
2	The Torture Question	Oct 18, 2005	7.2
3	The Last Abortion Clinic	Nov 8, 2005	7.2
4	The Storm	Nov 22, 2005	8.2
5	Country Boys, Part 1	Jan 9, 2006	7.9
6	Country Boys: Part 2	Jan 10, 2006	8.4
7	Country Boys: Part 3	Jan 11, 2006	8.6
8	Sex Slaves	Feb 7, 2006	8.2
9	The Meth Epidemic	Feb 14, 2006	7.7
10	The Insurgency	Feb 21, 2006	8.3
11	The Tank Man	Apr 11, 2006	8.5
12	Can You Afford to Retire?	May 16, 2006	8.0
13	The Age of AIDS (1)	May 30, 2006	7.1
14	The Age of AIDS (2)	May 31, 2006	0.0
15	The Dark Side	Jun 20, 2006	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Return of the Taliban	Oct 3, 2006	7.6
2	The Enemy Within	Oct 10, 2006	8.3
3	The Lost Year in Iraq	Oct 17, 2006	8.0
4	A Hidden Life	Nov 14, 2006	0.0
5	News War (4): Stories From A Small Planet	Mar 27, 2007	8.6
6	Hand of God	Jan 16, 2007	5.7
7	Gangs of Iraq	Apr 17, 2007	7.9
8	News War: Secrets, Sources & Spin	Feb 20, 2007	7.2
9	The Mormons (1)	Apr 30, 2007	8.3
10	The Mormons (2)	May 1, 2007	8.4
11	Hot Politics	Apr 24, 2007	8.1
12	When Kids Get Life	May 8, 2007	8.0
13	Spying on the Home Front	May 15, 2007	8.4
14	Endgame	Jun 19, 2007	7.1
15	Living Old	Nov 21, 2006	7.8

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Cheney's Law	Oct 16, 2007	7.5
2	Showdown With Iran	Oct 23, 2007	7.5
3	On Our Watch	Nov 20, 2007	0.0
4	The Medicated Child	Jan 8, 2008	7.6
5	Growing Up Online	Jan 22, 2008	8.5
6	A Dangerous Business Revisited	Feb 5, 2008	8.4
7	Rules of Engagement	Feb 19, 2008	8.0
8	Bush's War (1)	Mar 24, 2008	7.9
9	Bush's War (2)	Mar 25, 2008	8.1
10	Bad Voodoo's War	Apr 1, 2008	8.0
11	Sick Around the World	Apr 15, 2008	7.8
12	Storm Over Everest	May 13, 2008	7.9
13	Young & Restless in China	Jun 17, 2008	7.5
14	The Choice 2008	Oct 14, 2008	8.0
15	Heat	Oct 21, 2008	6.6
16	The War Briefing	Oct 28, 2008	0.0
17	Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story	Nov 11, 2008	0.0
18	The Hugo Chavez Show	Nov 25, 2008	0.0

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#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Old Man and the Storm	Jan 2, 2009	8.5
2	Dreams of Obama	Jan 9, 2009	7.5
3	My Father, My Brother, and Me	Feb 3, 2009	7.2
4	Inside the Meltdown	Feb 17, 2009	8.1
5	Ten Trillion and Counting	Mar 24, 2009	7.7
6	Sick Around America	Mar 31, 2009	7.9
7	Black Money	Apr 7, 2009	7.3
8	Poisoned Waters	Apr 21, 2009	8.2
9	The Released	Apr 28, 2009	7.1
10	The Madoff Affair	May 12, 2009	7.2
11	Inside the Teenage Brain	Jan 31, 2002	7.5
12	Breaking the Bank	Jun 16, 2009	7.4
13	Obama's War	Oct 13, 2009	8.1
14	The Warning	Oct 20, 2009	7.1
15	Close to Home	Oct 27, 2009	7.9
16	A Death in Tehran	Nov 17, 2009	7.6
17	The Card Game	Nov 24, 2009	8.1

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Digital Nation	Feb 2, 2010	7.3
2	Flying Cheap	Feb 9, 2010	7.7
3	Behind Taliban Lines	Feb 23, 2010	7.5
4	The Suicide Tourist	Mar 2, 2010	8.0
5	The Quake	Mar 30, 2010	7.2
6	Obama's Deal	Apr 13, 2010	7.7
7	The Dancing Boys of Afghanistan	Apr 20, 2010	7.5
8	The Vaccine War	Apr 27, 2010	7.2
9	College, Inc.	May 4, 2010	7.7
10	The Wounded Platoon	May 18, 2010	8.2
11	Law & Disorder	Aug 25, 2010	8.5
12	Death by Fire	Oct 19, 2010	7.5
13	The Spill	Oct 26, 2010	7.6
14	The Confessions	Nov 9, 2010	8.4
15	Facing Death	Nov 23, 2010	7.7

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Anthrax Files	Oct 11, 2011	7.8
2	Lost in Detention	Oct 18, 2011	7.3
3	Syria Undercover	Nov 8, 2011	7.6
4	A Perfect Terrorist	Nov 22, 2011	7.8
5	Opium Brides	Jan 3, 2012	7.2
6	Nuclear Aftershocks	Jan 17, 2012	8.0
7	The Interrupters	Feb 14, 2012	8.3
8	Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown	Feb 28, 2012	8.1
9	Murdoch's Scandal	Mar 27, 2012	8.4
10	The Real CSI	Apr 17, 2012	8.3
11	Money, Power and Wall Street Parts I-IV	Apr 24, 2012	7.3
12	Cell Tower Deaths / Six Billion Dollar Bet	May 22, 2012	7.0
13	Al Qaeda in Yemen	May 29, 2012	6.9
14	Dollars and Dentists	Jun 26, 2012	7.2
15	Endgame: Aids in Black America	Jul 10, 2012	7.4
16	Fast Times at West Philly High / Middle School Moment	Jul 7, 2012	0.0
17	The Battle for Syria	Sep 18, 2012	0.0
18	Alaska Gold	Jul 24, 2012	6.9
20	Dropout Nation	Sep 25, 2012	0.0
21	The Choice 2012	Oct 9, 2012	7.8
22	Climate of Doubt	Oct 23, 2012	7.1
23	Big Sky, Big Money	Oct 29, 2012	8.3
24	The Suicide Plan	Nov 13, 2012	8.2
26	Poor Kids	Nov 20, 2012	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Education of Michelle Rhee	Jan 8, 2013	6.8
2	Inside Obama's Presidency	Jan 15, 2013	7.0
3	The Untouchables	Jan 22, 2013	7.5
4	Cliffhanger	Feb 12, 2013	8.1
5	Newtown Divided / Raising Adam Lanza	Feb 19, 2013	7.1
6	Kind Hearted Woman	Apr 1, 2013	8.0
7	Syria Behind the Lines	Apr 9, 2013	7.6
8	The Retirement Gamble	Apr 23, 2013	8.2
9	Never Forget to Lie	May 14, 2013	7.5
10	Outlawed in Pakistan	May 28, 2013	7.6
11	Rape in the Fields	Jun 25, 2013	7.8
12	Two American Families	Jul 9, 2013	7.2
13	Life and Death in Assisted Living	Jul 30, 2013	7.7
14	Egypt in Crisis	Sep 17, 2013	8.2
15	League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis	Oct 8, 2013	7.5
16	Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria	Oct 22, 2013	6.9
17	Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?	Nov 19, 2013	8.1
18	A Death in St. Augustine	Nov 26, 2013	0.0
19	Kind Hearted Woman (2)	Apr 2, 2013	7.6

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	To Catch a Trader	Jan 7, 2014	7.4
2	Secret State of North Korea	Jan 14, 2014	7.6
3	Syria's Second Front / Children of Aleppo	Feb 11, 2014	7.5
4	Generation Like	Feb 18, 2014	7.1
5	Secrets of the Vatican	Feb 25, 2014	7.8
6	TB Silent Killer	Mar 25, 2014	7.8
7	Solitary Nation	Apr 22, 2014	8.0
8	Prison State	Apr 29, 2014	7.7
9	United States of Secrets (1)	May 13, 2014	8.7
10	United States of Secrets (2)	May 20, 2014	8.4
11	The Battle for Ukraine / Syria: Arming the Rebels	May 27, 2014	7.6
12	Omarina's Story / Separate and Unequal	Jul 15, 2014	7.0
13	Losing Iraq	Jul 29, 2014	8.3
14	Hunting Boko Haram / Ebola Outbreak	Sep 9, 2014	8.1
15	The Trouble with Antibiotics	Oct 14, 2014	7.9
16	The Rise of ISIS	Oct 28, 2014	7.8
17	Firestone and the Warlord	Nov 18, 2014	7.6
18	Stickup Kid	Dec 17, 2014	8.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA	Jan 6, 2015	7.6
2	Putin's Way	Jan 13, 2015	7.8
3	Being Mortal	Feb 10, 2015	8.1
4	The Fight for Yemen	Apr 7, 2015	7.2
5	American Terrorist	Apr 21, 2015	7.6
6	Outbreak	May 5, 2015	7.8
7	The Trouble with Chicken	May 12, 2015	7.3
8	Secrets, Politics and Torture	May 19, 2015	8.4
9	Obama at War	May 26, 2015	7.4
10	Rape on the Night Shift	Jun 23, 2015	6.7
11	Growing Up Trans	Jun 30, 2015	7.7
12	Escaping ISIS	Jul 14, 2015	7.8
13	Drug Lord: The Legend of Shorty	Jul 21, 2015	5.9
14	My Brother's Bomber (1)	Sep 29, 2015	7.8
15	My Brother's Bomber (2)	Oct 6, 2015	7.6
16	My Brother's Bomber (3)	Oct 13, 2015	7.6
17	Immigration Battle	Oct 20, 2015	6.7
18	Inside Assad's Syria	Oct 27, 2015	7.4
19	Terror in Little Saigon	Nov 3, 2015	7.6
20	Taliban Hunters / ISIS in Afghanistan	Nov 17, 2015	7.9

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Netanyahu at War	Jan 5, 2016	7.9
2	Supplements and Safety	Jan 19, 2016	7.0
3	The Fantasy Sports Gamble	Feb 9, 2016	6.8
4	Chasing Heroin	Feb 23, 2016	7.5
5	Saudi Arabia Uncovered	Mar 29, 2016	7.4
6	Children of Syria	Apr 19, 2016	8.6
7	Benghazi in Crisis / Yemen Under Siege	May 3, 2016	7.8
8	The Secret History of ISIS	May 17, 2016	7.7
9	Business of Disaster	May 24, 2016	7.4
10	Policing the Police	Jun 28, 2016	7.2
11	A Subprime Education / The Education of Omarina	Sep 13, 2016	7.2

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Choice 2016	Sep 26, 2016	6.6
2	Confronting ISIS	Oct 10, 2016	7.8
3	Terror in Europe	Oct 18, 2016	7.6
4	Exodus	Dec 27, 2016	6.4
5	President Trump	Jan 3, 2017	7.4
6	Divided States of America (1)	Jan 17, 2017	6.7
7	Divided States of America (2)	Jan 18, 2017	7.2
8	Trump's Road to the White House	Jan 24, 2017	7.3
9	Battle for Iraq / Hunting ISIS	Jan 31, 2017	7.3
10	Out of Gitmo / Forever Prison	Feb 21, 2017	7.8
11	Iraq Uncovered	Mar 21, 2017	7.7
12	Last Days of Solitary	Apr 18, 2017	7.1
13	The Fish on My Plate	Apr 25, 2017	6.9
14	Second Chance Kids	May 2, 2017	7.6
15	Poverty, Politics and Profit	May 9, 2017	8.2
16	American Patriot: Inside the Armed Uprising Against the Federal Government	May 16, 2017	7.0
17	Bannon's War	May 23, 2017	7.2
18	Life on Parole	Jul 18, 2017	8.1
19	Abacus: Small Enough to Jail	Sep 12, 2017	7.6
20	North Korea's Deadly Dictator	Oct 4, 2017	7.0
21	War on the EPA	Oct 11, 2017	7.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Mosul/Inside Yemen	Oct 18, 2017	7.8
2	Putin's Revenge (1)	Oct 25, 2017	6.6
3	Putin's Revenge (2)	Nov 1, 2017	8.3
4	Poor Kids	Nov 22, 2017	8.0
5	Exodus: The Journey Continues	Jan 23, 2018	7.1
6	The Gang Crackdown	Feb 13, 2018	7.1
7	Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia (1)	Feb 20, 2018	6.8
8	Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia (2)	Feb 27, 2018	7.2
9	Weinstein	Mar 2, 2018	6.9
10	Trump's Takeover	Apr 10, 2018	7.7
11	McCain	Apr 17, 2018	7.4
12	Trafficked in America	Apr 24, 2018	6.2
13	Blackout in Puerto Rico	May 1, 2018	7.5
14	Myanmar's Killing Fields	May 8, 2018	8.6
15	UN Sex Abuse Scandal	Jul 24, 2018	8.3

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Separated: Children at the Border	Jul 31, 2018	7.2
2	Documenting Hate: Charlottesville	Aug 7, 2018	6.9
3	Our Man in Tehran (1)	Aug 13, 2018	6.9
4	Our Man in Tehran (2)	Aug 14, 2018	7.3
5	Left Behind America	Sep 11, 2018	8.0
6	Trump's Showdown	Oct 2, 2018	6.9
7	The Pension Gamble	Oct 23, 2018	6.2
8	The Facebook Dilemma (1)	Oct 29, 2018	7.1
9	The Facebook Dilemma (2)	Oct 30, 2018	8.0
10	Documenting Hate: New American Nazis	Nov 20, 2018	7.0
11	Coal's Deadly Dust / Targeting Yemen	Jan 22, 2019	7.4
12	Predator on the Reservation	Feb 12, 2019	7.3
13	Right to Fail	Feb 26, 2019	7.7
14	The Trial of Ratko Mladić	Mar 19, 2019	8.0
15	The Mueller Investigation	Mar 25, 2019	7.6
16	Marcos Doesn't Live Here Anymore	Apr 15, 2019	7.5
17	The Abortion Divide	Apr 23, 2019	7.3
18	The Last Survivors	Apr 30, 2019	8.1
19	Trump's Trade War	May 7, 2019	6.2
20	Supreme Revenge	May 21, 2019	7.6
21	Sex Trafficking in America	May 28, 2019	5.3
22	Flint's Deadly Water	Sep 10, 2019	2.5