The BEST episodes of Biography season 2000

#1 - Pol Pot: Secret Killer

Season 2000 - Episode 33 - Aired 1/20/2000

#2 - Janis Joplin

Season 2000 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/17/2000

Portrait of the 1960s queen of sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll who died of a drug overdose at age 27, just two years after her first album went gold. Here is the truth about Joplin's wild living, her years of drinking, touring, and hard work, and her search for love, fame, and the perfect voice.

#3 - Robert Redford: Hollywood Outlaw

Season 2000 - Episode 32 - Aired 10/29/2000

Robert Redford has dazzled movie audiences for nearly 40 years-yet his love of privacy and low-key demeanor have made him an uncommonly mysterious figure.

#4 - Jimi Hendrix: The Man They Made God

Season 2000 - Episode 61 - Aired 8/15/2000

#5 - Buck Owens: Acting Naturally

Season 2000 - Episode 34 - Aired 11/17/2000

A profile of country legend Buck Owens (1929-2006) recalls his tough childhood in Texas and his involvement in the evolution of country music in Bakersfield, California.

#6 - James Garner: Hollywood Maverick

Season 2000 - Episode 37 - Aired 10/3/2000

#7 - George Washington: American Revolutionary

Season 2000 - Episode 40 - Aired 2/21/2000

#8 - Leslie Nielsen: Naked Laughter

Season 2000 - Episode 41 - Aired 5/26/2000

Actor Leslie Nielsen is profiled in a documentary that recalls the many facets of his career, from the serious side (in films like “The Poseidon Adventure”) to the comic (in the “Naked Gun” films). Included are comments from pals Robert Stack and Priscilla Presley.

#9 - Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters

Season 2000 - Episode 42 - Aired 6/29/2000

#10 - Sandra Dee: Sophisticated Baby

Season 2000 - Episode 43 - Aired 6/26/2000

#11 - Dick Powell: Thanks a Million

Season 2000 - Episode 44 - Aired 6/8/2000

#12 - Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance

Season 2000 - Episode 46 - Aired 1/31/2000

#13 - Barbara Walters: A Driving Force

Season 2000 - Episode 47 - Aired 10/16/2000

#14 - Anne Rice: Vampires, Witches and Best Sellers

Season 2000 - Episode 48 - Aired 10/23/2000

#15 - Wallis Simpson

Season 2000 - Episode 49 - Aired 10/25/2000

Biography of Wallis Simpson, the divorced American commoner who became Duchess of Windsor by marrying King Edward VIII of England shortly after his abdication from the throne.

#16 - Noah Wyle

Season 2000 - Episode 50 - Aired 12/6/2000

#17 - Hermann Goering - Ambition Without Conscience

Season 2000 - Episode 52 - Aired 1/18/2000

Hermann Goering: Ambition Without Conscience

#18 - Don Knotts

Season 2000 - Episode 53 - Aired 1/4/2000

#19 - William S Paley The Eye of CBS

Season 2000 - Episode 54 - Aired 6/24/2000

#20 - Pat Robertson

Season 2000 - Episode 55 - Aired 7/29/2000

#21 - Josip Broz Tito The Rebel

Season 2000 - Episode 56 - Aired 2/18/2000

#22 - David Koresh: Preacher of Fire

Season 2000 - Episode 57 - Aired 4/19/2000

In 1993, the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas burnt down while under siege by federal agents. Explore David Koresh, the charismatic, evangelical preacher who led his flock into flames of death.

#23 - George Carlin: More Than 7 Words

Season 2000 - Episode 58 - Aired 4/12/2000

#24 - Vladimir Putin: The New Tsar

Season 2000 - Episode 60 - Aired 12/4/2000

He is the former KGB spy who emerged from the shadows to lead a nuclear superpower. In less than a year, Vladimir Putin rose from an obscure bureaucrat to the hand-picked successor of Boris Yeltsin and the President of Russia. This episode of Biography investigates the man behind the steely gaze, tracing his journey from the communal apartments of Leningrad and his years in East German intelligence to the inner sanctum of the Kremlin. We examine his early promises of order and reform, and ask: Is he the savior of a crumbling nation, or a return to the autocratic rule of the past?

#25 - Ed O'Neill

Season 2000 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/23/2013

Profile of the popular actor now starring in the hit TV show Modern Family. Early on, O'Neill's career was a series of "almosts." He almost became an NFL linebacker, and he was almost cast as Sam on Cheers, but Ted Danson got the job. O'Neill finally broke through when he landed the role of the obnoxious but lovable Al Bundy on Married...with Children. Now he's a solid success with countless TV shows and films under his belt.