The BEST episodes written by Austin Hoyt

#1 - Chicago: City of the Century (2): The Revolution Has Begun

American Experience - Season 15 - Episode 4

#2 - Chicago: City of the Century (3): Battle for Chicago

American Experience - Season 15 - Episode 5

#3 - The Great Famine

American Experience - Season 23 - Episode 12

The little-known story of the American effort to relieve starvation in the new Soviet Russia in 1921, The Great Famine is a documentary about the worst natural disaster in Europe since the Black Plague in the Middle Ages. Five million Soviet citizens died. Half a world away, Americans responded with a massive two-year relief campaign, championed by Herbert Hoover, director of the American Relief Administration.

#4 - Chicago: City of the Century (1): Mudhole to Metropolis

American Experience - Season 15 - Episode 3

#5 - Ike (2): Statesman

American Experience - Season 6 - Episode 4

Part 2 follows Eisenhower's election to the presidency and two terms in the White House, as well as his retirement.

#6 - Reagan (2): An American Crusade

American Experience - Season 10 - Episode 8

An economic transformation in 1983 secured Reagan’s second term. The episode chronicles his last four years in office—from the loss of his closest advisors and the Iran-Contra scandal to the dawning of the fall of Communism in Europe.

#7 - The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie

American Experience - Season 9 - Episode 5

A chronicle of the rise of industrialist Andrew Carnegie, his steel empire, and his philanthropy.

#8 - Vietnam: A Television History (3): LBJ Goes to War

American Experience - Season 9 - Episode 15

Charging that North Vietnam has attacked American ships in the Gulf of Tonkin, President Lyndon B. Johnson orders bombing raids and sends 200,000 troops into an undeclared war. An edited re-broadcast of the 1983 series Vietnam: A Television History.

#9 - MacArthur (1): Destiny

American Experience - Season 11 - Episode 11

Part 1 of a two-part biography of Douglas MacArthur takes "America's first soldier" from his brilliant WWI service into WWII, when his knack for alienating superiors hindered his "return" to the Philippines.

#10 - Victory in the Pacific

American Experience - Season 17 - Episode 9

How the end of World War II in the Pacific Theater affected Americans and Japanese.

#11 - George H.W. Bush (1)

American Experience - Season 20 - Episode 17

A detailed chronicle of the Bush family and the life of the 41st President of the United States - from World War II to the Gulf War and beyond.

#12 - George H.W. Bush (2)

American Experience - Season 20 - Episode 18

#13 - MacArthur (2): The Politics of War

American Experience - Season 11 - Episode 12

The conclusion of MacArthur focuses on his "return" to the Philippines in 1944, his years as Supreme Allied Commander in Japan after the war and his controversial command in Korea.

#14 - Vietnam: A Television History (6): Tet 1968

American Experience - Season 9 - Episode 18

North Vietnam's dramatic offensive on the lunar New Year stuns American military and political leaders, leading to calls for the withdrawal of U.S. troops. An edited re-broadcast of the 1983 series Vietnam: A Television History.