# ‘American Experience’ to Release Four-Part Series on the History of the FBI in 2027

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/american-experience-to-release-four-part-series-on-the-history-of-the-fbi-in-2027/
- Published: 2026-07-30T20:39:50+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-30T21:05:51+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hollywood Reporter
- Original article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/fbi-history-docuseries-american-experience-2027-1236660348/
- Topics: Art, Culture, Health, Mental Health

## Key points

- PBS will air a four-part FBI history series in autumn 2027.
- The documentary examines the FBI’s power and alleged misuse.
- American Experience reports sharply growing social-media audiences.

## Summary

PBS documentary strand American Experience will release a four-part series examining the FBI’s history and its use and abuse of power in autumn 2027. The Bureau: A Secret History of the FBI will explore the agency’s rise, weaponisation and endurance, placing one of America’s most powerful law-enforcement bodies under historical scrutiny.

The series will be directed by Sharon Grimberg and Sarah Colt. It follows American Experience’s three-part Lindbergh documentary, due in May 2027, while a series on the Great Depression remains in development; the 37-year-old brand also said its social-media videos gained more than 19 million views over five months, up 273% year on year.

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