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Frontline is an investigative journalism television program from PBS (Public Broadcasting Service), producing in-depth documentaries on a variety of domestic and international stories and issues, and broadcasting them on air and online. Produced at WGBH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts, and distributed through PBS in the United States, the critically acclaimed program has received every major award in broadcast journalism.[1] Its investigations have helped breathe new life into terrorism cold cases,[2] freed innocent people from jail, prompted U.N. resolutions, and spurred both policy and social change.[3]

As of November 21, 2023, 813 episodes of Frontline have aired.

Frontline's first season, in 1983, was the only season to have Jessica Savitch as its host (Savitch died in October of that year).

Season 2 of Frontline saw Judy Woodruff become the show's host after Jessica Savitch's death.

During its fourth season, Frontline presented Comrades, a 12-part documentary series that originally aired on the BBC in Great Britain. Comrades profiled everyday life in and citizens of the Soviet Union through interviews and fly on the wall filming. Frontline's presentation of Comrades featured "wraparound" segments where host Judy Woodruff interviewed Richard Denton and other Comrades producers about the episode's background.[6]

The end of Frontline's 5th season featured the documentary Apartheid. Spanning over 3 centuries, the 5-part historical documentary looked into the background and practice by South Africa's government of apartheid, the institutionalized form of racial segregation that favored the country's white minority at the expense of its indigenous black population.

Frontline's 7th season was Judy Woodruff's last as on-air host.

Season 8 (1989–1990)

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Beginning with Season 8, Frontline would eschew from using a regular on-air host, using an off-screen narrator to introduce each episode.

As part of its 8th season, Frontline aired the 4-part documentary Decade of Destruction. Produced by Adrian Cowell, the series spotlighted the destruction of Brazil's Amazon rainforest, regarded as one of Earth's "last great frontier[s]", during the decade of the 1980s.[7]

Season 10 (1991–92)

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Season 11 (1992–93)

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Season 12 (1993–94)

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Season 13 (1994–95)

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Season 14 (1995–96)

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Season 15 (1996–97)

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Season 16 (1997–98)

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Season 17 (1998–99)

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Season 18 (1999–2000)

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Season 19 (2000–01)

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Season 20 (2001–02)

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Season 21 (2002–03)

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Season 22 (2003–04)

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Season 23 (2004–05)

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Season 24 (2005–06)

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Season 25 (2006–07)

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As part of its 25th season, Frontline presented a four-part series titled News War.[12] Featuring 3 Frontline episodes and a fourth on its offshoot series Frontline World, News War explored the news media's reaction to the various internal and external forces (political, cultural, legal, economic) that changes and challenges its role in society. News War was a co-production of Frontline and the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

Season 26 (2007–08)

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Season 27 (2008–09)

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Season 28 (2009–2010)

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Season 29 (2010–11)

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Season 30 (2011–12)

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Season 31 (2012–13)

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Season 32 (2013–14)

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Season 33 (2014–15)

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Season 34 (2015–16)

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Season 35 (2016–17)

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Season 36 (2017–18)

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Season 37 (2018–19)

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Season 38 (2019–2020)

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Season 39 (2020–21)

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Season 40 (2021–22)

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Season 41 (2022–23)

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Season 42 (2023–24)

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Season 43 (2024–25)

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  2. ^ "U.S. and Scotland Eye Two New Suspects In Lockerbie Bombing". Frontline. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  3. ^ "Impact". Frontline. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  4. ^ "TV: U.S. Intelligence and the Klaus Barbie Case," Archived 2017-02-02 at the Wayback Machine from The New York Times, 7/25/1983
  5. ^ "Caring For Parents In Old Age Is Explored," Archived 2017-02-02 at the Wayback Machine from The New York Times, 5/21/1985
  6. ^ "Public TV's 'Comrades' – In-Depth Profiles or Soviet Propaganda?" Archived 2018-09-08 at the Wayback Machine from The New York Times, 6/29/1986
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  8. ^ "Review/Television: Within Child Welfare, A Tragedy of Neglect," Archived 2018-09-22 at the Wayback Machine from The New York Times, 4/28/1992
  9. ^ "School's Integration Falling Short of Ideal," Archived 2018-09-25 at the Wayback Machine from The New York Times, 10/18/1994
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  14. ^ "Obama's Deal". PBS.
  15. ^ "Death By Fire | Frontline". PBS. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
  16. ^ "Revolution in Cairo". PBS. Archived from the original on February 6, 2020. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  17. ^ "The Private Life of Bradley Manning; Frontline". PBS. March 29, 2011. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  18. ^ "The Anthrax Files". PBS.
  19. ^ a b "Inside Japan's Nuclear Meltdown". PBS.
  20. ^ "Nuclear Aftershocks". Frontline.
  21. ^ "The Interrupters". PBS.
  22. ^ "The Real CSI". Frontline.
  23. ^ "Money, Power and Wall Street". Frontline.
  24. ^ "Alaska Gold". Frontline.
  25. ^ "Dropout Nation". PBS.
  26. ^ "The Choice 2012". PBS.
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  29. ^ "Frontline Season 2014 Episodes". PBS.
  30. ^ "To Catch a Trader". PBS.
  31. ^ "Frontline | Firestone and the Warlord". PBS.
  32. ^ "Firestone and the Warlord". PBS.
  33. ^ "Stickup Kid". PBS.
  34. ^ "Frontline | Separated: Children at the Border". PBS.
  35. ^ "Our Man in Tehran". PBS.
  36. ^ "Left Behind America". PBS.
  37. ^ "Trump's Showdown". PBS.
  38. ^ "The Pension Gamble | Frontline". PBS. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  39. ^ "Frontline | the Facebook Dilemma (Part One)". PBS.
  40. ^ "Frontline | the Facebook Dilemma (Part Two)". PBS.
  41. ^ "Frontline | Documenting Hate: New American Nazis". PBS.
  42. ^ "Frontline | Coal's Deadly Dust/Targeting Yemen". PBS.
  43. ^ "Frontline | Predator on the Reservation". PBS.
  44. ^ "Frontline | Right to Fail". PBS.
  45. ^ "The Trial of Ratko Mladić". PBS.
  46. ^ "The Mueller Investigation". PBS.
  47. ^ "Frontline | Marcos Doesn't Live Here Anymore". PBS.
  48. ^ "Frontline | the Abortion Divide". PBS.
  49. ^ "Frontline | the Last Survivors". PBS.
  50. ^ "Trump's Trade War". PBS.
  51. ^ "Supreme Revenge". PBS.
  52. ^ "Frontline | Sex Trafficking in America". PBS.
  53. ^ "Flint's Deadly Water". PBS.
  54. ^ "The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia". PBS.
  55. ^ "On the President's Orders". PBS.
  56. ^ "Zero Tolerance". PBS.
  57. ^ "Fire in Paradise". PBS.
  58. ^ "In the Age of AI". PBS.
  59. ^ "Kids Caught in the Crackdown". PBS.
  60. ^ "For Sama". PBS.
  61. ^ "Targeting el Paso". PBS.
  62. ^ "America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump". PBS.
  63. ^ "Taliban Country". PBS.
  64. ^ "Battle for Hong Kong". PBS.
  65. ^ "Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos". PBS.
  66. ^ "NRA Under Fire". PBS.
  67. ^ "Plastic Wars". PBS.
  68. ^ "China Undercover". PBS.
  69. ^ "Frontline: Coronavirus Pandemic". PBS Pressroom. Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  70. ^ "Inside Italy's COVID War". PBS International. Public Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on April 13, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  71. ^ "S2020 E11: "Inside Italy's COVID War" – Preview". Thirteen. WNET. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  72. ^ "Frontline: Inside Italy's COVID War". PBS Pressroom. Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  73. ^ "Coronavirus Government Accountability (w.t.)". PBS International. Public Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on April 13, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  74. ^ "The Virus: What Went Wrong?". PBS International. Public Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on May 26, 2020. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  75. ^ "Frontline: The Virus: What Went Wrong?". PBS Pressroom. Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  76. ^ "Frontline: Opioids, Inc". PBS Pressroom. Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  77. ^ "Frontline: Once Upon a Time in Iraq". PBS Pressroom. Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  78. ^ "Coronavirus Fieldworkers (w.t.)". PBS International. Public Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on April 13, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  79. ^ "Frontline: COVID's Hidden Toll". PBS Pressroom. Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  80. ^ Frontline: "United States of Conspiracy" Archived 2020-08-01 at the Wayback Machine on PBS.org (accessed 8/2/2020)
  81. ^ "Frontline: United States of Conspiracy". PBS Pressroom. Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  82. ^ Frontline: "Undocumented in the Pandemic" Archived 2020-08-21 at the Wayback Machine on PBS.org (accessed 8/9/2020)
  83. ^ Frontline: "Love, Life & the Virus" on PBS.org (accessed 8/9/2020)
  84. ^ "Frontline: Growing Up Poor in America". PBS Pressroom. Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  85. ^ "Frontline: Policing the Police 2020". PBS Pressroom. Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  86. ^ "Frontline: The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden". PBS Pressroom. Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  87. ^ "President Biden". PBS International. PBS Distribution. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  88. ^ "Trump's American Carnage". PBS International. PBS Distribution. January 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  89. ^ "China's COVID Secrets". PBS. PBS Distribution. February 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  90. ^ "Iraq's Assassins". PBS. PBS Distribution. February 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  91. ^ "Yemen's COVID coverup". PBS. PBS Distribution. February 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  92. ^ "Death Is Our Business". PBS. PBS Distribution. March 2021. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  93. ^ "American Insurrection". PBS. PBS Distribution. April 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  94. ^ "The Virus That Shook the World". PBS. PBS Distribution. April 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  95. ^ "Escaping Eritrea". PBS. PBS Distribution. May 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  96. ^ "The Healthcare Divide". PBS. PBS Distribution. May 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  97. ^ "The Jihadist". PBS. PBS Distribution. June 2021. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  98. ^ "Germany's Neo-Nazis & the Far Right". PBS. PBS Distribution. June 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  99. ^ "The Power of the Fed". PBS. PBS Distribution. July 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  100. ^ "Leaving Afghanistan". PBS. PBS Distribution. July 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  101. ^ "India's Rape Scandal". PBS. PBS Distribution. July 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  102. ^ "In the Shadow of 9/11". PBS. PBS Distribution. August 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  103. ^ "Frontline: America After 9/11". PBS Pressroom. Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
  104. ^ "Frontline: Boeing's Fatal Flaw". PBS Pressroom. Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  105. ^ "Frontline: Pandora Papers". PBS Pressroom. Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  106. ^ "Frontline: Shots Fired". PBS Pressroom. Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  107. ^ "Frontline: American Reckoning". PBS Pressroom. Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  108. ^ "Pelosi's Power". PBS. PBS Distribution. March 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  109. ^ "Plot to Overturn the Election". PBS. PBS Distribution. March 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
  110. ^ "The Power of Big Oil: Part 1". PBS. PBS Distribution. April 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  111. ^ "The Power of Big Oil: Part 2 – Doubt". PBS. PBS Distribution. April 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  112. ^ "The Power of Big Oil: Part 3 – Delay". PBS. PBS Distribution. May 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  113. ^ "Police on Trial". PBS. PBS Distribution. March 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
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