Shows

Shows Intro

Bill Moyers has produced hundreds of hours of television in his forty-plus year career. Watch this space for new archived video and transcripts on an on-going basis. For a complete list of every Bill Moyers program, view our timeline of productions.
  • Project Censored

    Bill Moyers delves into what Project Censored’s national panel of journalism experts have selected as the ’10 best-censored stories of 1990.’ (1991) Continue reading

  • Presenting Mr. Frederick Douglass

    The great abolitionist Frederick Douglass comes to life in a dramatic performance of Douglass’s famous speech on slavery and human rights. (1994) Continue reading

  • Poet Laureate Rita Dove

    A Pulitzer-Prize winner before she was 35 and Poet Laureate of the United States at age 40, Rita Dove talks about her life, her poems and her efforts to take poetry to the people. (1994) Continue reading

  • Our Times

    A series of 30-minute mini-documentaries hosted by Bill Moyers that aired on CBS and which examined major issues of the day and how they affect individual Americans. (1983) Continue reading

  • Oren Lyons the Faithkeeper

    Bill sits down with Native American Oren Lyons to discuss the ancient legends, prophecies and wisdom that guide the Onondaga tribe and preserve their rich culture. (1991) Continue reading

  • On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying

    There is a great divide separating the kind of care Americans say they want at the end of life and what our culture currently provides. Bill Moyers travels across the country from hospitals to hospices to homes to capture some of the most intimate stories ever filmed and the most candid conversations ever shared with a television audience. (2000) Continue reading

  • NOW

    A weekly show including documentary reporting, in-depth one-on-one interviews and articulate commentary from a wide variety of mediamakers and those behind the headlines. (2002-2004) Continue reading

  • NBC – Bill Moyers Perspective

    NBC – Bill Moyers Perspective
    In the spring of 1995, Bill Moyers was a regular contributor on the NBC Evening News with Tom Brokaw. He covered topics ranging from term limits, the raging welfare debate to unwed mothers. (1995)
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  • Moyers on America

    In three long-form investigative reports, Bill Moyers reports on corporate America’s grip on the Internet, the family feud in religious circles about global warming, and the dark side of American politics. (2006) Continue reading

  • Moyers on Addiction: Close to Home

    In a five-part series, Bill Moyers reports on how substance abuse has affected millions of Americans, including his own family, and examines the science, treatment and politics of addiction. (1998) Continue reading

  • Moyers in Conversation

    In these special 30-minute programs, Bill Moyers is joined by guests from the humanities and faith communities to explore the background and aftermath of the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, DC. Guests include: Andrew Delbanco, Dr. James Forbes, Dr. Ian Miller, Dr. Jane Rosenthal, Robert Jay Lifton, Bill T. Jones and Julie Taymor, among others. (2001) Continue reading

  • Moyers & Company

    Continuing his long-running conversation with the American public, Bill Moyers returned to television in January 2012 with Moyers & Company, a weekly series of smart talk and new ideas aimed at helping viewers make sense of our tumultuous times through the insight of America’s strongest thinkers. Continue reading