Asian Americans

Explore the impact of Asian Americans, the fastest-growing racial/ethnic group in the United States, on the country's past, present and future, told through individual lives and personal histories.

Sat, May 4 8:00 P.M. Breaking Ground     NH World (11.3)

See how new immigrants from China, India, Japan, the Philippines and beyond, despite anti-Asian laws, still manage to build railroads, dazzle on the silver screen and take their fight for equality to the U.

Sat, May 4 9:00 P.M. A Question of Loyalty     NH World (11.3)

Meet the first generation of U.S.-born Asian Americans, whose loyalties are tested during WWII.

Sun, May 5 12:00 A.M. Breaking Ground     NH World (11.3)

See how new immigrants from China, India, Japan, the Philippines and beyond, despite anti-Asian laws, still manage to build railroads, dazzle on the silver screen and take their fight for equality to the U.

Sun, May 5 1:00 A.M. A Question of Loyalty     NH World (11.3)

Meet the first generation of U.S.-born Asian Americans, whose loyalties are tested during WWII.

Thu, May 9 10:00 P.M. Breaking Ground     NHPBS (11.1)

See how new immigrants from China, India, Japan, the Philippines and beyond, despite anti-Asian laws, still manage to build railroads, dazzle on the silver screen and take their fight for equality to the U.

Sat, May 11 8:00 P.M. Good Americans     NH World (11.3)

Learn how Asian Americans are simultaneously heralded as a model minority and targeted as the perpetual foreigner during the Cold War.

Sat, May 11 9:00 P.M. Generation Rising     NH World (11.3)

Follow a young generation's fight for equality in the fields, on campuses and in the culture, claiming a new identity: Asian Americans.

Sat, May 11 10:00 P.M. Breaking Ground     NH Explore (11.2)

See how new immigrants from China, India, Japan, the Philippines and beyond, despite anti-Asian laws, still manage to build railroads, dazzle on the silver screen and take their fight for equality to the U.

Sun, May 12 12:00 A.M. Good Americans     NH World (11.3)

Learn how Asian Americans are simultaneously heralded as a model minority and targeted as the perpetual foreigner during the Cold War.

Sun, May 12 1:00 A.M. Generation Rising     NH World (11.3)

Follow a young generation's fight for equality in the fields, on campuses and in the culture, claiming a new identity: Asian Americans.

Thu, May 16 10:00 P.M. A Question of Loyalty     NHPBS (11.1)

Meet the first generation of U.S.-born Asian Americans, whose loyalties are tested during WWII.

Sat, May 18 8:00 P.M. Breaking Through     NH World (11.3)

Revisit the turn of the millennium, when Asian Americans are empowered by growing numbers and rising influence but face a reckoning of what it means to be an American in an increasingly polarized society.

Sat, May 18 10:00 P.M. A Question of Loyalty     NH Explore (11.2)

Meet the first generation of U.S.-born Asian Americans, whose loyalties are tested during WWII.

Sun, May 19 12:00 A.M. Breaking Through     NH World (11.3)

Revisit the turn of the millennium, when Asian Americans are empowered by growing numbers and rising influence but face a reckoning of what it means to be an American in an increasingly polarized society.

Thu, May 23 10:00 P.M. Good Americans     NHPBS (11.1)

Learn how Asian Americans are simultaneously heralded as a model minority and targeted as the perpetual foreigner during the Cold War.

Sat, May 25 10:00 P.M. Good Americans     NH Explore (11.2)

Learn how Asian Americans are simultaneously heralded as a model minority and targeted as the perpetual foreigner during the Cold War.

Thu, May 30 9:00 P.M. Generation Rising     NHPBS (11.1)

Follow a young generation's fight for equality in the fields, on campuses and in the culture, claiming a new identity: Asian Americans.

Thu, May 30 10:00 P.M. Breaking Through     NHPBS (11.1)

Revisit the turn of the millennium, when Asian Americans are empowered by growing numbers and rising influence but face a reckoning of what it means to be an American in an increasingly polarized society.

Sat, Jun 1 10:00 P.M. Generation Rising     NH Explore (11.2)

Follow a young generation's fight for equality in the fields, on campuses and in the culture, claiming a new identity: Asian Americans.

Thu, Jun 6 10:00 P.M. Breaking Through     NHPBS (11.1)

Revisit the turn of the millennium, when Asian Americans are empowered by growing numbers and rising influence but face a reckoning of what it means to be an American in an increasingly polarized society.


Watch Asian Americans - Clips, Episodes & Previews


Asian Americans By Episode



NHPBS Over-the-Air Broadcast

WENH-TV Ch. 11 Durham

WLED-TV Ch. 48 Littleton

WEKW-TV Ch. 18 Keene

W50DP-D Ch. 50 Hanover

W34DQ-D Ch. 34 Pittsburg

Cable and Satellite Channels


NHPBS Five Channels

NHPBS - 11.1

NH Explore - 11.2

NH World - 11.3

NH Create - 11.4

NH Kids - 11.5

Learn More


NHPBS NHPBS Passport Passport

Ask This Old House | E19 | Radiant Floor, Cable Railings | Ask This Old House
This Old House | E19 | Glen Ridge Generational | Small But Mighty
Mr Bates vs The Post Office | Episode 1
Alice & Jack | Episode 1
Nolly | Episode 1
Antiques Roadshow | LSU Rural Life Museum, Hour 3
History with David Rubenstein | Jeffrey Frank
Menus-Plaisirs - Les Troisgros | Menus-Plaisirs - Les Troisgros
Austin City Limits | ACL 9th Annual Hall of Fame Honors Trisha Yearwood
Rick Steves' Europe | Mighty Alps
Great Performances | George Jones: Still Playin' Possum
Nature | Patrick and the Whale
NOVA | Building the Eiffel Tower
Finding Your Roots | Mean Streets
Local, USA | In the Bubble with Jaime
Gospel | Gospel's Second Century
Reel Midwest: Homegrown | Episode 4
GOSPEL Live! Presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | GOSPEL Live! Presented by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
ROAR: The Story of the Southern Columbia Football Tigers | ROAR: The Story of the Southern Columbia Football Tigers
Independent Lens | Racist Trees
POV | Brief Tender Light
America's Test Kitchen | Multicooker Perfection
All Creatures Great and Small | Episode 7
Miss Scarlet & The Duke | Episode 6: The Fugitive
American Masters | HOPPER: An American love story (ASL + Audio Description)
Next at the Kennedy Center | Cynthia Erivo & Friends: A New Year's Eve Celebration
CHILDREN IN CRISIS: The Story of CHIP | CHILDREN IN CRISIS: The Story of CHIP
America ReFramed | By Water
Funny Woman | Episode 1