AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: "THE PILGRIMS"
PBS, 8:00 p.m. ET
While National Geographic used the docudrama form to recount the story of the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving in the just-concluded Saints & Strangers, this franchise uses interviews with historians, as well as re-enacting actors, to tell the same tale. And it’s a tale which, when you think of it, may be the most original American Experience of all. Check local listings.