TV American Experience - Season 17 Episode 10 : The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken? American Experience - Season 17 Episode 10 : The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken? 6.6/10 by 43 users Recalls "the first family of country music" in interviews with Carter relatives, music writers, and singers Gillian Welch, Joan Baez, Marty Stuart and Rodney Crowell. The tough early lives of A.P. Carter, his sister Maybelle and wife Sara were lightened by music, and their 1927 RCA audition proved to be "the big bang of commercial country music." But A.P. and Sara's marriage couldn't survive the turmoil that followed. Details Casts Posters Images Title American Experience - Season 17 Episode 10 : The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken? Alternative Titles The American Experience First Air Date 1988-10-04 Last Air Date 2026-01-06 Number of Episodes 400 Number of Seasons 38 Genres Documentary, Networks PBS, Casts Plot Keywords , Episodes List American Experience Season 17 :Episode 1 RFK (Part 1 & 2) RFK (Part 1 & 2) 2004-10-04 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 17 :Episode 2 The Fight The Fight 2005-01-24 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 17 :Episode 3 Fidel Castro Fidel Castro 2005-01-31 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 17 :Episode 4 Building the Alaska Highway Building the Alaska Highway 2005-02-07 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 17 :Episode 5 Kinsey Kinsey 2005-02-14 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 17 :Episode 6 Mary Pickford Mary Pickford 2005-04-04 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 17 :Episode 7 The Great Transatlantic Cable The Great Transatlantic Cable 2005-04-11 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 17 :Episode 8 The Massie Affair The Massie Affair 2005-04-18 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 17 :Episode 9 Victory in the Pacific Victory in the Pacific 2005-05-02 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 17 :Episode 10 The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken? The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken? 2005-05-09 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. American Experience Season 17 :Episode 11 Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst 2005-05-23 TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.