Season 6 (1997)
1997
Episodes: 51
Star Cast:
Episodes List
Ep.1 Anastasia: Her True Story
Air Date: 1997-01-09
Ep.2 Andy Griffith: Hollywood's Homespun Hero
Air Date: 1997-01-16
Ep.3 Augustus: First of the Emperors
Air Date: 1997-01-23
Ep.4 Ayatollah Khomeini: Holy Terror
Air Date: 1997-01-30
Ep.5 Caligula: Reign of Madness
Air Date: 1997-02-06
Ep.6 Charles Kuralt: A Life on the Road
Air Date: 1997-02-13
Ep.7 Constantine: The Christian Emperor
Air Date: 1997-02-20
Ep.8 David Copperfield: Master of Illusion
Air Date: 1997-02-27
Ep.9 Diana: The People's Princess
Air Date: 1997-03-06
Ep.10 Dow and Jones: Wizards of Wall Street
Air Date: 1997-03-13
Ep.11 Dutch Schultz: Menace to Society
Air Date: 1997-03-20
Ep.12 Edgar Cayce: The Sleeping Psychic
Air Date: 1997-03-27
Ep.13 Edward R. Murrow: Voice of America
Air Date: 1997-04-03
Ep.14 Eliot Ness: Untouchable
Air Date: 1997-04-10
Ep.15 Elizabeth I: The Virgin Queen
Air Date: 1997-04-17
Ep.16 Elizabeth: The Reluctant Monarch
Air Date: 1997-04-24
Ep.17 Erwin Rommel: The Last Knight
Air Date: 1997-05-01
Ep.18 F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great American Dreamer
Air Date: 1997-05-08
Ep.19 Frank Costello: Prime Minister of the Mob
Air Date: 1997-05-15
Ep.20 General George C. Marshall: Soldier and Statesman
Air Date: 1997-05-22
Ep.21 George Armstrong Custer: America's Golden Cavalier
Air Date: 1997-05-29
Ep.22 Hadrian: Emperor of the Golden Age
Air Date: 1997-06-05
Ep.23 Ivan the Terrible: Might and Madness
Air Date: 1997-06-12
Ep.24 J.C. Penney: Main Street Millionaire
Air Date: 1997-06-19
Ep.25 JFK: A Personal Story
Air Date: 1997-06-26
Ep.26 Jimmy Stewart: His Wonderful Life
Air Date: 1997-07-03
Ep.27 Joseph Kennedy: Father of an American Dynasty
Air Date: 1997-07-10
Ep.28 Julius Caesar: Master of the Roman World
Air Date: 1997-07-17
Ep.29 Justinian: The Last of the Romans
Air Date: 1997-07-24
Ep.30 Katharine Graham: Pillar of the Post
Air Date: 1997-07-31
Ep.31 Leonardo Da Vinci: Renaissance Master
Air Date: 1997-08-07
Ep.32 Lucrezia Borgia: Pretty Poison
Air Date: 1997-08-14
Ep.33 Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Man and the Dream
Air Date: 1997-08-21
Ep.34 Meyer Lansky: Mob Tycoon
Air Date: 1997-08-28
Ep.35 Mother Teresa: A Life of Devotion
Air Date: 1997-09-04
Ep.36 Nancy Reagan: The President's Leading Lady
Air Date: 1997-09-11
Ep.37 Neiman Marcus: Last of the Merchant Kings
Air Date: 1997-09-18
Ep.38 Nelson Rockefeller: Passionate Millionaire
Air Date: 1997-09-25
Ep.39 Nero: The Power and the Madness
Air Date: 1997-10-02
Ep.40 Pancho Villa: Outlaw Hero
Air Date: 1997-10-09
Ep.41 R.H. Macy: Merchant Prince
Air Date: 1997-10-16
Ep.42 Sam Giancana
Air Date: 1997-10-23
Ep.43 Sam Walton: Bargain Billionaire
Air Date: 1997-10-30
Ep.44 Samuel Bronfman: Whiskey Man
Air Date: 1997-11-06
Ep.45 Sigmund Freud: Analysis of a Mind
Air Date: 1997-11-13
Ep.46 Stanley & Livingstone: The Mercenary and the Missionary
Air Date: 1997-11-20
Ep.47 The Gambinos: First Family of Crime
Air Date: 1997-09-21
A profile of New York's Gambino crime family examines the rise of its founder, Carlo Gambino, and that of his successors, Paul Castellano and John Gotti.
Ep.48 The Marshall Fields: A Chicago Tradition
Air Date: 1997-12-04
Ep.49 The Woolworths: Five-and-Dime Fortune and Failure
Air Date: 1997-12-11
Ep.50 Thurgood Marshall: Justice for All
Air Date: 1997-12-18