S2000 E1 • The Menace of Nuclear Weapons

Première diffusion : 6 janvier 2000

S2000 E2 • Losing the War on Drugs

An examination of the drug policies of six different Presidents over a 30-year period, beginning with Richard Nixon's election in 1968 through the administrations of Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush and Bill Clinton.

Première diffusion : 26 janvier 2000

S2000 E3 • South Africa: Free at Last

Première diffusion : 23 février 2000

S2000 E4 • The Trouble with NASA

Examining the current state of NASA. Included: the history of the U.S. space program, beginning with the 1969 Apollo moon landing. Also: NASA administrator Dan Goldin discusses the U.S. space program's future.

Première diffusion : 24 mars 2000

S2000 E5 • The War on Cancer

Chronicling efforts to fight cancer in America. Included: the medical advancements made since the National Cancer Act of 1971 was signed into law by President Richard Nixon.

Première diffusion : 25 mars 2000

S2000 E6 • Crisis in Space: The Real Story of Apollo 13

Première diffusion : 11 avril 2000

S2000 E7 • The Nanny Danger

Première diffusion : 13 avril 2000

S2000 E8 • Cons, Scams and Swindles

Examining various cons, scams and swindles. Included: television marketing ploys; insurance and credit-card deceits; used-car tricks; and “sweetheart swindles.” Also: Chuck Whitlock, an investigative reporter who has written about fraud, is interviewed.

Première diffusion : 18 avril 2000

S2000 E9 • UN Peacekeepers

Première diffusion : 28 avril 2000

S2000 E10 • The Legacy of Kent State

Recounting the events of May 4, 1970, at Kent State University in Ohio, where four anti-Vietnam War demonstrators were killed when National Guardsmen opened fire on student protesters.

Première diffusion : 4 mai 2000

S2000 E11 • America's Elite Forces: A Checkered History

Première diffusion : 8 mai 2000

S2000 E12 • Disasters at Sea

Première diffusion : 12 mai 2000

S2000 E13 • Great Rescues

Première diffusion : 10 juillet 2000

S2000 E14 • Magic Moments, Tragic Times: Camelot and Chappaquiddick

Première diffusion : 18 juillet 2000

S2000 E15 • Murderous Rage

A look at the increase of violent acts in the workplace, at home and on the road.

Première diffusion : 16 août 2000

S2000 E16 • Gays in the Military

A look at homosexuals in the military. Included: Leonard Matlovich, who was discharged from the Air Force in 1975; Allen Schindler, who died at the hands of fellow Navy officers in 1992; and Barry Winchell, who died as a victim of an anti-gay attack in July 1999. Also: President Clinton's 1993 “don't ask, don't tell” policy.

Première diffusion : 29 août 2000

S2000 E17 • Caught in the Act

Première diffusion : 2 septembre 2000

S2000 E18 • 1999: The Weather Year from Hell

Première diffusion : 22 septembre 2000

S2000 E19 • Special Prosecutors

A discussion of the Independent Counsel Law, passed in 1978 in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal; includes controversial cases, among them: Kenneth W.Starr's investigation of President Clinton. Also: the expiration of the law in 1999. Participants include Samuel Dash, Robert Bork and James McKay.

Première diffusion : 19 octobre 2000

S2000 E20 • The Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton

Première diffusion : 7 novembre 2000

S2000 E21 • Cops Under Fire

Première diffusion : 9 novembre 2000

S2000 E22 • The Gulf War Revisited: The Untold Story

A retrospective of the 1991 Persian Gulf War reexamines the major issues and the debate surrounding the end of the war.

Première diffusion : 13 novembre 2000

S2000 E23 • The Gulf War Revisited: Saddam's Biochemical Threat

Première diffusion : 14 novembre 2000

S2000 E24 • Technology Out of Control

Première diffusion : 6 décembre 2000

S2000 E25 • God in the Classroom

A chronicle of religious issues in which the U.S. Government became involved, beginning with the Scopes Monkey Trial in 1925.

Première diffusion : 26 décembre 2000