Blackout: American Experience

Season 27, Episode 7 of 7

Look back at what happened in New York City the night the lights went out in July of 1977, plunging 7 million city residents into darkness. By the time power was restored, stores and businesses had been looted and burned and thousands had been arrested.

Previously Aired

Day
Time
Channel
7/14/2015
9 p.m.
7/15/2015
2 a.m.
7/16/2015
2 p.m.
7/17/2015
4 a.m.
7/8/2018
2 p.m.
7/12/2018
1 p.m.
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