American politician Joseph McCarthy, Republican senator from Wisconsin, testifies against the U.S. Army during the Army-McCarthy hearings, Washington, D.C., June 9, 1954.

A new PBS documentary examines in dramatic detail the career of Sen. Joseph McCarthy.

The upcoming "American Experience" documentary, "McCarthy," focuses on the senator whose unsubstantiated claims of communist spies in government shook the U.S. in the 1950s.

Though documentaries are often begun years before their release, and while no 21st century politician is named here, nor any attempt made to explicitly link the early 1950s with the late 2010s, it ...

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And one of the most reviled. The new documentary airs at 8 p.m. Monday on PBS outlets, including WMVS-TV (Channel 10) in Milwaukee. Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

The entire event of the Senate subcommittee hearings on the Army-McCarthy charges was broadcast live on network TV and radio. McCarthy is the focus of PBS documentary airing Jan. 6.

The oft-told tale of the rise and fall of Joseph McCarthy will be told again by PBS’ great “American Experience” series Monday night (8 p.m. CT on KTCA and other local PBS stations).

The documentary, which debuts at 8 p.m. Monday on most PBS stations, draws heavily from David M. Oshinsky's biography "A Conspiracy So Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy." ...