There were three series created, but only one was broadcast outside of the University of North Carolina's student radio station, between 1955 and 1956, where the entire production had been performed.

The first show of the series was introduced with the following opening:-

"This is American Adventure. The first in a series of special programs presented by the National Broadcasting Company, in cooperation with the University of North Carolina. American Adventure deals with the soul of America as a living organism. Here then, each week, we dramatize man's greatest adventure on American Adventure.