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Ended · 1982–1993

American Playhouse

Drama / Comedy

American Playhouse was an anthology series that aired on PBS from 1982-1993.

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Season 1 · 25 episodes
  1. S01 E01 · The Shady Hill Kidnapping
  2. S01 E02 · King of America
  3. S01 E03 · Seguin
  4. S01 E04 · Who Am I This Time?
  5. S01 E05 · Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby is a Friend of Mine
  6. S01 E06 · Come Along with Me
  7. S01 E07 · For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf
  8. S01 E08 · Echoes and Silences
  9. S01 E09 · The Fifth of July
  10. S01 E10 · The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
  11. S01 E11 · Pilgrim Farewell
  12. S01 E12 · Northern Lights
  13. S01 E13 · Medal of Honor Rag
  14. S01 E14 · Working
  15. S01 E15 · Weekend
  16. S01 E16 · Private Contentment
  17. S01 E17 · My Palikari
  18. S01 E18 · Oppenheimer: Part 1
  19. S01 E19 · Oppenheimer: Part 2
  20. S01 E20 · Oppenheimer: Part 3
  21. S01 E21 · Oppenheimer: Part 4
  22. S01 E22 · Oppenheimer: Part 5
  23. S01 E23 · Oppenheimer: Part 6
  24. S01 E24 · Oppenheimer: Part 7
  25. S01 E25 · The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Season 2 · 12 episodes
  1. S02 E01 · The Skin of Our Teeth
  2. S02 E02 · Miss Lonelyhearts
  3. S02 E03 · Family Business
  4. S02 E04 · Keeping On
  5. S02 E05 · The File on Jill Hatch: Part 1
  6. S02 E06 · The File on Jill Hatch: Part 2
  7. S02 E07 · The File on Jill Hatch: Part 3
  8. S02 E08 · For Us, the Living
  9. S02 E09 · Verse Person Singular
  10. S02 E10 · Until She Talks
  11. S02 E11 · Wings
  12. S02 E12 · The Rothko Conspiracy
Season 3 · 17 episodes
  1. S03 E01 · The Ghost Writer
  2. S03 E02 · Pudd'nhead Wilson
  3. S03 E03 · True West
  4. S03 E04 · Nothing But a Man
  5. S03 E05 · Popular Neurotics
  6. S03 E06 · The Cafeteria
  7. S03 E07 · Refuge
  8. S03 E08 · The Gin Game
  9. S03 E09 · Haunted
  10. S03 E10 · The Killing Floor
  11. S03 E11 · Heartland
  12. S03 E12 · City News
  13. S03 E13 · Hughie
  14. S03 E14 · Concealed Enemies: Part 1
  15. S03 E15 · Concealed Enemies: Part 2
  16. S03 E16 · Concealed Enemies: Part 3
  17. S03 E17 · Concealed Enemies: Part 4
Season 4 · 22 episodes
  1. S04 E01 · Testament
  2. S04 E02 · A Matter of Principle
  3. S04 E03 · Solomon Northup's Odyssey
  4. S04 E04 · Tomorrow
  5. S04 E05 · Go Tell It on the Mountain
  6. S04 E06 · Noon Wine
  7. S04 E07 · The Joy That Kills
  8. S04 E08 · Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
  9. S04 E09 · The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski
  10. S04 E10 · Some Men Need Help
  11. S04 E11 · Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
  12. S04 E12 · Breakfast with Les and Bess
  13. S04 E13 · Nightsongs
  14. S04 E14 · Under the Biltmore Clock
  15. S04 E15 · Displaced Person
  16. S04 E16 · The Europeans
  17. S04 E17 · El Norte
  18. S04 E18 · Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part 1
  19. S04 E19 · Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part 2
  20. S04 E20 · Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part 3
  21. S04 E21 · Paper Angels
  22. S04 E22 · Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Season 5 · 19 episodes
  1. S05 E01 · The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket
  2. S05 E02 · The Roommate
  3. S05 E03 · Valentine's Revenge
  4. S05 E04 · Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Part 1
  5. S05 E05 · Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Part 2
  6. S05 E06 · Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Part 3
  7. S05 E07 · Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Part 4
  8. S05 E08 · Tell Me a Riddle
  9. S05 E09 · The Little Sister
  10. S05 E10 · The House of Ramon Iglesia
  11. S05 E11 · A Flash of Green
  12. S05 E12 · Damien
  13. S05 E13 · Rocket to the Moon
  14. S05 E14 · A Case of Libel
  15. S05 E15 · Painting Churches
  16. S05 E16 · Roanoak: Part 1
  17. S05 E17 · Roanoak: Part 2
  18. S05 E18 · Roanoak: Part 3
  19. S05 E19 · Sunday in the Park with George
Season 6 · 17 episodes
  1. S06 E01 · All My Sons
  2. S06 E02 · The Prodigious Hickey
  3. S06 E03 · The Wide Net
  4. S06 E04 · Smooth Talk
  5. S06 E05 · A Mistaken Charity
  6. S06 E06 · Eleanor: In Her Own Words
  7. S06 E07 · The Innocents Abroad
  8. S06 E08 · Story of a Marriage: Part 1
  9. S06 E09 · Story of a Marriage: Part 2
  10. S06 E10 · Story of a Marriage: Part 3
  11. S06 E11 · A Case of Libel
  12. S06 E12 · Charley's Aunt
  13. S06 E13 · Gal Young 'Un
  14. S06 E14 · The House of Blue Leaves
  15. S06 E15 · Blue Window
  16. S06 E16 · Dottie
  17. S06 E17 · Waiting for the Moon
Season 7 · 15 episodes
  1. S07 E01 · Strange Interlude: Part 1
  2. S07 E02 · Strange Interlude: Part 2
  3. S07 E03 · Strange Interlude: Part 3
  4. S07 E04 · The Return of Hickey
  5. S07 E05 · Lemon Sky
  6. S07 E06 · The Revolt of Mother
  7. S07 E07 · Pigeon Feathers
  8. S07 E08 · Billy Galvin
  9. S07 E09 · A Flash of Green
  10. S07 E10 · Journey Into Genius
  11. S07 E11 · Suspicion
  12. S07 E12 · The Trial of Bernard Goetz
  13. S07 E13 · I Never Sang for My Father
  14. S07 E14 · Native Son
  15. S07 E15 · The Big Knife
Season 8 · 14 episodes
  1. S08 E01 · A Raisin in the Sun
  2. S08 E02 · Ask Me Again
  3. S08 E03 · Stacking
  4. S08 E04 · My American Cousin
  5. S08 E05 · Love and Other Sorrows
  6. S08 E06 · Stand and Deliver
  7. S08 E07 · The Silence at Bethany
  8. S08 E08 · Life Under Water
  9. S08 E09 · The Diaries of Adam and Eve
  10. S08 E10 · The Meeting
  11. S08 E11 · Big Time
  12. S08 E12 · Land of Little Rain
  13. S08 E13 · The Thin Blue Line
  14. S08 E14 · Imagining America
Season 9 · 6 episodes
  1. S09 E01 · Sensibility and Sense
  2. S09 E02 · Women and Wallace
  3. S09 E03 · Zora is My Name!
  4. S09 E04 · Andre's Mother
  5. S09 E05 · Bloodhounds of Broadway
  6. S09 E06 · Hyde in Hollywood
Season 10 · 6 episodes
  1. S10 E01 · Into the Woods
  2. S10 E02 · The Grapes of Wrath
  3. S10 E03 · Three Hotels
  4. S10 E04 · The Sunset Gang
  5. S10 E05 · Hot Summer Winds
  6. S10 E06 · The Hollow Boy
Season 11 · 9 episodes
  1. S11 E01 · Fool's Fire
  2. S11 E02 · Tales from Hollywood
  3. S11 E03 · Tru
  4. S11 E04 · Fires in the Mirror
  5. S11 E05 · In the Wings: Angels in America on Broadway
  6. S11 E06 · La Carpa
  7. S11 E07 · Porgy and Bess
  8. S11 E08 · Tales of the City
  9. S11 E09 · Hallelujah

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