American Playhouse was an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. It premiered on January 12, 1982 with The Shady Hill Kidnapping, written and narrated by John Cheever and directed by Paul Bogart. Its final broadcast, In the Wings: Angels in America on Broadway, a rerun of a behind-the-scenes look at Tony Kushner's award-winning play in two parts, aired on January 1, 1994. The series proved to be the springboard for the caree…
American Playhouse was an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. It premiered on January 12, 1982 with The Shady Hill Kidnapping, written and narrated by John Cheever and directed by Paul Bogart. Its final broadcast, In the Wings: Angels in America on Broadway, a rerun of a behind-the-scenes look at Tony Kushner's award-winning play in two parts, aired on January 1, 1994. The series proved to be the springboard for the caree…
Suggest an edit
Seasons (11)
Season 1
12 Jan 1982 – 29 Jun 1982 · 25 episodes
1The Shady Hill Kidnapping12 Jan 1982
2King of America19 Jan 1982
3Seguin26 Jan 1982
4Who Am I This Time?2 Feb 1982
5Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby is a Friend of Mine9 Feb 1982
6Come Along with Me16 Feb 1982
7For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf23 Feb 1982
8Echoes and Silences2 Mar 1982
9The Fifth of July9 Mar 1982
10The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters16 Mar 1982
11Pilgrim Farewell23 Mar 1982
12Northern Lights30 Mar 1982
13Medal of Honor Rag6 Apr 1982
14Working13 Apr 1982
15Weekend20 Apr 1982
16Private Contentment27 Apr 1982
17My Palikari4 May 1982
18Oppenheimer: Part 111 May 1982
19Oppenheimer: Part 218 May 1982
20Oppenheimer: Part 325 May 1982
21Oppenheimer: Part 41 Jun 1982
22Oppenheimer: Part 58 Jun 1982
23Oppenheimer: Part 615 Jun 1982
24Oppenheimer: Part 722 Jun 1982
25The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez29 Jun 1982
Season 2
18 Jan 1983 – 3 May 1983 · 12 episodes
1The Skin of Our Teeth18 Jan 1983
2Miss Lonelyhearts25 Jan 1983
3Family Business1 Feb 1983
4Keeping On8 Feb 1983
5The File on Jill Hatch: Part 115 Feb 1983
6The File on Jill Hatch: Part 222 Feb 1983
7The File on Jill Hatch: Part 31 Mar 1983
8For Us, the Living22 Mar 1983
9Verse Person Singular29 Mar 1983
10Until She Talks5 Apr 1983
11Wings26 Apr 1983
12The Rothko Conspiracy3 May 1983
Season 3
17 Jan 1984 – 9 May 1984 · 17 episodes
1The Ghost Writer17 Jan 1984
2Pudd'nhead Wilson24 Jan 1984
3True West31 Jan 1984
4Nothing But a Man7 Feb 1984
5Popular Neurotics14 Feb 1984
6The Cafeteria21 Feb 1984
7Refuge28 Feb 1984
8The Gin Game6 Mar 1984
9Haunted20 Mar 1984
10The Killing Floor10 Apr 1984
11Heartland17 Apr 1984
12City News24 Apr 1984
13Hughie1 May 1984
14Concealed Enemies: Part 17 May 1984
15Concealed Enemies: Part 27 May 1984
16Concealed Enemies: Part 38 May 1984
17Concealed Enemies: Part 49 May 1984
Season 4
26 Nov 1984 – 24 Jun 1985 · 22 episodes
1Testament26 Nov 1984
2A Matter of Principle3 Dec 1984
3Solomon Northup's Odyssey10 Dec 1984
4Tomorrow17 Dec 1984
5Go Tell It on the Mountain14 Jan 1985
6Noon Wine21 Jan 1985
7The Joy That Kills28 Jan 1985
8Overdrawn at the Memory Bank4 Feb 1985
9The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski11 Feb 1985
10Some Men Need Help18 Feb 1985
11Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom25 Feb 1985
12Breakfast with Les and Bess11 Mar 1985
13Nightsongs15 Apr 1985
14Under the Biltmore Clock22 Apr 1985
15Displaced Person6 May 1985
16The Europeans16 May 1985
17El Norte20 May 1985
18Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part 127 May 1985
19Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part 23 Jun 1985
20Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part 310 Jun 1985
21Paper Angels17 Jun 1985
22Cat on a Hot Tin Roof24 Jun 1985
Season 5
20 Jan 1986 – 16 Jun 1986 · 19 episodes
1The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket20 Jan 1986
2The Roommate27 Jan 1986
3Valentine's Revenge3 Feb 1986
4Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Part 110 Feb 1986
5Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Part 217 Feb 1986
6Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Part 324 Feb 1986
7Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Part 43 Mar 1986
8Tell Me a Riddle17 Mar 1986
9The Little Sister7 Apr 1986
10The House of Ramon Iglesia14 Apr 1986
11A Flash of Green21 Apr 1986
12Damien28 Apr 1986
13Rocket to the Moon5 May 1986
14A Case of Libel12 May 1986
15Painting Churches19 May 1986
16Roanoak: Part 126 May 1986
17Roanoak: Part 22 Jun 1986
18Roanoak: Part 39 Jun 1986
19Sunday in the Park with George16 Jun 1986
Season 6
19 Jan 1987 – 15 Jun 1987 · 17 episodes
1All My Sons19 Jan 1987
2The Prodigious Hickey26 Jan 1987
3The Wide Net2 Feb 1987
4Smooth Talk9 Feb 1987
5A Mistaken Charity16 Feb 1987
6Eleanor: In Her Own Words9 Mar 1987
7The Innocents Abroad23 Mar 1987
8Story of a Marriage: Part 16 Apr 1987
9Story of a Marriage: Part 213 Apr 1987
10Story of a Marriage: Part 313 Apr 1987
11A Case of Libel4 May 1987
12Charley's Aunt11 May 1987
13Gal Young 'Un18 May 1987
14The House of Blue Leaves25 May 1987
15Blue Window1 Jun 1987
16Dottie8 Jun 1987
17Waiting for the Moon15 Jun 1987
Season 7
18 Jan 1988 – 27 Jul 1988 · 15 episodes
1Strange Interlude: Part 118 Jan 1988
2Strange Interlude: Part 219 Jan 1988
3Strange Interlude: Part 320 Jan 1988
4The Return of Hickey3 Feb 1988
5Lemon Sky10 Feb 1988
6The Revolt of Mother17 Feb 1988
7Pigeon Feathers24 Feb 1988
8Billy Galvin24 Feb 1988
9A Flash of Green23 Mar 1988
10Journey Into Genius6 Apr 1988
11Suspicion20 Apr 1988
12The Trial of Bernard Goetz11 May 1988
13I Never Sang for My Father15 Jun 1988
14Native Son29 Jun 1988
15The Big Knife27 Jul 1988
Season 8
1 Feb 1989 – 7 Jun 1989 · 14 episodes
1A Raisin in the Sun1 Feb 1989
2Ask Me Again8 Feb 1989
3Stacking15 Feb 1989
4My American Cousin22 Feb 1989
5Love and Other Sorrows1 Mar 1989
6Stand and Deliver15 Mar 1989
7The Silence at Bethany22 Mar 1989
8Life Under Water12 Apr 1989
9The Diaries of Adam and Eve26 Apr 1989
10The Meeting3 May 1989
11Big Time17 May 1989
12Land of Little Rain31 May 1989
13The Thin Blue Line24 May 1989
14Imagining America7 Jun 1989
Season 9
24 Jan 1990 – 6 Jul 1990 · 6 episodes
1Sensibility and Sense24 Jan 1990
2Women and Wallace31 Jan 1990
3Zora is My Name!14 Feb 1990
4Andre's Mother7 Mar 1990
5Bloodhounds of Broadway23 May 1990
6Hyde in Hollywood6 Jul 1990
Season 10
20 Mar 1991 – 12 Jun 1991 · 6 episodes
1Into the Woods20 Mar 1991
2The Grapes of Wrath29 Mar 1991
3Three Hotels29 Mar 1991
4The Sunset Gang5 Apr 1991
5Hot Summer Winds22 May 1991
6The Hollow Boy12 Jun 1991
Season 11
25 Mar 1992 – 22 Dec 1993 · 9 episodes
1Fool's Fire25 Mar 1992
2Tales from Hollywood19 Oct 1992
3Tru23 Nov 1992
4Fires in the Mirror28 Apr 1993
5In the Wings: Angels in America on Broadway11 Jun 1993