| American Playhouse | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Anthology |
| Directed by |
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| Composer | David Amram |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 13 |
| Production | |
| Production companies | KCET, South Carolina Educational Television, WGBH, WNET |
| Original release | |
| Network | PBS |
| Release | January 12, 1982 (1982-01-12) – December 22, 1993 (1993-12-22) |
American Playhouse is an American anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).[1][2][3]
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 careers of numerous performers, including David Marshall Grant, Laura Linney, A Martinez, Conchata Ferrell, Eric Roberts, Lynne Thigpen, John Malkovich, Peter Riegert, Lupe Ontiveros, Ben Stiller, and Megan Mullally.
As part of WGBH's development of the Descriptive Video Service (DVS), American Playhouse was one of the first U.S. television programs to air with audio description for the visually impaired on the Secondary audio program (SAP). After trialing the system during previous seasons, the 1990 season was the first to offer it as part of their wider rollout of DVS, initially through 32 member stations.[4][5][6]
| No. overall | No.in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Shady Hill Kidnapping" | Unknown | Unknown | January 12, 1982 (1982-01-12) |
| 2 | 2 | "King of America" | Unknown | Unknown | January 19, 1982 (1982-01-19) |
| 3 | 3 | "Seguin" | Unknown | Unknown | January 26, 1982 (1982-01-26) |
| 4 | 4 | "Who Am I This Time?" | Unknown | Unknown | February 2, 1982 (1982-02-02) |
| 5 | 5 | "Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine" | Unknown | Unknown | February 9, 1982 (1982-02-09) |
| 6 | 6 | "Come Along with Me" | Unknown | Unknown | February 16, 1982 (1982-02-16) |
| 7 | 7 | "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf" | Unknown | Ntozake Shange | February 23, 1982 (1982-02-23) |
| 8 | 8 | "Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences" | Unknown | Unknown | March 2, 1982 (1982-03-02) |
| 9 | 9 | "Fifth of July" | Unknown | Lanford Wilson | March 9, 1982 (1982-03-09) |
| 10 | 10 | "The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters" | Unknown | Unknown | March 16, 1982 (1982-03-16) |
| 11 | 11 | "Pilgrim, Farewell" | Unknown | Unknown | March 23, 1982 (1982-03-23) |
| 12 | 12 | "Northern Lights[7]" | Unknown | Unknown | March 30, 1982 (1982-03-30) |
| 13 | 13 | "Medal of Honor Rag" | Unknown | Unknown | April 6, 1982 (1982-04-06) |
| 14 | 14 | "Working" | Unknown | Unknown | April 13, 1982 (1982-04-13) |
| 15 | 15 | "Weekend" | Unknown | Unknown | April 20, 1982 (1982-04-20) |
| 16 | 16 | "Private Contentment" | Unknown | Unknown | April 27, 1982 (1982-04-27) |
| 17 | 17 | "My Palikari" | Unknown | Unknown | May 4, 1982 (1982-05-04) |
| 18 | 18 | "Oppenheimer (1)" | Barry Davis | Peter Prince | May 11, 1982 (1982-05-11) |
| 19 | 19 | "Oppenheimer (2)" | Barry Davis | Peter Prince | May 18, 1982 (1982-05-18) |
| 20 | 20 | "Oppenheimer (3)" | Barry Davis | Peter Prince | May 25, 1982 (1982-05-25) |
| 21 | 21 | "Oppenheimer (4)" | Barry Davis | Peter Prince | June 1, 1982 (1982-06-01) |
| 22 | 22 | "Oppenheimer (5)" | Barry Davis | Peter Prince | June 8, 1982 (1982-06-08) |
| 23 | 23 | "Oppenheimer (6)" | Barry Davis | Peter Prince | June 15, 1982 (1982-06-15) |
| 24 | 24 | "Oppenheimer (7)" | Barry Davis | Peter Prince | June 22, 1982 (1982-06-22) |
| 25 | 25 | "The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez" | Unknown | Unknown | June 29, 1982 (1982-06-29) |
| No. overall | No.in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | 1 | "The Skin of Our Teeth" | Unknown | Thorton Wilder | January 18, 1983 (1983-01-18) |
| TBA | 2 | "Miss Lonelyhearts" | Unknown | Unknown | January 25, 1983 (1983-01-25) |
| TBA | 3 | "Family Business" | Unknown | Unknown | February 1, 1983 (1983-02-01) |
| TBA | 4 | "Keeping On" | Unknown | Unknown | February 8, 1983 (1983-02-08) |
| TBA | 5 | "The File on Jill Hatch (1)" | Unknown | Unknown | February 15, 1983 (1983-02-15) |
| TBA | 6 | "The File on Jill Hatch (2)" | Unknown | Unknown | February 22, 1983 (1983-02-22) |
| TBA | 7 | "The File on Jill Hatch (3)" | Unknown | Unknown | March 1, 1983 (1983-03-01) |
| TBA | 8 | "For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story" | Unknown | Unknown | March 22, 1983 (1983-03-22) |
| TBA | 9 | "Verse Person Singular" | Unknown | Unknown | March 29, 1983 (1983-03-29) |
| TBA | 10 | "Until She Talks" | Unknown | Unknown | April 5, 1983 (1983-04-05) |
| TBA | 11 | "Wings" | Unknown | Unknown | April 26, 1983 (1983-04-26) |
| TBA | 12 | "The Rothko Conspiracy" | Unknown | Unknown | May 3, 1983 (1983-05-03) |
| No. overall | No.in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | 1 | "The Ghost Writer" | Tristram Powell | Tristram Powell and Philip Roth, based on the novel by Roth | January 17, 1984 (1984-01-17) |
| TBA | 2 | "Pudd'nhead Wilson" | Alan Bridges | Philip H. Reisman Jr., based on the novel by Mark Twain | January 24, 1984 (1984-01-24) |
| TBA | 3 | "True West" | Unknown | Sam Shepard | January 31, 1984 (1984-01-31) |
| TBA | 4 | "Nothing but a Man" | Unknown | Unknown | February 7, 1984 (1984-02-07) |
| TBA | 5 | "Popular Neurotics" | Sheldon Larry | Aubrey Wertheim | February 14, 1984 (1984-02-14) |
| TBA | 6 | "The Cafeteria" | Amram Nowak | Ernest Kinoy, adapted from the short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer | February 21, 1984 (1984-02-21) |
| TBA | 7 | "Refuge" | Huck Fairman | Huck Fairman and Luther Sperberg | February 28, 1984 (1984-02-28) |
| TBA | 8 | "The Gin Game" | Unknown | Donald L. Coburn | March 6, 1984 (1984-03-06) |
| TBA | 9 | "Haunted" | Michael Roemer | Michael Roemer | March 20, 1984 (1984-03-20) |
| TBA | 10 | "The Killing Floor" | Unknown | Unknown | April 10, 1984 (1984-04-10) |
| TBA | 11 | "Heartland[8]" | Unknown | Unknown | April 17, 1984 (1984-04-17) |
| TBA | 12 | "City News" | Unknown | Unknown | April 24, 1984 (1984-04-24) |
| TBA | 13 | "Hughie" | Unknown | Unknown | May 1, 1984 (1984-05-01) |
| TBA | 14 | "Concealed Enemies (1)" | Unknown | Unknown | May 7, 1984 (1984-05-07) |
| TBA | 15 | "Concealed Enemies (2)" | Unknown | Unknown | May 7, 1984 (1984-05-07) |
| TBA | 16 | "Concealed Enemies (3)" | Unknown | Unknown | May 8, 1984 (1984-05-08) |
| TBA | 17 | "Concealed Enemies (4)" | Unknown | Unknown | May 9, 1984 (1984-05-09) |
| No. overall | No.in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | 1 | "Testament" | Unknown | Unknown | November 26, 1984 (1984-11-26) |
| TBA | 2 | "A Matter of Principle" | Gwen Arner | Morton Neal Miller and Nancy Miller, based on the short story by John D. Weaver | December 3, 1984 (1984-12-03) |
| TBA | 3 | "Solomon Northup's Odyssey" | Unknown | Unknown | December 10, 1984 (1984-12-10) |
| TBA | 4 | "Tomorrow" | Unknown | Unknown | December 17, 1984 (1984-12-17) |
| TBA | 5 | "Go Tell It on the Mountain" | Unknown | Unknown | January 14, 1985 (1985-01-14) |
| TBA | 6 | "Noon Wine" | Unknown | Unknown | January 21, 1985 (1985-01-21) |
| TBA | 7 | "The Joy That Kills" | Unknown | Unknown | January 28, 1985 (1985-01-28) |
| TBA | 8 | "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank" | Douglas Williams | Corinne Jacker | February 4, 1985 (1985-02-04) |
| TBA | 9 | "The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski" | Unknown | Unknown | February 11, 1985 (1985-02-11) |
| TBA | 10 | "Some Men Need Help" | Allan Goldstein | John Ford Noonan, based on his play | February 18, 1985 (1985-02-18) |
| TBA | 11 | "Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom" | Unknown | Unknown | February 25, 1985 (1985-02-25) |
| TBA | 12 | "Breakfast with Les and Bess" | Unknown | Unknown | March 11, 1985 (1985-03-11) |
| TBA | 13 | "Nightsongs" | Marva Nabili | Marva Nabili, based on journal entries by Fae Myenne Ng | April 15, 1985 (1985-04-15) |
| TBA | 14 | "Under the Biltmore Clock" | Neal Miller | Neal Miller and Ilene Cooper, based on a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald | April 22, 1985 (1985-04-22) |
| TBA | 15 | "Displaced Person" | Unknown | Unknown | May 6, 1985 (1985-05-06) |
| TBA | 16 | "The Europeans" | Unknown | Unknown | May 13, 1985 (1985-05-13) |
| TBA | 17 | "El Norte" | Unknown | Unknown | May 20, 1985 (1985-05-20) |
| TBA | 18 | "Three Sovereigns for Sarah (1)" | Unknown | Unknown | May 27, 1985 (1985-05-27) |
| TBA | 19 | "Three Sovereigns for Sarah (2)" | Unknown | Unknown | June 3, 1985 (1985-06-03) |
| TBA | 20 | "Three Sovereigns for Sarah (3)" | Unknown | Unknown | June 10, 1985 (1985-06-10) |
| TBA | 21 | "Paper Angels" | Unknown | Unknown | June 17, 1985 (1985-06-17) |
| TBA | 22 | "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" | Unknown | Tennessee Williams | June 24, 1985 (1985-06-24) |
| No. overall | No.in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | 1 | "The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket" | Unknown | Unknown | January 20, 1986 (1986-01-20) |
| TBA | 2 | "The Roommate" | Unknown | Unknown | January 27, 1986 (1986-01-27) |
| TBA | 3 | "Valentine's Revenge" | Unknown | Unknown | February 3, 1986 (1986-02-03) |
| TBA | 4 | "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1)" | Unknown | Unknown | February 10, 1986 (1986-02-10) |
| TBA | 5 | "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (2)" | Unknown | Unknown | February 17, 1986 (1986-02-17) |
| TBA | 6 | "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (3)" | Unknown | Unknown | February 24, 1986 (1986-02-24) |
| TBA | 7 | "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (4)" | Unknown | Unknown | March 3, 1986 (1986-03-03) |
| TBA | 8 | "Tell Me a Riddle" | Unknown | Unknown | March 17, 1986 (1986-03-17) |
| TBA | 9 | "The Little Sister" | Unknown | Unknown | April 7, 1986 (1986-04-07) |
| TBA | 10 | "The House of Ramon Iglesia" | Unknown | Unknown | April 14, 1986 (1986-04-14) |
| TBA | 11 | "A Flash of Green" | Unknown | Unknown | April 21, 1986 (1986-04-21) |
| TBA | 12 | "Damien" | Unknown | Unknown | April 28, 1986 (1986-04-28) |
| TBA | 13 | "Rocket to the Moon" | Unknown | Unknown | May 5, 1986 (1986-05-05) |
| TBA | 14 | "A Case of Libel" | Unknown | Unknown | May 12, 1986 (1986-05-12) |
| TBA | 15 | "Painting Churches" | Unknown | Tina Howe | May 19, 1986 (1986-05-19) |
| TBA | 16 | "Roanoak (1)" | Unknown | Unknown | May 26, 1986 (1986-05-26) |
| TBA | 17 | "Roanoak (2)" | Unknown | Unknown | June 2, 1986 (1986-06-02) |
| TBA | 18 | "Roanoak (3)" | Unknown | Unknown | June 9, 1986 (1986-06-09) |
| TBA | 19 | "Sunday in the Park with George" | Unknown | James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim | June 16, 1986 (1986-06-16) |
| No. overall | No.in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | 1 | "All My Sons" | Unknown | Arthur Miller | January 19, 1987 (1987-01-19) |
| TBA | 2 | "The Prodigious Hickey" | Unknown | Unknown | January 26, 1987 (1987-01-26) |
| TBA | 3 | "The Wide Net" | Unknown | Unknown | February 2, 1987 (1987-02-02) |
| TBA | 4 | "Smooth Talk" | Unknown | Unknown | February 9, 1987 (1987-02-09) |
| TBA | 5 | "A Mistaken Charity" | Unknown | Unknown | February 16, 1987 (1987-02-16) |
| TBA | 6 | "Eleanor: In Her Own Words" | Unknown | Unknown | March 9, 1987 (1987-03-09) |
| TBA | 7 | "The Innocents Abroad" | Unknown | Unknown | March 23, 1987 (1987-03-23) |
| TBA | 8 | "Story of a Marriage (1)" | Unknown | Unknown | April 6, 1987 (1987-04-06) |
| TBA | 9 | "Story of a Marriage (2)" | Unknown | Unknown | April 13, 1987 (1987-04-13) |
| TBA | 10 | "Story of a Marriage (3)" | Unknown | Unknown | April 13, 1987 (1987-04-13) |
| TBA | 11 | "A Case of Libel" | Unknown | Unknown | May 4, 1987 (1987-05-04) |
| TBA | 12 | "Charley's Aunt" | Unknown | Unknown | May 11, 1987 (1987-05-11) |
| TBA | 13 | "Gal Young 'Un" | Unknown | Unknown | May 18, 1987 (1987-05-18) |
| TBA | 14 | "The House of Blue Leaves" | Unknown | John Guare | May 25, 1987 (1987-05-25) |
| TBA | 15 | "Blue Window" | Unknown | Unknown | June 1, 1987 (1987-06-01) |
| TBA | 16 | "Dottie" | Unknown | Unknown | June 8, 1987 (1987-06-08) |
| TBA | 17 | "Waiting for the Moon" | Unknown | Unknown | June 15, 1987 (1987-06-15) |
| No. overall | No.in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | 1 | "Strange Interlude (1)" | Unknown | Unknown | January 18, 1988 (1988-01-18) |
| TBA | 2 | "Strange Interlude (2)" | Unknown | Unknown | January 19, 1988 (1988-01-19) |
| TBA | 3 | "Strange Interlude (3)" | Unknown | Unknown | January 20, 1988 (1988-01-20) |
| TBA | 4 | "The Return of Hickey" | Unknown | Unknown | February 3, 1988 (1988-02-03) |
| TBA | 5 | "Lemon Sky" | Unknown | Lanford Wilson | February 10, 1988 (1988-02-10) |
| TBA | 6 | "The Revolt of Mother" | Unknown | Unknown | February 17, 1988 (1988-02-17) |
| TBA | 7 | "Pigeon Feathers" | Sharron Miller | Jan Hartman[9] | February 17, 1988 (1988-02-17) |
| TBA | 8 | "Billy Galvin" | Unknown | Unknown | February 24, 1988 (1988-02-24) |
| TBA | 9 | "A Flash of Green" | Unknown | Unknown | March 23, 1988 (1988-03-23) |
| TBA | 10 | "Journey Into Genius" | Unknown | Unknown | April 6, 1988 (1988-04-06) |
| TBA | 11 | "Suspicion" | Andrew Grieve | Jonathan Lynn and Barry Levinson from the 1941 screenplay | April 20, 1988 (1988-04-20) |
| TBA | 12 | "The Trial of Bernard Goetz" | Harry Moses | Harry Morgan Moses | May 11, 1988 (1988-05-11) |
| TBA | 13 | "The Land of Little Rain" | Unknown | Unknown | June 1, 1988 (1988-06-01) |
| TBA | 14 | "I Never Sang for My Father" | Unknown | Unknown | June 15, 1988 (1988-06-15) |
| TBA | 15 | "Native Son" | Unknown | Unknown | June 29, 1988 (1988-06-29) |
| TBA | 16 | "The Big Knife" | John Jacobs | Unknown | July 27, 1988 (1988-07-27) |
| No. overall | No.in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | 1 | "A Raisin in the Sun" | Unknown | Lorraine Hansberry | February 1, 1989 (1989-02-01) |
| TBA | 2 | "Ask Me Again" | Unknown | Unknown | February 8, 1989 (1989-02-08) |
| TBA | 3 | "Stacking" | Martin Rosen | Unknown | February 15, 1989 (1989-02-15) |
| TBA | 4 | "My American Cousin" | Unknown | Unknown | February 22, 1989 (1989-02-22) |
| TBA | 5 | "Love and Other Sorrows" | Unknown | Unknown | March 1, 1989 (1989-03-01) |
| TBA | 6 | "Stand and Deliver" | Unknown | Unknown | March 15, 1989 (1989-03-15) |
| TBA | 7 | "The Silence at Bethany" | Unknown | Unknown | March 22, 1989 (1989-03-22) |
| TBA | 8 | "Life Under Water" | Unknown | Unknown | April 12, 1989 (1989-04-12) |
| TBA | 9 | "The Diaries of Adam and Eve" | Unknown | Unknown | April 26, 1989 (1989-04-26) |
| TBA | 10 | "The Meeting" | Unknown | Unknown | May 3, 1989 (1989-05-03) |
| TBA | 11 | "A Walk in the Woods" | Unknown | Lee Blessing | May 10, 1989 (1989-05-10) |
| TBA | 12 | "Big Time" | Unknown | Unknown | May 17, 1989 (1989-05-17) |
| TBA | 13 | "The Thin Blue Line" | Unknown | Unknown | May 24, 1989 (1989-05-24) |
| TBA | 14 | "Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss" | Unknown | Unknown | May 31, 1989 (1989-05-31) |
| TBA | 15 | "Imagining America" | Unknown | Unknown | June 7, 1989 (1989-06-07) |
| No. overall | No.in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | 1 | "Sensibility and Sense" | David Hugh Jones | Richard Nelson | January 24, 1990 (1990-01-24) |
| TBA | 2 | "Women & Wallace" | Don Scardino | Jonathan Marc Sherman, based on his play | January 31, 1990 (1990-01-31) |
| TBA | 3 | "Zora Is My Name!" | Neema Barnette | Unknown | February 14, 1990 (1990-02-14) |
| TBA | 4 | "Andre's Mother" | Unknown | Terrence McNally | March 7, 1990 (1990-03-07) |
| TBA | 5 | "Bloodhounds of Broadway" | Unknown | Unknown | May 23, 1990 (1990-05-23) |
| TBA | 6 | "Hyde in Hollywood" | Gerald Gutierrez | Peter Parnell | July 6, 1990 (1990-07-06) |
| No. overall | No.in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | 1 | "Into the Woods" | Unknown | James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim | March 15, 1991 (1991-03-15) |
| TBA | 2 | "The Grapes of Wrath" | Unknown | Unknown | March 22, 1991 (1991-03-22) |
| TBA | 3 | "Three Hotels" | Unknown | Unknown | March 29, 1991 (1991-03-29) |
| TBA | 4 | "The Sunset Gang" | Unknown | Unknown | April 5, 1991 (1991-04-05) |
| TBA | 5 | "Hot Summer Winds" | Unknown | Unknown | May 22, 1991 (1991-05-22) |
| TBA | 6 | "The Hollow Boy" | Unknown | Unknown | June 12, 1991 (1991-06-12) |
| No. overall | No.in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | 1 | "Fool's Fire" | Unknown | Unknown | March 25, 1992 (1992-03-25) |
| TBA | 2 | "Tales from Hollywood" | Unknown | Unknown | October 19, 1992 (1992-10-19) |
| TBA | 3 | "Tru" | Unknown | Unknown | November 23, 1992 (1992-11-23) |
| TBA | 4 | "Andre's Mother" | Unknown | Unknown | January 17, 1993 (1993-01-17) |
| TBA | 5 | "Fires in the Mirror" | Unknown | Unknown | April 28, 1993 (1993-04-28) |
| TBA | 6 | "In the Wings: Angels in America on Broadway" | Tom Bywaters | Tom Bywaters | June 11, 1993 (1993-06-11) |
| TBA | 7 | "La Carpa" | Carlos Avila | Carlos Avila and Edit Villarreal | June 16, 1993 (1993-06-16) |
| TBA | 8 | "Porgy and Bess" | Unknown | Unknown | October 6, 1993 (1993-10-06) |
| TBA | 9 | "Tales of the City" | Unknown | Unknown | November 15, 1993 (1993-11-15) |
| TBA | 10 | "Hallelujah" | Charles Lane | Unknown | December 22, 1993 (1993-12-22) |
| No. overall | No.in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | 1 | "Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City" | Unknown | Unknown | January 10, 1994 (1994-01-10) |
| TBA | 2 | "The Sunset Gang" | Calvin L. Skaggs | Ronald Ribman, based on the book by Warren Adler | March 21, 1994 (1994-03-21) |
| TBA | 3 | "Long Shadow" | Sheldon Larry | Milan Stitt | August 26, 1994 (1994-08-26) |
| TBA | 4 | "Break of Dawn" | Isaac Artenstein | Isaac Artenstein | September 9, 1994 (1994-09-09) |
| TBA | 5 | "La Carpa" | Carlos Avila | Carlos Avila and Edit Villarreal | September 23, 1994 (1994-09-23) |
| No. overall | No.in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | 1 | "The Making of Angels and Insects" | Unknown | Unknown | January 2, 1995 (1995-01-02) |
| TBA | 2 | "Fires in the Mirror" | Unknown | Unknown | February 3, 1995 (1995-02-03) |
| TBA | 3 | "Blown Sideways Through Life" | Christopher Ashley | Claudia Shear, based on her play | July 19, 1995 (1995-07-19) |
| TBA | 4 | "Drawn from Memory" | Paul Fierlinger | Paul Fierlinger | October 30, 1995 (1995-10-30) |
| TBA | 5 | "The Beans of Egypt, Maine" | Unknown | Unknown | August 11, 1996 (1996-08-11) |
| TBA | 6 | "Passion" | Unknown | Unknown | September 29, 1996 (1996-09-29) |
Some of the productions won multiple Emmys: one from Robert MorseinTru,[10] Outstanding Children's Program for Displaced Person[11] and technical achievements for The Meeting alongside many nominations.[12]
Academy Award recognitions included El Norte's nomination for Best Original Screenplay,[13][14]aBest Actress nod for Jane AlexanderinTestament[15][16] and a Best Actor nod for Edward James OlmosinStand and Deliver.[17][18]
Golden Globe recognitions included 3 for Stand and Deliver (two for Olmos ( Leading Actor) and Diamond Phillips (Supporting Actor) and one for Best Motion Picture - Drama).[19]
American Playhouse also won a Peabody Award in 1990.[20]
Episodes like Nothing but a Man, The Thin Blue Line, El Norte and Stand and Deliver were each inducted into the National Film Registry.[21]
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank was featured as an episode of the cult science fiction series Mystery Science Theater 3000.[22][23]
