SERIES

American Playhouse

198213 Seasons60m episodes6.6

Drama, Comedy

TMDB6.6

Votes8

Your rating

Runtime: 60m episodes
Genre: Drama
Certificate: TV-PG
Origin: US

About

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Jan 12, 1982
Network: PBS
Studio: KCET, GBH

Time to finish

211 hrs

211 episodes. About 31 weeks at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Similar

Boy Swallows Universe

20247.4

Dreams and Glory

2021

The Flight Attendant

20207.1

Brave New World

20206.6

Erebus: The Aftermath

19878.0

The Three Musketeers

19666.0

The Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors

19907.2

Fatal Vision

19847.0

The Dick Powell Show

19615.7

Murder in Mind

20018.3

Fearless

TV8.5

56 Days

20267.4

Restless

20127.1

Unveil: Jadewind

20267.1

You and I Are Polar Opposites

20268.6

Supernormal

20214.8

Lampião e Maria Bonita

19828.0

The Castle

20268.0

Coming Up

20035.7

SERIES

American Playhouse

198213 Seasons60m episodes6.6

Drama, Comedy

TMDB6.6

Votes8

Your rating

Runtime: 60m episodes
Genre: Drama
Certificate: TV-PG
Origin: US

About

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet.

Episodes

0 of 0 watched

E1 · Airs Jan 12, 1982 · 59m
The Shady Hill Kidnapping
John Cheever's comedy of a supposedly kidnapped five-year-old boy. At first, the police aren't interested until a ransom note is discovered. Then the town goes into action to support the finding of Toby.
E2 · Airs Jan 19, 1982 · 1h 14m
King of America
Hot-tempered Greek immigrant Andreas arrives in 1915 America, and finds work on a railroad. However, after giving his corrupt foreman Mekakis a savage beating, Andreas flees and makes his way west.
E3 · Airs Jan 26, 1982 · 1h 30m
Seguin
In 19th-century Texas, soldier Juan Nepomuceno Seguin fought at the Alamo and became a highly respected politician to insure better living conditions for his people. Frustration arose when American ranchers move into the flatlands bringing prejudice and bigotry against the Mexican populations.
E4 · Airs Feb 2, 1982 · 53m
Who Am I This Time?
Shy hardware store employee Harry Nash decides to step out of his comfort zone, and takes part in a local amateur theatre troupe, where he becomes the character he plays—literally. Helene Shaw is new in town, a lonely itinerant telephonist. On a whim, she auditions for and gets the part of Stella in the troupe's production of A Streetcar Named Desire, opposite Harry's Stanley. Before anyone realizes the growing affection between the two, Helene falls in love with the charming brute, unaware of the man Harry really is.
E5 · Airs Feb 9, 1982 · 52m · ★ 9.0
Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine
The arrival in a small town of a stranger who calls himself 'Charles Dickens' makes a magical and lasting change in the lives of an imaginative 12-year-old boy and a loving young woman.
E6 · Airs Feb 16, 1982 · 54m
Come Along with Me
Recently widowed Mabel Lederer sells all her belongings and leaves home to start a new life. Mabel believes she has powers to see into the future and to conduct seances. She changes her name to 'Angela Motorman' and moves into a boarding house where she interacts with the strange residents.
E7 · Airs Feb 23, 1982 · 1h 18m
For colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf
Nameless women identified by color (e.g., Lady in Red, Lady in Blue) share their experiences with racism, sexism, abuse, and abandonment, ultimately finding strength and sisterhood.
E8 · Airs Mar 2, 1982 · 1h 59m
Echoes and Silences
In search of Carl Sandburg, actor John Cullum travels to the poet's native home, Galesburg, IL, speaking with close friends and family. Through a remarkable recently discovered trove of period photographs of Galesburg, the small-town America of Sandburg's childhood – the horse carriages, the ice-man delivering ice, a Fourth of July celebration – is revived in vivid detail.
E9 · Airs Mar 9, 1982 · 2h 10m · ★ 4.8
Fifth of July
Ken Talley is 32, strong, goodlooking and a Vietnam vet with both legs shot off seven years earlier. His lover Jed is bigger and stronger, a gardner, a good listener. On Independence Day 1977, Ken's home in Lebanon Missouri is visted by his army buddies. Much of their past relationships, pre- and post-Vietnam, must be pulled up and examined before any of them can decide their future.
E10 · Airs Mar 16, 1982 · 56m
The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
Teenage Ralph recounts the Fourth of July and similar chaoses with his family and friends. Based on the writings of Jean Shepherd.
E11 · Airs Mar 23, 1982 · 1h 42m
Pilgrim, Farewell
A woman suffering from terminal cancer determines to resolve several relationships in her life, especially with her daughter.
E12 · Airs Mar 30, 1982 · 1h 29m
Northern Lights
On a North Dakota wheat farm at the turn of the 20th century, Ray Sorenson builds his world around childhood sweetheart Inga. Then Ray sees his plans come apart when the bank forecloses on his family's farm.
E13 · Airs Apr 6, 1982 · 1h 30m
Medal of Honor Rag
A Medal of Honor-winning Vietnam vet has difficulty readjusting to civilian life, and turns to a psychiatrist for help when he finds himself descending to robbery.
E14 · Airs Apr 13, 1982 · 1h 30m
Working
A musical following American workers from diverse backgrounds, from gravediggers to studio heads, exploring their feelings, frustrations, and search for meaning in their jobs.
E15 · Airs Apr 20, 1982 · 1h 0m · ★ 10.0
Weekend
A drifting, affluent couple spend a weekend at their country home, where the husband cheats on his complacent wife as they host guests for their son's first birthday.
E16 · Airs Apr 27, 1982 · 1h 30m
Private Contentment
A young soldier attends his mother's funeral just before he's shipped out to serve in World War II.
E17 · Airs May 4, 1982 · 1h 30m
My Palikari
A middle-aged Greek immigrant visits his native village, with his American-born son in tow. The elder finds that the place he remembered as paradise on Earth now seems like a desolate wasteland, while the son, who has mede this journey reluctantly, falls in love with his ancestral homeland.
E18 · Airs May 11, 1982 · 50m
Oppenheimer (1)
1938: Robert Oppenheimer meets and decides to marry the hard-drinking, much-divorced Kitty, although his friends and relatives dislike her.
E19 · Airs May 18, 1982 · 50m
Oppenheimer (2)
1942: America is at war. Now in charge of the top-secret Manhattan Project, Oppenheimer's left-wing politics mean that he's constantly under surveillance by the FBI and others.
E20 · Airs May 25, 1982 · 50m
Oppenheimer (3)
1943: Oppenheimer is appointed director of Los Alamos, but his past Communist associations alert the FBI. Meanwhile, his extramarital relationship with the neurotic Jean Tatlock comes to a tragic end.
E21 · Airs Jun 1, 1982 · 50m
Oppenheimer (4)
Summer 1944: With the death of President Roosevelt, the future of the Manhattan Project seems doubtful. Oppenheimer finds himself more and more at loggerheads with Teller.
E22 · Airs Jun 8, 1982 · 50m
Oppenheimer (5)
May 1945: The European war is over but the conflict with Japan rages on. Oppenheimer discusses the almost completed atomic bomb with the Secretary of War. However, his colleagues have misgivings.
E23 · Airs Jun 15, 1982 · 50m
Oppenheimer (6)
1949: A few years after the war, Oppenheimer finds himself regarded as a security risk, and must face the HUAC committee.
E24 · Airs Jun 22, 1982 · 50m
Oppenheimer (7)
December 1953: Oppenheimer's examination by the committee proves disastrous and his career with the AEC is finished, whilst that of his rival Teller flourishes.
E25 · Airs Jun 29, 1982 · 1h 44m
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
In 1901, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez is forced on the run from Texas Rangers, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days following a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Jan 12, 1982
Network: PBS
Studio: KCET, GBH

Time to finish

211 hrs

211 episodes. About 31 weeks at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Similar

Boy Swallows Universe

20247.4

Dreams and Glory

2021

The Flight Attendant

20207.1

Brave New World

20206.6

Erebus: The Aftermath

19878.0

The Three Musketeers

19666.0

The Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors

19907.2

Fatal Vision

19847.0

The Dick Powell Show

19615.7

Murder in Mind

20018.3

Fearless

TV8.5

56 Days

20267.4

Restless

20127.1

Unveil: Jadewind

20267.1

You and I Are Polar Opposites

20268.6

Supernormal

20214.8

Lampião e Maria Bonita

19828.0

The Castle

20268.0

Coming Up

20035.7

American Playhouse

About

Where to watch

Details

Time to finish

If you like this

Similar

American Playhouse

About

Where to watch

Episodes

Details

Time to finish

If you like this

Similar

Episodes