American Masters - Project Free TV
June 23, 1986
7.06
16
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Seasons and episodes
1
Season 1 1986-06-23
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1 - 1Arthur Miller: Private Conversations 1986-06-23 -
1 - 2Phillip Johnson: A Self Portrait 1986-06-30 -
1 - 3Katherine Anne Porter: The Eye of Memory 1986-07-07 -
1 - 4The Unknown Chaplin: Part 1 1986-07-14 -
1 - 5The Unknown Chaplin: Part 2 1986-07-21 -
1 - 6The Unknown Chaplin: Part 3 1986-07-28
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1 - 7Billie Holiday: The Long Night of Lady Day 1986-08-04 -
1 - 8James Levine: A Life in Music 1986-08-11 -
1 - 9Aaron Copland: About the Composer 1986-08-18 -
1 - 10Thomas Eakins: A Motion Portrait 1986-08-25 -
1 - 11Georgia O'Keeffe 1986-09-01 -
1 - 12Eugene O'Neill: A Glory of Ghosts 1986-09-08
2
Season 2 1987-07-06
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2 - 1Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer 1987-07-06 -
2 - 2Directed by William Wyler 1987-07-13 -
2 - 3Rubinstein Remembered 1987-07-20
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2 - 4Nik and Murray 1987-07-27
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2 - 5George Gershwin Remembered 1987-08-24 -
2 - 6Maurice Sendak: Mon Cher Papa 1987-08-31
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2 - 7The Negro Ensemble Company 1987-09-14 -
2 - 8Unanswered Prayers: The Life and Times of Truman Capote 1987-09-21 -
2 - 9The Algonquin Round Table: The Ten Year Lunch 1987-09-28 -
2 - 10Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow 1987-11-18 -
2 - 11Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (Part 2) 1987-11-19
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2 - 12Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (Part 3) 1987-11-20
3
Season 3 1988-07-11
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3 - 1Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me 1988-07-11 -
3 - 2A Duke Named Ellington 1988-07-18 -
3 - 3Andre Kertesz of the Cities 1988-08-08 -
3 - 4Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul 1988-08-22 -
3 - 5Rivera in America 1988-08-29 -
3 - 6Saint-Gaudens: Masque of the Golden Bowl 1988-09-05 -
3 - 7Neil Simon: Not Just for Laughs 1989-03-08 -
3 - 8Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of Group Theater 1989-06-26
4
Season 4 1989-07-03
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4 - 1Harold Clurman: A Life of Theatre 1989-07-03
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4 - 2Stella Adler: Awake and Dream! 1989-07-10
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4 - 3Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong 1989-07-31 -
4 - 4James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket 1989-08-14 -
4 - 5Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker 1989-08-17 -
4 - 6Jasper Johns: Ideas in Paint 1989-09-11 -
4 - 7Mort Sahl: Shaping Laughter 1989-09-18 -
4 - 8W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult 1989-09-25 -
4 - 9Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius 1989-11-15 -
4 - 10Milos Forman: Portrait 1989-12-20
5
Season 5 1990-07-02
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5 - 1Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer 1990-07-02 -
5 - 2John Cassavetes 1990-07-09
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5 - 3Martin Scorsese Directs 1990-07-16 -
5 - 4You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story 1990-07-23 -
5 - 5Edward R. Murrow: This Reporter 1990-07-30 -
5 - 6John Hammond: From Bessie Smith to Bruce Springsteen 1990-08-20 -
5 - 7Sanford Meisner: The Theater's Best Kept Secret 1990-08-27
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5 - 8John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I'm Saying It 1990-09-17
6
Season 6 1991-07-01
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6 - 1Helen Hayes: First Lady of the American Theatre 1991-07-01 -
6 - 2Miracle on 44th Street: A Portrait of the Actor's Studio 1991-07-08 -
6 - 3A. Einstein: How I See the World 1991-07-22 -
6 - 4Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One 1991-07-29 -
6 - 5Frederic Remington: The Truth of Other Days 1991-08-05 -
6 - 6Menuhin: A Family Portrait 1991-08-12 -
6 - 7Robert Motherwell and the New York School 1991-08-26 -
6 - 8Ray Charles: The Genius of Soul 1992-01-03 -
6 - 9Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol 1992-04-10 -
6 - 10Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey 1992-05-01
7
Season 7 1993-03-14
8
Season 8 1993-12-08
9
Season 9 1994-11-30
10
Season 10 1995-11-29
11
Season 11 1996-11-25
12
Season 12 1997-09-17
13
Season 13 1998-10-28
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13 - 1Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note 1998-10-28 -
13 - 2The Line King: Al Hirschfeld 1999-01-06 -
13 - 3Paul Robeson: Here I Stand 1999-02-24 -
13 - 4Robert Rauschenberg: Inventive Genius 1999-04-07 -
13 - 5The Lives of Lillian Hellman 1999-06-30 -
13 - 6Dashiell Hammett: Detective, Writer 1999-06-30 -
13 - 7Yours for a Song: The Women of Tin Pan Alley 1999-08-18
14
Season 14 1999-11-01
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14 - 1Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood 1999-11-01 -
14 - 2Norman Rockwell: Painting America 1999-11-24 -
14 - 3Ella Fitzgerald: Something to Live For 1999-12-08 -
14 - 4Paul Taylor: Dancemaker 2000-01-05 -
14 - 5Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light 2000-02-02 -
14 - 6Isaac Stern: Life's Virtuoso 2000-04-12 -
14 - 7The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation 2000-05-31
15
Season 15 2000-09-27
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15 - 1Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows 2000-09-27 -
15 - 2Mailer on Mailer 2000-10-04 -
15 - 3On Cukor 2000-11-22 -
15 - 4Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy 2000-12-03 -
15 - 5Bob Marley: Rebel Music 2001-02-14 -
15 - 6A Conversation with Gregory Peck 2001-04-09 -
15 - 7Alfred Stieglitz: The Eloquent Eye 2001-04-16 -
15 - 8Coming to Light: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indians 2001-04-23
16
Season 16 2001-10-07
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16 - 1Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies 2001-10-07 -
16 - 2F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams 2001-10-14 -
16 - 3Richard Rodgers: The Sweetest Sounds 2001-10-21 -
16 - 4Quincy Jones: In the Pocket 2001-11-18 -
16 - 5Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records 2001-11-28 -
16 - 6Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance 2001-12-16 -
16 - 7Ralph Ellison: An American Journey 2002-02-19 -
16 - 8Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer 2002-03-01
17
Season 17 2002-10-02
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17 - 1Willie Nelson: Still is Still Moving 2002-10-02 -
17 - 2Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces 2002-10-30 -
17 - 3Juilliard 2003-01-29 -
17 - 4Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution 2003-03-19 -
17 - 5Joni Mitchell: A Woman of Heart and Mind 2003-04-02 -
17 - 6Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied 2003-04-23 -
17 - 7Robert Capa: In Love and War 2003-05-28 -
17 - 8The Education of Gore Vidal 2003-07-30
18
Season 18 2003-09-03
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18 - 1Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist 2003-09-03 -
18 - 2James Brown: Soul Survivor 2003-10-29 -
18 - 3Cary Grant: A Class Apart 2004-01-07 -
18 - 4Balanchine 2004-01-14 -
18 - 5Judy Garland: By Myself 2004-02-25 -
18 - 6Henry Luce and Time-Life's America: A Vision of Empire 2004-04-28 -
18 - 7Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues 2004-06-23 -
18 - 8Julia! America's Favorite Chef 2004-08-18
19
Season 19 2005-05-11
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19 - 1James Dean: Sense Memories 2005-05-11 -
19 - 2Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice 2005-06-29 -
19 - 3George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey 2005-07-13 -
19 - 4Bob Newhart: Unbuttoned 2005-07-20 -
19 - 5Willa Cather: The Road is All 2005-09-07 -
19 - 6Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea 2005-09-14 -
19 - 7Bob Dylan: No Direction Home 2005-09-27
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Season 20 2006-05-10
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20 - 1John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend 2006-05-10 -
20 - 2The World of Nat King Cole 2006-05-17 -
20 - 3Woodie Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home 2006-07-12 -
20 - 4Marilyn Monroe: Still Life 2006-07-19 -
20 - 5Walter Cronkite: Witness to History 2006-07-26 -
20 - 6Andy Warhol: A Documentary: Part 1 2006-09-20 -
20 - 7Andy Warhol: A Documentary: Part 2 2006-09-21 -
20 - 8Sketches of Frank Gehry 2006-09-27 -
20 - 9Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens 2007-01-03
21
Season 21 2007-04-04
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21 - 1Novel Reflections on the American Dream 2007-04-04 -
21 - 2Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built 2007-05-02 -
21 - 3Les Paul: Chasing Sound 2007-07-11 -
21 - 4David Hockney: The Colors of Music 2007-07-18 -
21 - 5John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature 2007-07-25 -
21 - 6Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends 2007-09-12 -
21 - 7Orozco: Man of Fire 2007-09-19 -
21 - 8Good Ol' Charles Schulz 2007-10-29 -
21 - 9Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character 2007-11-05
22
Season 22 2008-02-27
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22 - 1Pete Seeger: The Power of Song 2008-02-27 -
22 - 2Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun 2008-04-09 -
22 - 3Marvin Gaye: What's Going On 2008-05-07 -
22 - 4You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story: You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet (1923-1935) 2008-09-23 -
22 - 5You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story: Good War, Uneasy Peace (1935-1950) 2008-09-23 -
22 - 6You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story: A New Reality (1950-1970) 2008-09-24 -
22 - 7You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story: Woodstock Notions (1970-1989) 2008-09-24 -
22 - 8You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story: The Big Tent (1980-Present) 2008-09-25 -
22 - 9The Brothers Warner 2008-09-25
23
Season 23 2009-02-18
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23 - 1Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About 2009-02-18 -
23 - 2Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts 2009-04-08 -
23 - 3Hollywood Chinese 2009-05-27 -
23 - 4Neil Young: Don't Be Denied 2009-06-10 -
23 - 5Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes 2009-07-01 -
23 - 6Trumbo 2009-09-02 -
23 - 7Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound 2009-10-14 -
23 - 8Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind 'Little Women' 2009-12-28
24
Season 24 2010-01-11
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24 - 1Sam Cooke: Crossing Over 2010-01-11 -
24 - 2I.M. Pei: Building China Modern 2010-03-31 -
24 - 3The Doors: When You're Strange 2010-05-12 -
24 - 4Merle Haggard: Learning to Live with Myself 2010-07-21 -
24 - 5Cachao: Uno Más 2010-09-20 -
24 - 6A Letter to Elia 2010-10-04 -
24 - 7Lennon NYC 2010-11-22 -
24 - 8Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould 2010-12-27
25
Season 25 2011-01-12
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25 - 1Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides 2011-01-12 -
25 - 2Troubadors: Carole King/James Taylor & the Rise of the Singer-Songwriter 2011-03-02 -
25 - 3John Muir in the New World 2011-04-18 -
25 - 4James Levine: America's Maestro 2011-06-01 -
25 - 5Pearl Jam Twenty 2011-10-21 -
25 - 6Bill T. Jones: A Good Man 2011-11-11 -
25 - 7Woody Allen: A Documentary: Part 1 2011-11-20 -
25 - 8Woody Allen: A Documentary: Part 2 2011-11-21 -
25 - 9Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter 2011-12-29
26
Season 26 2012-01-23
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26 - 1Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune 2012-01-23 -
26 - 2Cab Calloway: Sketches 2012-02-27 -
26 - 3Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel 2012-04-02 -
26 - 4Harper Lee: Hey, Boo 2012-04-02 -
26 - 5Johnny Carson: King of Late Night 2012-05-14 -
26 - 6The Day Carl Sandburg Died 2012-09-24 -
26 - 7Inventing David Geffen 2012-11-20 -
26 - 8Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance 2012-12-28
27
Season 27 2013-02-22
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Season 28 2014-01-21
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28 - 1Salinger 2014-01-21 -
28 - 2Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth 2014-02-07 -
28 - 3A Fierce Green Fire 2014-04-22 -
28 - 4Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself 2014-05-16 -
28 - 5Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Faun 2014-06-20 -
28 - 6Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning 2014-08-29 -
28 - 7Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work 2014-09-23 -
28 - 8The Boomer List 2014-09-23 -
28 - 9Bing Crosby Rediscovered 2014-12-02
29
Season 29 2015-01-23
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29 - 1Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice 2015-01-23 -
29 - 2August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand 2015-02-20 -
29 - 3Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler 2015-04-16 -
29 - 4American Ballet Theatre: A History 2015-05-15 -
29 - 5Althea 2015-09-04 -
29 - 6Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer's Journey 2015-09-18 -
29 - 7The Women's List 2015-09-25 -
29 - 8The Women's List 9/25/2015
30
Season 30 2016-01-29
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30 - 1Mike Nichols: An American Master 2016-01-29 -
30 - 2B.B. King: The Life of Riley 2016-02-12 -
30 - 3Carole King: Natural Woman 2016-02-19 -
30 - 4Fats Domino: The Birth of Rock N' Roll 2016-02-26 -
30 - 5Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl 2016-03-04 -
30 - 6Janis Joplin: Little Girl Blue 2016-05-03 -
30 - 7The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End 2016-05-27 -
30 - 8Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You 2016-10-25 -
30 - 9Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future 2016-12-27 -
30 - 10Sidney Lumet 1/3/2017
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30 - 11Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise 2/21/2017
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30 - 125/19/2017
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30 - 13Jacques Pépin - The Art Of Craft 5/26/2017
31
Season 31 2017-01-03
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31 - 1By Sidney Lumet 2017-01-03 -
31 - 2Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise 2017-02-21 -
31 - 3Patsy Cline 2017-03-04 -
31 - 4James Beard: America's First Foodie 2017-05-19 -
31 - 5Jacques Pépin: The Art of Craft 2017-05-26 -
31 - 6Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me 2017-08-16 -
31 - 7Richard Linklater: Dream is Destiny 2017-09-01 -
31 - 8Tyrus Wong 2017-09-08 -
31 - 9Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive 2017-10-30 -
31 - 10Inspiring Woman Web Series 2017-11-08 -
31 - 11This Is Bob Hope... 2017-12-29
32
Season 32 2018-01-19
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32 - 1Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart 2018-01-19 -
32 - 2Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story 2018-05-18 -
32 - 3Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived 2018-07-23 -
32 - 4Eva Hesse 2018-08-31 -
32 - 5Everybody Knows... Elizabeth Murray 2018-09-07 -
32 - 6Andrew Wyeth 2018-09-07 -
32 - 7Basquiat: Rage to Riches 2018-09-14 -
32 - 8Itzhak 2018-10-14 -
32 - 9Itzhak 10/14/2018
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32 - 10Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me 2/19/2019
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32 - 11Charley Pride: I'm Just Me 2/22/2019
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32 - 12Holly Near: Singing For Our Lives 3/1/2019
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32 - 13Joseph Pulitzer: Voice Of The People 4/12/2019
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32 - 14Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable 4/19/2019
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32 - 15Robert Shaw - Man of Many Voices 5/17/2019
33
Season 33 2019-01-02
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33 - 1Decoding Watson 2019-01-02 -
33 - 2Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me 2019-02-19 -
33 - 3Charley Pride: I'm Just Me 2019-02-22 -
33 - 4Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives 2019-03-01 -
33 - 5Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People 2019-04-12 -
33 - 6Garry Winogrand: All Things are Photographable 2019-04-19 -
33 - 7Terrence McNally: Every Act of Life 2019-06-14 -
33 - 8Robert Shaw - Man of Many Voices 2019-06-21 -
33 - 9Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin 2019-08-02 -
33 - 10Raul Julia: The World's a Stage 2019-09-13 -
33 - 11Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous 2019-10-25 -
33 - 12N. Scott Momaday: Words from a Bear 2019-11-18
34
Season 34 2020-02-25
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34 - 1Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 2020-02-25 -
34 - 2Mae West: Dirty Blonde 2020-06-16 -
34 - 3Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am 2020-06-23 -
34 - 4And She Could Be Next Part Two 2020-06-30 -
34 - 5Unladylike2020: The Changemakers 2020-07-10 -
34 - 6Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip 2020-10-20 -
34 - 7Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is 2020-10-23 -
34 - 8Keith Haring: Street Art Boy 2020-12-11 -
34 - 9Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page 2020-12-29
35
Season 35 2021-01-18
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35 - 1How It Feels To Be Free 2021-01-18 -
35 - 2Flannery O'Connor 2021-03-23 -
35 - 3Twyla Moves 2021-03-26 -
35 - 4Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story 2021-04-02 -
35 - 5Oliver Sacks: His Own Life 2021-04-09 -
35 - 6Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir 2021-05-03 -
35 - 7Ballerina Boys 2021-06-04 -
35 - 8Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away 2021-07-27 -
35 - 9Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It 2021-10-05 -
35 - 10Becoming Helen Keller 2021-10-19 -
35 - 11Not Found 1/11/2022
36
Season 36 2022-01-11
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36 - 1Ailey 2022-01-11 -
36 - 2Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands 2022-02-08 -
36 - 3Waterman - Duke: Ambassador of Aloha 2022-05-10 -
36 - 4Joe Papp in Five Acts 2022-06-03 -
36 - 5Brian Wilson - Long Promised Road 2022-06-14 -
36 - 6Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On 2022-11-22 -
36 - 7The Adventures of Saul Bellow 2022-12-12 -
36 - 8Groucho & Cavett 2022-12-27 -
36 - 9Groucho & Cavett 12/27/2022
37
Season 37 2023-01-24
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37 - 1Roberta Flack 2023-01-24 -
37 - 2Dr. Tony Fauci 2023-03-21 -
37 - 3In the Making 2023-03-24 -
37 - 4Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV 2023-05-16 -
37 - 5Little Richard: The King and Queen of Rock and Roll 2023-06-02 -
37 - 6Jerry Brown: The Disrupter 2023-09-15 -
37 - 7Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely 2023-09-22 -
37 - 8A Song for Cesar 2023-09-29 -
37 - 9Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes 2023-10-06 -
37 - 10Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely 9/22/2023
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37 - 11A Song for Cesar 9/29/2023
38
Season 38 2024-01-02
39
Season 39 2025-02-21
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39 - 1The Disappearance of Miss Scott 2025-02-21 -
39 - 2LIZA: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story 2025-04-01 -
39 - 3Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse 2025-04-15 -
39 - 4Janis Ian: Breaking Silence 2025-06-20 -
39 - 5Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny 2025-06-27 -
39 - 6Marcella 2025-07-11 -
39 - 7Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore 2025-10-14
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39 - 8Starring Dick Van Dyke 2025-12-12
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39 - 9Ten Times Better 2025-12-16
40
Season 40 2025-12-16
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40 - 1Ten Times Better 2025-12-16
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40 - 2Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire 2026-01-27
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40 - 3Sun Ra: Do the Impossible 2026-02-20
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40 - 4Bella! This Woman's Place Is in the House 2026-03-17
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40 - 5W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause 2026-05-19
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40 - 6Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World 2026-08-25
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40 - 7American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez 2026-10-06
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40 - 8Liz Diller 2026-11-24
41
Season 41 2026-12-29
Cast
Synopsis
"American Masters" is an ongoing series of award-winning primetime specials examining the lives, works, and creative processes of our most outstanding cultural artists. Created in 1984 by Susan Lacy and produced by Thirteen/WNET for national public television, the series is both a celebration and an exploration of creativity in America. Consisting of more than 250 hours of programming to date, "American Masters" is a growing film library documenting the role important individuals, groups, and movements have played in the formation of our cultural identity. Since its premiere in 1986, "American Masters" has been the only PBS primetime series committed to developing and producing comprehensive film biographies about the broad cast of characters who comprise our cultural history. The illuminating film portraits chronicle the process of discovery and evolution in the working methods and lives of our most significant and influential writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, and filmmakers.
Original title
American Masters
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TMDb Rating
7.06 16 votes
First air date
June 23, 1986
Seasons
41
Episodes
336
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