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li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Perry_Miller_Adato" title="Perry Miller Adato">Perry Miller Adato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Allan_Ackerman" title="Robert Allan Ackerman">Robert Allan Ackerman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Bogart" title="Paul Bogart">Paul Bogart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirk_Browning" title="Kirk Browning">Kirk Browning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Demme" title="Jonathan Demme">Jonathan Demme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Duke" title="Bill Duke">Bill Duke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_H._Hunt" title="Peter H. Hunt">Peter H. Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hugh_Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="David Hugh Jones">David Hugh Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Kopple" title="Barbara Kopple">Barbara Kopple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_O%27Brien_(director)" title="Jack O'Brien (director)">Jack O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Leacock" title="Philip Leacock">Philip Leacock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_W._Mason" title="Marshall W. Mason">Marshall W. Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivian_Matalon" title="Vivian Matalon">Vivian Matalon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharron_Miller" title="Sharron Miller">Sharron Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joanne_Woodward" title="Joanne Woodward">Joanne Woodward</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Composer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Amram" title="David Amram">David Amram</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of seasons</th><td class="infobox-data">13</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production companies</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/KCET" title="KCET">KCET</a><br /><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Educational_Television" title="South Carolina Educational Television">South Carolina Educational Television</a><br /><a href="/wiki/WGBH-TV" title="WGBH-TV">WGBH</a><br /><a href="/wiki/WNET" title="WNET">WNET</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">January 12, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-01-12</span>)</span> –<br />December 22, 1993<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1993-12-22</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>American Playhouse</b></i> was an American <a href="/wiki/Anthology_series" title="Anthology series">anthology</a> <a href="/wiki/Television_series" class="mw-redirect" title="Television series">television series</a> periodically broadcast by <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">Public Broadcasting Service</a> (PBS).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Playhouse&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It premiered on January 12, 1982, with <i>The Shady Hill Kidnapping</i>, written and narrated by <a href="/wiki/John_Cheever" title="John Cheever">John Cheever</a> and directed by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Bogart" title="Paul Bogart">Paul Bogart</a>. Its final broadcast, <i>In the Wings: <a href="/wiki/Angels_in_America" title="Angels in America">Angels in America</a> on Broadway</i>, a rerun of a behind-the-scenes look at <a href="/wiki/Tony_Kushner" title="Tony Kushner">Tony Kushner</a>'s award-winning play in two parts, aired on January 1, 1994. </p><p>The series proved to be a springboard for the careers of numerous performers, including <a href="/wiki/David_Marshall_Grant" title="David Marshall Grant">David Marshall Grant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laura_Linney" title="Laura Linney">Laura Linney</a>, <a href="/wiki/A_Martinez" title="A Martinez">A Martinez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Conchata_Ferrell" title="Conchata Ferrell">Conchata Ferrell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Roberts" title="Eric Roberts">Eric Roberts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lynne_Thigpen" title="Lynne Thigpen">Lynne Thigpen</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Malkovich" title="John Malkovich">John Malkovich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Riegert" title="Peter Riegert">Peter Riegert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lupe_Ontiveros" title="Lupe Ontiveros">Lupe Ontiveros</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ben_Stiller" title="Ben Stiller">Ben Stiller</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Megan_Mullally" title="Megan Mullally">Megan Mullally</a>. </p><p>As part of WGBH's development of the Descriptive Video Service (DVS), <i>American Playhouse</i> was one of the first U.S. television programs to air with <a href="/wiki/Audio_description" title="Audio description">audio description</a> for the visually impaired on the <a href="/wiki/Secondary_audio_program" class="mw-redirect" title="Secondary audio program">Secondary audio program</a> (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.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Episodes">Episodes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Playhouse&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Episodes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_1_(1982)"><span id="Season_1_.281982.29"></span>Season 1 (1982)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Playhouse&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Season 1 (1982)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr><br />overall</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> in<br />season</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:17%;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:11%;color:black">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:37%;color:black">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:10%;color:black">Original release date</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep1" style="text-align:center">1</th><td style="text-align:center">1</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Shady Hill Kidnapping"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Bogart" title="Paul Bogart">Paul Bogart</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/John_Cheever" title="John Cheever">John Cheever</a></td><td style="text-align:center">January 12, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-01-12</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep2" style="text-align:center">2</th><td style="text-align:center">2</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"King of America"</td><td style="text-align:center">Dezső Magyar</td><td style="text-align:center">B.J Merholz</td><td style="text-align:center">January 19, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-01-19</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep3" style="text-align:center">3</th><td style="text-align:center">3</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Seguin"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Salvador_Trevi%C3%B1o" title="Jesús Salvador Treviño">Jesús Salvador Treviño</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Jesús Salvador Treviño</td><td style="text-align:center">January 26, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-01-26</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep4" style="text-align:center">4</th><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Who_Am_I_This_Time%3F_(film)" title="Who Am I This Time? (film)">Who Am I This Time?</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Demme" title="Jonathan Demme">Jonathan Demme</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Neal Miller, based on the <a href="/wiki/Who_Am_I_This_Time%3F" title="Who Am I This Time?">short story</a> by <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut" title="Kurt Vonnegut">Kurt Vonnegut</a></td><td style="text-align:center">February 2, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-02-02</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep5" style="text-align:center">5</th><td style="text-align:center">5</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Rosenblum" title="Ralph Rosenblum">Ralph Rosenblum</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Mary Trimble, based on the story by <a href="/wiki/Ray_Bradbury" title="Ray Bradbury">Ray Bradbury</a></td><td style="text-align:center">February 9, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-02-09</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep6" style="text-align:center">6</th><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Come Along with Me"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Joanne_Woodward" title="Joanne Woodward">Joanne Woodward</a></td><td style="text-align:center">June Finfer, Neal Miller and Joanne Woodward, based on the <a href="/wiki/Come_Along_with_Me_(collection)" title="Come Along with Me (collection)">unfinished novel</a> by <a href="/wiki/Shirley_Jackson" title="Shirley Jackson">Shirley Jackson</a></td><td style="text-align:center">February 16, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-02-16</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep7" style="text-align:center">7</th><td style="text-align:center">7</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/For_Colored_Girls_Who_Have_Considered_Suicide_/_When_the_Rainbow_Is_Enuf#American_Playhouse_television_adaptation" title="For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf">For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Oz_Scott" title="Oz Scott">Oz Scott</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ntozake_Shange" title="Ntozake Shange">Ntozake Shange</a>, based on her stage play</td><td style="text-align:center">February 23, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-02-23</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep8" style="text-align:center">8</th><td style="text-align:center">8</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Perry_Miller_Adato" title="Perry Miller Adato">Perry Miller Adato</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Shyre" title="Paul Shyre">Paul Shyre</a>, based on poems by <a href="/wiki/Carl_Sandburg" title="Carl Sandburg">Carl Sandburg</a></td><td style="text-align:center">March 2, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-03-02</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep9" style="text-align:center">9</th><td style="text-align:center">9</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Fifth_of_July_(play)" title="Fifth of July (play)">Fifth of July</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Kirk_Browning" title="Kirk Browning">Kirk Browning</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Marshall_W._Mason" title="Marshall W. Mason">Marshall W. Mason</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Lanford_Wilson" title="Lanford Wilson">Lanford Wilson</a>, based on his stage play</td><td style="text-align:center">March 9, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-03-09</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep10" style="text-align:center">10</th><td style="text-align:center">10</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/The_Great_American_Fourth_of_July_and_Other_Disasters" title="The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters">The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bartlett" title="Richard Bartlett">Richard Bartlett</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jean_Shepherd" title="Jean Shepherd">Jean Shepherd</a>, based on his work <i><a href="/wiki/In_God_We_Trust:_All_Others_Pay_Cash" title="In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash">In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center">March 16, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-03-16</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep11" style="text-align:center">11</th><td style="text-align:center">11</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Pilgrim, Farewell"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Roemer" title="Michael Roemer">Michael Roemer</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Michael Roemer</td><td style="text-align:center">March 23, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-03-23</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep12" style="text-align:center">12</th><td style="text-align:center">12</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Northern_Lights_(1978_film)" title="Northern Lights (1978 film)">Northern Lights</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/John_Hanson_(director)" title="John Hanson (director)">John Hanson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Rob_Nilsson" title="Rob Nilsson">Rob Nilsson</a></td><td style="text-align:center">John Hanson and Rob Nilsson</td><td style="text-align:center">March 30, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-03-30</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep13" style="text-align:center">13</th><td style="text-align:center">13</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Medal of Honor Rag"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Richards" title="Lloyd Richards">Lloyd Richards</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Cole_(writer)" title="Tom Cole (writer)">Tom Cole</a>, based on his stage play</td><td style="text-align:center">April 6, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-04-06</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep14" style="text-align:center">14</th><td style="text-align:center">14</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Working_(musical)" title="Working (musical)">Working</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Schwartz" title="Stephen Schwartz">Stephen Schwartz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Browning" title="Kirk Browning">Kirk Browning</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, based on their musical</td><td style="text-align:center">April 13, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-04-13</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep15" style="text-align:center">15</th><td style="text-align:center">15</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Weekend"</td><td style="text-align:center">Paul Bogart</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ann_Beattie" title="Ann Beattie">Ann Beattie</a>, based on her short story</td><td style="text-align:center">April 20, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-04-20</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep16" style="text-align:center">16</th><td style="text-align:center">16</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Private Contentment"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Vivian_Matalon" title="Vivian Matalon">Vivian Matalon</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Reynolds_Price" title="Reynolds Price">Reynolds Price</a></td><td style="text-align:center">April 27, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-04-27</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep17" style="text-align:center">17</th><td style="text-align:center">17</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"My Palikari"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Charles_S._Dubin" title="Charles S. Dubin">Charles S. Dubin</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/George_Kirgo" title="George Kirgo">George Kirgo</a> and Leon Capetanos</td><td style="text-align:center">May 4, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-05-04</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep18" style="text-align:center">18</th><td style="text-align:center">18</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Oppenheimer_(miniseries)" class="mw-redirect" title="Oppenheimer (miniseries)">Oppenheimer</a> (1)"</td><td style="text-align:center">Barry Davis</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Prince" title="Peter Prince">Peter Prince</a></td><td style="text-align:center">May 11, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-05-11</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep19" style="text-align:center">19</th><td style="text-align:center">19</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Oppenheimer (2)"</td><td style="text-align:center">Barry Davis</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Prince" title="Peter Prince">Peter Prince</a></td><td style="text-align:center">May 18, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-05-18</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep20" style="text-align:center">20</th><td style="text-align:center">20</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Oppenheimer (3)"</td><td style="text-align:center">Barry Davis</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Prince" title="Peter Prince">Peter Prince</a></td><td style="text-align:center">May 25, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-05-25</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep21" style="text-align:center">21</th><td style="text-align:center">21</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Oppenheimer (4)"</td><td style="text-align:center">Barry Davis</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Prince" title="Peter Prince">Peter Prince</a></td><td style="text-align:center">June 1, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-06-01</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep22" style="text-align:center">22</th><td style="text-align:center">22</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Oppenheimer (5)"</td><td style="text-align:center">Barry Davis</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Prince" title="Peter Prince">Peter Prince</a></td><td style="text-align:center">June 8, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-06-08</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep23" style="text-align:center">23</th><td style="text-align:center">23</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Oppenheimer (6)"</td><td style="text-align:center">Barry Davis</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Prince" title="Peter Prince">Peter Prince</a></td><td style="text-align:center">June 15, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-06-15</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep24" style="text-align:center">24</th><td style="text-align:center">24</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Oppenheimer (7)"</td><td style="text-align:center">Barry Davis</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Prince" title="Peter Prince">Peter Prince</a></td><td style="text-align:center">June 22, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-06-22</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep25" style="text-align:center">25</th><td style="text-align:center">25</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Gregorio_Cortez" title="The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez">The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Robert_M._Young_(director)" title="Robert M. Young (director)">Robert M. Young</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Victor_Villase%C3%B1or" title="Victor Villaseñor">Victor Villaseñor</a> and Robert M. Young, based on the book <i><a href="/wiki/With_His_Pistol_in_His_Hand" title="With His Pistol in His Hand">With His Pistol in His Hand</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Am%C3%A9rico_Paredes" title="Américo Paredes">Américo Paredes</a></td><td style="text-align:center">June 29, 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-06-29</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237879425">.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable tr.vevent,.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable tr.vevent th{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable .summary{text-align:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .module-episode-list-row small[style]{color:#d5d584!important;background:#333;padding:8px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable span[style^="color"]{color:inherit!important;border-bottom:dotted 1px}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .module-episode-list-row small[style]{color:#d5d584!important;background:#333;padding:8px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable span[style^="color"]{color:inherit!important;border-bottom:dotted 1px}}</style> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_2_(1983)"><span id="Season_2_.281983.29"></span>Season 2 (1983)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Playhouse&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Season 2 (1983)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr><br />overall</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> in<br />season</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:17%;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:11%;color:black">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:37%;color:black">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:10%;color:black">Original release date</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">1</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/The_Skin_of_Our_Teeth" title="The Skin of Our Teeth">The Skin of Our Teeth</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jack_O%27Brien_(director)" title="Jack O'Brien (director)">Jack O'Brien</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Thorton_Wilder" class="mw-redirect" title="Thorton Wilder">Thorton Wilder</a></td><td style="text-align:center">January 18, 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-01-18</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">2</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Miss_Lonelyhearts#1983_film" title="Miss Lonelyhearts">Miss Lonelyhearts</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Dinner" title="Michael Dinner">Michael Dinner</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Robert E. Bailey and Michael Dinner, based on the novel by <a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Nathaniel West">Nathaniel West</a></td><td style="text-align:center">January 25, 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-01-25</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">3</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Family Business"</td><td style="text-align:center">John Stix</td><td style="text-align:center">Dick Goldberg, based on his stage play</td><td style="text-align:center">February 1, 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-02-01</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Keeping On"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Kopple" title="Barbara Kopple">Barbara Kopple</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Horton_Foote" title="Horton Foote">Horton Foote</a></td><td style="text-align:center">February 8, 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-02-08</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">5</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The File on Jill Hatch (1)"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Alastair_Reid_(director)" title="Alastair Reid (director)">Alastair Reid</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Kenneth Cavander</td><td style="text-align:center">February 15, 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-02-15</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The File on Jill Hatch (2)"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Alastair_Reid_(director)" title="Alastair Reid (director)">Alastair Reid</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Kenneth Cavander</td><td style="text-align:center">February 22, 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-02-22</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">7</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The File on Jill Hatch (3)"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Alastair_Reid_(director)" title="Alastair Reid (director)">Alastair Reid</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Alex Mount</td><td style="text-align:center">March 1, 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-03-01</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">8</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/For_Us_the_Living:_The_Medgar_Evers_Story" title="For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story">For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Schultz" title="Michael Schultz">Michael Schultz</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ossie_Davis" title="Ossie Davis">Ossie Davis</a> and J. Rotcop, based on the book by <a href="/wiki/Myrlie_Evers-Williams" title="Myrlie Evers-Williams">Myrlie Evers-Williams</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Peters_(journalist)" title="William Peters (journalist)">William Peters</a></td><td style="text-align:center">March 22, 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-03-22</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">9</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Verse Person Singular"</td><td style="text-align:center">Robert Deubel</td><td style="text-align:center">created by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Kiley" title="Richard Kiley">Richard Kiley</a></td><td style="text-align:center">March 29, 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-03-29</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">10</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Until She Talks"</td><td style="text-align:center">Mary Lampson</td><td style="text-align:center">Doris Baizley</td><td style="text-align:center">April 5, 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-04-05</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">11</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Wings_(play)" title="Wings (play)">Wings</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/John_Madden_(director)" title="John Madden (director)">John Madden (director)</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Kopit" title="Arthur Kopit">Arthur Kopit</a>, based on his stage play</td><td style="text-align:center">April 26, 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-04-26</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">12</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Rothko Conspiracy"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Watson_(documentary_filmmaker)" title="Paul Watson (documentary filmmaker)">Paul Watson</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Michael Baker</td><td style="text-align:center">May 3, 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-05-03</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879425"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_3_(1984)"><span id="Season_3_.281984.29"></span>Season 3 (1984)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Playhouse&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Season 3 (1984)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr><br />overall</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> in<br />season</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:17%;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:11%;color:black">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:37%;color:black">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:10%;color:black">Original release date</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">1</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/The_Ghost_Writer" title="The Ghost Writer">The Ghost Writer</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Tristram_Powell" title="Tristram Powell">Tristram Powell</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Tristram Powell and <a href="/wiki/Philip_Roth" title="Philip Roth">Philip Roth</a>, based on the novel by Roth</td><td style="text-align:center">January 17, 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-01-17</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">2</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Pudd%27nhead_Wilson" title="Pudd'nhead Wilson">Pudd'nhead Wilson</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Bridges" title="Alan Bridges">Alan Bridges</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Philip H. Reisman Jr., based on the novel by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Twain" title="Mark Twain">Mark Twain</a></td><td style="text-align:center">January 24, 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-01-24</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">3</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/True_West_(play)" title="True West (play)">True West</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Allan_A._Goldstein" title="Allan A. Goldstein">Allan Goldstein</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gary_Sinise" title="Gary Sinise">Gary Sinise</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Shepard" title="Sam Shepard">Sam Shepard</a>, based on his stage play</td><td style="text-align:center">January 31, 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-01-31</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Nothing_but_a_Man" title="Nothing but a Man">Nothing but a Man</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Roemer" title="Michael Roemer">Michael Roemer</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Michael Roemer and <a href="/wiki/Robert_M._Young_(director)" title="Robert M. Young (director)">Robert M. Young</a></td><td style="text-align:center">February 7, 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-02-07</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">5</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Popular Neurotics"</td><td style="text-align:center">Sheldon Larry</td><td style="text-align:center">Aubrey Wertheim, based on his stage play</td><td style="text-align:center">February 14, 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-02-14</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Cafeteria"</td><td style="text-align:center">Amram Nowak</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Kinoy" title="Ernest Kinoy">Ernest Kinoy</a>, based on the short story by <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Bashevis_Singer" title="Isaac Bashevis Singer">Isaac Bashevis Singer</a></td><td style="text-align:center">February 21, 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-02-21</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">7</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Refuge"</td><td style="text-align:center">Huck Fairman</td><td style="text-align:center">Huck Fairman and Luther Sperberg</td><td style="text-align:center">February 28, 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-02-28</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">8</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/The_Gin_Game" title="The Gin Game">The Gin Game</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Terry_Hughes_(director)" title="Terry Hughes (director)">Terry Hughes</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Donald_L._Coburn" title="Donald L. Coburn">Donald L. Coburn</a>, based on his stage play</td><td style="text-align:center">March 6, 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-03-06</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">9</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Haunted"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Roemer" title="Michael Roemer">Michael Roemer</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Michael Roemer</td><td style="text-align:center">March 20, 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-03-20</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">10</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/The_Killing_Floor_(1984_film)" title="The Killing Floor (1984 film)">The Killing Floor</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Duke" title="Bill Duke">Bill Duke</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Lee_(playwright)" title="Leslie Lee (playwright)">Leslie Lee</a></td><td style="text-align:center">April 10, 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-04-10</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">11</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Heartland_(film)" title="Heartland (film)">Heartland</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pearce_(director)" title="Richard Pearce (director)">Richard Pearce</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Beth Ferris and <a href="/wiki/William_Kittredge" title="William Kittredge">William Kittredge</a>, based on the letters of <a href="/wiki/Elinore_Pruitt_Stewart" title="Elinore Pruitt Stewart">Elinore Pruitt Stewart</a></td><td style="text-align:center">April 17, 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-04-17</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">12</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/City_News_(film)" title="City News (film)">City News</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/David_Fishelson" title="David Fishelson">David Fishelson</a> and Zoe Zinman</td><td style="text-align:center">David Fishelson and Zoe Zinman</td><td style="text-align:center">April 24, 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-04-24</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">13</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Hughie" title="Hughie">Hughie</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Terry_Hughes_(director)" title="Terry Hughes (director)">Terry Hughes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Quintero" title="José Quintero">José Quintero</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill" title="Eugene O'Neill">Eugene O'Neill</a></td><td style="text-align:center">May 1, 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-05-01</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">14</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Concealed_Enemies" title="Concealed Enemies">Concealed Enemies</a> (1)"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bleckner" title="Jeff Bleckner">Jeff Bleckner</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Whitemore" title="Hugh Whitemore">Hugh Whitemore</a></td><td style="text-align:center">May 7, 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-05-07</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">15</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Concealed Enemies (2)"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bleckner" title="Jeff Bleckner">Jeff Bleckner</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Whitemore" title="Hugh Whitemore">Hugh Whitemore</a></td><td style="text-align:center">May 7, 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-05-07</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">16</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Concealed Enemies (3)"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bleckner" title="Jeff Bleckner">Jeff Bleckner</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Whitemore" title="Hugh Whitemore">Hugh Whitemore</a></td><td style="text-align:center">May 8, 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-05-08</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">17</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Concealed Enemies (4)"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bleckner" title="Jeff Bleckner">Jeff Bleckner</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Whitemore" title="Hugh Whitemore">Hugh Whitemore</a></td><td style="text-align:center">May 9, 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-05-09</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879425"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_4_(1984–1985)"><span id="Season_4_.281984.E2.80.931985.29"></span>Season 4 (1984–1985)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Playhouse&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Season 4 (1984–1985)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr><br />overall</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> in<br />season</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:17%;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:11%;color:black">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:37%;color:black">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:10%;color:black">Original release date</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">1</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Testament_(1983_film)" title="Testament (1983 film)">Testament</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Lynne_Littman" title="Lynne Littman">Lynne Littman</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/John_Sacret_Young" title="John Sacret Young">John Sacret Young</a>, based on the short story "The Last Testament" by Carol Amen</td><td style="text-align:center">November 26, 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-11-26</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">2</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"A Matter of Principle"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Gwen_Arner" title="Gwen Arner">Gwen Arner</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Morton Neal Miller and <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Miller" title="Nancy Miller">Nancy Miller</a>, based on the short story by John D. Weaver</td><td style="text-align:center">December 3, 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-12-03</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">3</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Solomon_Northup%27s_Odyssey" title="Solomon Northup's Odyssey">Solomon Northup's Odyssey</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Parks" title="Gordon Parks">Gordon Parks</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Lou Potter and <a href="/wiki/Samm-Art_Williams" title="Samm-Art Williams">Samm-Art Williams</a>, based on the autobiography <i><a href="/wiki/Twelve_Years_a_Slave" title="Twelve Years a Slave">Twelve Years a Slave</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Northup" title="Solomon Northup">Solomon Northup</a></td><td style="text-align:center">December 10, 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-12-10</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Tomorrow_(1972_film)" title="Tomorrow (1972 film)">Tomorrow</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Anthony" title="Joseph Anthony">Joseph Anthony</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Horton_Foote" title="Horton Foote">Horton Foote</a>, based on his stage play</td><td style="text-align:center">December 17, 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-12-17</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">5</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Go_Tell_It_on_the_Mountain_(film)" title="Go Tell It on the Mountain (film)">Go Tell It on the Mountain</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Stan_Lathan" title="Stan Lathan">Stan Lathan</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Gus Edwards and Leslie Lee, based on the <a href="/wiki/Go_Tell_It_on_the_Mountain_(novel)" title="Go Tell It on the Mountain (novel)">novel</a> by <a href="/wiki/James_Baldwin" title="James Baldwin">James Baldwin</a></td><td style="text-align:center">January 14, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-01-14</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Noon_Wine" title="Noon Wine">Noon Wine</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Fields_(director)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Fields (director)">Michael Fields</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Michael Fields, based on the novel by <a href="/wiki/Katherine_Anne_Porter" title="Katherine Anne Porter">Katherine Anne Porter</a></td><td style="text-align:center">January 21, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-01-21</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">7</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/The_Joy_That_Kills" title="The Joy That Kills">The Joy That Kills</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Tina_Rathborne" title="Tina Rathborne">Tina Rathborne</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Tina Rathborne and Nancy Dyer, based on the short story "<a href="/wiki/The_Story_of_an_Hour" title="The Story of an Hour">The Story of an Hour</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Kate_Chopin" title="Kate Chopin">Kate Chopin</a></td><td style="text-align:center">January 28, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-01-28</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">8</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Overdrawn_at_the_Memory_Bank" title="Overdrawn at the Memory Bank">Overdrawn at the Memory Bank</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center">Douglas Williams</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Corinne_Jacker" title="Corinne Jacker">Corinne Jacker</a>, based on the short story by <a href="/wiki/John_Varley_(author)" title="John Varley (author)">John Varley</a></td><td style="text-align:center">February 4, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-02-04</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">9</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/The_Star-Crossed_Romance_of_Josephine_Cosnowski" title="The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski">The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center">Fred Barzyk</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jean_Shepherd" title="Jean Shepherd">Jean Shepherd</a>, based on his work <i><a href="/wiki/In_God_We_Trust:_All_Others_Pay_Cash" title="In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash">In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center">February 11, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-02-11</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">10</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Some Men Need Help"</td><td style="text-align:center">Allan Goldstein</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/John_Ford_Noonan" title="John Ford Noonan">John Ford Noonan</a>, based on his play</td><td style="text-align:center">February 18, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-02-18</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">11</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Forten_Grimk%C3%A9" title="Charlotte Forten Grimké">Charlotte Forten</a>'s Mission: Experiment in Freedom"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Barry_Crane" title="Barry Crane">Barry Crane</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Samm-Art_Williams" title="Samm-Art Williams">Samm-Art Williams</a></td><td style="text-align:center">February 25, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-02-25</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">12</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Breakfast_with_Les_and_Bess" title="Breakfast with Les and Bess">Breakfast with Les and Bess</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Perry_Rosemond" title="Perry Rosemond">Perry Rosemond</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Kalcheim" title="Lee Kalcheim">Lee Kalcheim</a></td><td style="text-align:center">March 11, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-03-11</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">13</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Nightsongs"</td><td style="text-align:center">Marva Nabili</td><td style="text-align:center">Marva Nabili, based on journal entries by <a href="/wiki/Fae_Myenne_Ng" title="Fae Myenne Ng">Fae Myenne Ng</a></td><td style="text-align:center">April 15, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-04-15</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">14</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Under the Biltmore Clock"</td><td style="text-align:center">Neal Miller</td><td style="text-align:center">Neal Miller and <a href="/wiki/Ilene_Cooper" title="Ilene Cooper">Ilene Cooper</a>, based on the short story by <a href="/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald" title="F. Scott Fitzgerald">F. Scott Fitzgerald</a></td><td style="text-align:center">April 22, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-04-22</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">15</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Displaced_Person_(American_Playhouse)" title="Displaced Person (American Playhouse)">Displaced Person</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Bridges" title="Alan Bridges">Alan Bridges</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Fred Barron, based on the short story by <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Vonnegut" title="Kurt Vonnegut">Kurt Vonnegut</a></td><td style="text-align:center">May 6, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-05-06</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">16</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/The_Europeans_(1979_film)" title="The Europeans (1979 film)">The Europeans</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/James_Ivory" title="James Ivory">James Ivory</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Prawer_Jhabvala" title="Ruth Prawer Jhabvala">Ruth Prawer Jhabvala</a>, based on the <a href="/wiki/The_Europeans" title="The Europeans">novel</a> by <a href="/wiki/Henry_James" title="Henry James">Henry James</a></td><td style="text-align:center">May 13, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-05-13</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">17</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/El_Norte_(film)" title="El Norte (film)">El Norte</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Gregory_Nava" title="Gregory Nava">Gregory Nava</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Gregory Nava and <a href="/wiki/Anna_Thomas" title="Anna Thomas">Anna Thomas</a></td><td style="text-align:center">May 20, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-05-20</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">18</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Three Sovereigns for Sarah (1)"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Leacock" title="Philip Leacock">Philip Leacock</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Victor Pisano</td><td style="text-align:center">May 27, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-05-27</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">19</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Three Sovereigns for Sarah (2)"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Leacock" title="Philip Leacock">Philip Leacock</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Victor Pisano</td><td style="text-align:center">June 3, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-06-03</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">20</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Three Sovereigns for Sarah (3)"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Leacock" title="Philip Leacock">Philip Leacock</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Victor Pisano</td><td style="text-align:center">June 10, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-06-10</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">21</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Paper Angels"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/John_Lone" title="John Lone">John Lone</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Genny_Lim" title="Genny Lim">Genny Lim</a>, based on her stage play</td><td style="text-align:center">June 17, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-06-17</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">22</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Cat_on_a_Hot_Tin_Roof_(1984_film)" title="Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984 film)">Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Hofsiss" title="Jack Hofsiss">Jack Hofsiss</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Williams" title="Tennessee Williams">Tennessee Williams</a>, based on his <a href="/wiki/Cat_on_a_Hot_Tin_Roof" title="Cat on a Hot Tin Roof">stage play</a></td><td style="text-align:center">June 24, 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-06-24</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879425"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_5_(1986)"><span id="Season_5_.281986.29"></span>Season 5 (1986)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Playhouse&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Season 5 (1986)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr><br />overall</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> in<br />season</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:17%;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:11%;color:black">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:37%;color:black">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:10%;color:black">Original release date</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">1</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Emile_Ardolino" title="Emile Ardolino">Emile Ardolino</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Parnell" title="Peter Parnell">Peter Parnell</a>, based on his stage play</td><td style="text-align:center">January 20, 1986<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-01-20</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">2</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Roommate"</td><td style="text-align:center">Nell Cox</td><td style="text-align:center">Morton Neal Miller, based on the short story "The Christian Roommates" by <a href="/wiki/John_Updike" title="John Updike">John Updike</a></td><td style="text-align:center">January 27, 1986<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-01-27</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">3</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Valentine's Revenge"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Saltzman" title="Paul Saltzman">Paul Saltzman</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Paul_M._Lally" title="Paul M. Lally">Paul M. Lally</a>, based on the short story by <a href="/wiki/O._Henry" title="O. Henry">O. Henry</a></td><td style="text-align:center">February 3, 1986<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-02-03</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn" title="Adventures of Huckleberry Finn">Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</a> (1)"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Peter_H._Hunt" title="Peter H. Hunt">Peter H. Hunt</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Guy Gallo, based on the novel by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Twain" title="Mark Twain">Mark Twain</a></td><td style="text-align:center">February 10, 1986<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-02-10</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">5</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (2)"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Peter_H._Hunt" title="Peter H. Hunt">Peter H. Hunt</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Guy Gallo, based on the novel by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Twain" title="Mark Twain">Mark Twain</a></td><td style="text-align:center">February 17, 1986<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-02-17</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (3)"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Peter_H._Hunt" title="Peter H. Hunt">Peter H. Hunt</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Guy Gallo, based on the novel by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Twain" title="Mark Twain">Mark Twain</a></td><td style="text-align:center">February 24, 1986<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-02-24</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">7</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (4)"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Peter_H._Hunt" title="Peter H. Hunt">Peter H. Hunt</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Guy Gallo, based on the novel by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Twain" title="Mark Twain">Mark Twain</a></td><td style="text-align:center">March 3, 1986<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-03-03</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">8</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Tell_Me_a_Riddle_(film)" title="Tell Me a Riddle (film)">Tell Me a Riddle</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">March 17, 1986<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-03-17</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">9</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Little Sister"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">April 7, 1986<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-04-07</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">10</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The House of Ramon Iglesia"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Rivera_(playwright)" title="José Rivera (playwright)">José Rivera </a></td><td style="text-align:center">April 14, 1986<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-04-14</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">11</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/A_Flash_of_Green" title="A Flash of Green">A Flash of Green</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">April 21, 1986<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-04-21</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">12</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Damien_(play)" title="Damien (play)">Damien</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">Aldyth Morris</td><td style="text-align:center">April 28, 1986<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-04-28</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">13</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Rocket_to_the_Moon_(play)" title="Rocket to the Moon (play)">Rocket to the Moon</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">May 5, 1986<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-05-05</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">14</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/My_Life_in_Court" title="My Life in Court">A Case of Libel</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Denker" title="Henry Denker">Henry Denker</a></td><td style="text-align:center">May 12, 1986<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-05-12</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">15</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Painting_Churches" title="Painting Churches">Painting Churches</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Tina_Howe" title="Tina Howe">Tina Howe</a></td><td style="text-align:center">May 19, 1986<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-05-19</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">16</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Roanoak (1)"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">May 26, 1986<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-05-26</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">17</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Roanoak (2)"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">June 2, 1986<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-06-02</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">18</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Roanoak (3)"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">June 9, 1986<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-06-09</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">19</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Sunday_in_the_Park_with_George" title="Sunday in the Park with George">Sunday in the Park with George</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/James_Lapine" title="James Lapine">James Lapine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a></td><td style="text-align:center">June 16, 1986<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1986-06-16</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879425"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_6_(1987)"><span id="Season_6_.281987.29"></span>Season 6 (1987)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Playhouse&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Season 6 (1987)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr><br />overall</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> in<br />season</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:17%;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:11%;color:black">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:37%;color:black">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:10%;color:black">Original release date</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">1</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/All_My_Sons" title="All My Sons">All My Sons</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Miller" title="Arthur Miller">Arthur Miller</a></td><td style="text-align:center">January 19, 1987<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1987-01-19</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">2</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/The_Lawrenceville_Stories" title="The Lawrenceville Stories">The Prodigious Hickey</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">January 26, 1987<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1987-01-26</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">3</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/The_Wide_Net" class="mw-redirect" title="The Wide Net">The Wide Net</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">February 2, 1987<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1987-02-02</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Smooth_Talk" title="Smooth Talk">Smooth Talk</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">February 9, 1987<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1987-02-09</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">5</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"A Mistaken Charity"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">Lawrence DuKore, adapted from the story by <a href="/wiki/Mary_Wilkins_Freeman" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary Wilkins Freeman">Mary Wilkins Freeman</a></td><td style="text-align:center">February 16, 1987<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1987-02-16</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Eleanor: In Her Own Words"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">Russell Vandenbroucke</td><td style="text-align:center">March 9, 1987<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1987-03-09</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="7" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #CCCCFF"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> A one-women show with <a href="/wiki/Lee_Remick" title="Lee Remick">Lee Remick</a> as <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt" title="Eleanor Roosevelt">Eleanor Roosevelt</a></div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">7</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/The_Innocents_Abroad" title="The Innocents Abroad">The Innocents Abroad</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">March 23, 1987<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1987-03-23</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">8</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/The_Orphans%27_Home_Cycle" title="The Orphans' Home Cycle">Story of a Marriage</a> (1)"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">April 6, 1987<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1987-04-06</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">9</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Story of a Marriage (2)"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">April 13, 1987<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1987-04-13</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">10</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Story of a Marriage (3)"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">April 13, 1987<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1987-04-13</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">11</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/My_Life_in_Court" title="My Life in Court">A Case of Libel</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">May 4, 1987<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1987-05-04</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">12</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Charley%27s_Aunt" title="Charley's Aunt">Charley's Aunt</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">May 11, 1987<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1987-05-11</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">13</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Gal_Young_Un" title="Gal Young Un">Gal Young 'Un</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">May 18, 1987<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1987-05-18</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">14</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/The_House_of_Blue_Leaves_(film)" title="The House of Blue Leaves (film)">The House of Blue Leaves</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/John_Guare" title="John Guare">John Guare</a></td><td style="text-align:center">May 25, 1987<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1987-05-25</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">15</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Blue Window"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Craig_Lucas" title="Craig Lucas">Craig Lucas</a></td><td style="text-align:center">June 1, 1987<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1987-06-01</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">16</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Dottie"</td><td style="text-align:center">David Gelfand</td><td style="text-align:center">Bruce Gelfand</td><td style="text-align:center">June 8, 1987<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1987-06-08</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">17</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Waiting_for_the_Moon_(film)" title="Waiting for the Moon (film)">Waiting for the Moon</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">June 15, 1987<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1987-06-15</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879425"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_7_(1988)"><span id="Season_7_.281988.29"></span>Season 7 (1988)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Playhouse&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Season 7 (1988)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr><br />overall</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> in<br />season</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:17%;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:11%;color:black">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:37%;color:black">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:10%;color:black">Original release date</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">1</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Strange_Interlude" title="Strange Interlude">Strange Interlude</a> (1)"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">January 18, 1988<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1988-01-18</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">2</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Strange Interlude (2)"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">January 19, 1988<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1988-01-19</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">3</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Strange Interlude (3)"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">January 20, 1988<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1988-01-20</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/The_Lawrenceville_Stories" title="The Lawrenceville Stories">The Return of Hickey</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">February 3, 1988<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1988-02-03</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">5</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Lemon_Sky" title="Lemon Sky">Lemon Sky</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Lanford_Wilson" title="Lanford Wilson">Lanford Wilson</a></td><td style="text-align:center">February 10, 1988<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1988-02-10</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Revolt of Mother"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">adapted from the story by <a href="/wiki/Mary_E._Wilkins_Freeman" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary E. Wilkins Freeman">Mary E. Wilkins Freeman</a></td><td style="text-align:center">February 17, 1988<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1988-02-17</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">7</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Pigeon_Feathers_and_Other_Stories" title="Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories">Pigeon Feathers</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Sharron_Miller" title="Sharron Miller">Sharron Miller</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Jan Hartman<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="text-align:center">February 17, 1988<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1988-02-17</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">8</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Billy_Galvin" title="Billy Galvin">Billy Galvin</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">February 24, 1988<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1988-02-24</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">9</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/A_Flash_of_Green" title="A Flash of Green">A Flash of Green</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">March 23, 1988<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1988-03-23</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">10</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Journey Into Genius"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">Lanie Robertson</td><td style="text-align:center">April 6, 1988<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1988-04-06</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">11</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Suspicion_(1941_film)#Adaptations" title="Suspicion (1941 film)">Suspicion</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Grieve" title="Andrew Grieve">Andrew Grieve</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Lynn" title="Jonathan Lynn">Jonathan Lynn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barry_Levinson" title="Barry Levinson">Barry Levinson</a> from the 1941 screenplay</td><td style="text-align:center">April 20, 1988<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1988-04-20</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">12</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/1984_New_York_City_Subway_shooting#In_popular_culture" title="1984 New York City Subway shooting">The Trial of Bernard Goetz</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center">Harry Moses</td><td style="text-align:center">Harry Morgan Moses</td><td style="text-align:center">May 11, 1988<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1988-05-11</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">13</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/The_Land_of_Little_Rain" title="The Land of Little Rain">The Land of Little Rain</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">June 1, 1988<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1988-06-01</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">14</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/I_Never_Sang_for_My_Father" title="I Never Sang for My Father">I Never Sang for My Father</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">June 15, 1988<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1988-06-15</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">15</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Native_Son_(1986_film)" title="Native Son (1986 film)">Native Son</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">June 29, 1988<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1988-06-29</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">16</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/The_Big_Knife_(play)" title="The Big Knife (play)">The Big Knife</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center">John Jacobs</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">July 27, 1988<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1988-07-27</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879425"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_8_(1989)"><span id="Season_8_.281989.29"></span>Season 8 (1989)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Playhouse&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Season 8 (1989)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr><br />overall</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> in<br />season</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:17%;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:11%;color:black">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:37%;color:black">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:10%;color:black">Original release date</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">1</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/A_Raisin_in_the_Sun" title="A Raisin in the Sun">A Raisin in the Sun</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Lorraine_Hansberry" title="Lorraine Hansberry">Lorraine Hansberry</a></td><td style="text-align:center">February 1, 1989<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1989-02-01</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">2</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Ask_Me_Again" title="Ask Me Again">Ask Me Again</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center">Deborah Reinisch</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Laurie_Colwin" title="Laurie Colwin">Laurie Colwin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Greenberg" title="Richard Greenberg">Richard Greenberg</a></td><td style="text-align:center">February 8, 1989<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1989-02-08</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">3</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Stacking_(film)" title="Stacking (film)">Stacking</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Rosen_(director)" title="Martin Rosen (director)">Martin Rosen</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Victoria_Jenkins&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Victoria Jenkins (page does not exist)">Victoria Jenkins</a></td><td style="text-align:center">February 15, 1989<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1989-02-15</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/My_American_Cousin" title="My American Cousin">My American Cousin</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">February 22, 1989<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1989-02-22</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">5</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/First_Love_and_Other_Sorrows" title="First Love and Other Sorrows">Love and Other Sorrows</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">based on <a href="/wiki/Harold_Brodkey" title="Harold Brodkey">Harold Brodkey</a>'s short story "First Love and Other Sorrows</td><td style="text-align:center">March 1, 1989<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1989-03-01</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Stand_and_Deliver" title="Stand and Deliver">Stand and Deliver</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Men%C3%A9ndez" title="Ramón Menéndez">Ramón Menéndez</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Men%C3%A9ndez" title="Ramón Menéndez">Ramón Menéndez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Musca" title="Tom Musca">Tom Musca</a></td><td style="text-align:center">March 15, 1989<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1989-03-15</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">7</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Silence at Bethany"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Joel_Oliansky" title="Joel Oliansky">Joel Oliansky</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Joyce Keener</td><td style="text-align:center">March 22, 1989<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1989-03-22</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">8</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Life_Under_Water" title="Life Under Water">Life Under Water</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">April 12, 1989<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1989-04-12</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">9</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Diaries of Adam and Eve"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">adapted from <i><a href="/wiki/Extracts_from_Adam%27s_Diary" title="Extracts from Adam's Diary">Extracts from Adam's Diary</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Eve%27s_Diary" title="Eve's Diary">Eve's Diary</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Twain" title="Mark Twain">Mark Twain</a></td><td style="text-align:center">April 26, 1989<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1989-04-26</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">10</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/The_Meeting_(play)" title="The Meeting (play)">The Meeting</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">May 3, 1989<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1989-05-03</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">11</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/A_Walk_in_the_Woods_(play)" title="A Walk in the Woods (play)">A Walk in the Woods</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Blessing" title="Lee Blessing">Lee Blessing</a></td><td style="text-align:center">May 10, 1989<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1989-05-10</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">12</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Big_Time_(1988_film)" title="Big Time (1988 film)">Big Time</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">May 17, 1989<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1989-05-17</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">13</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/The_Thin_Blue_Line_(1988_film)" title="The Thin Blue Line (1988 film)">The Thin Blue Line</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Errol_Morris" title="Errol Morris">Errol Morris</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Errol Morris</td><td style="text-align:center">May 24, 1989<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1989-05-24</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">14</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Ollie_Hopnoodle%27s_Haven_of_Bliss" title="Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss">Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jean_Shepherd" title="Jean Shepherd">Jean Shepherd</a></td><td style="text-align:center">May 31, 1989<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1989-05-31</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">15</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Imagining_America" title="Imagining America">Imagining America</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">June 7, 1989<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1989-06-07</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879425"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_9_(1990)"><span id="Season_9_.281990.29"></span>Season 9 (1990)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Playhouse&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Season 9 (1990)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr><br />overall</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> in<br />season</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:17%;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:11%;color:black">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:37%;color:black">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:10%;color:black">Original release date</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">1</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Sensibility and Sense"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/David_Hugh_Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="David Hugh Jones">David Hugh Jones</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Nelson_(playwright)" title="Richard Nelson (playwright)">Richard Nelson</a></td><td style="text-align:center">January 24, 1990<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1990-01-24</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">2</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Women & Wallace"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Don_Scardino" title="Don Scardino">Don Scardino</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Marc_Sherman" title="Jonathan Marc Sherman">Jonathan Marc Sherman</a>, based on his play</td><td style="text-align:center">January 31, 1990<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1990-01-31</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">3</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Zora Is My Name!"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Neema_Barnette" title="Neema Barnette">Neema Barnette</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">February 14, 1990<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1990-02-14</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Andre%27s_Mother" title="Andre's Mother">Andre's Mother</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Terrence_McNally" title="Terrence McNally">Terrence McNally</a></td><td style="text-align:center">March 7, 1990<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1990-03-07</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">5</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Bloodhounds_of_Broadway_(1989_film)" title="Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989 film)">Bloodhounds of Broadway</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">May 23, 1990<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1990-05-23</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Hyde in Hollywood"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Gutierrez" title="Gerald Gutierrez">Gerald Gutierrez</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Parnell" title="Peter Parnell">Peter Parnell</a></td><td style="text-align:center">July 6, 1990<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1990-07-06</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879425"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_10_(1991)"><span id="Season_10_.281991.29"></span>Season 10 (1991)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Playhouse&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Season 10 (1991)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr><br />overall</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> in<br />season</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:17%;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:11%;color:black">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:37%;color:black">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:10%;color:black">Original release date</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">1</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Into_the_Woods#Original_Broadway_production" title="Into the Woods">Into the Woods</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/James_Lapine" title="James Lapine">James Lapine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a></td><td style="text-align:center">March 15, 1991<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1991-03-15</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">2</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/The_Grapes_of_Wrath_(play)" title="The Grapes of Wrath (play)">The Grapes of Wrath</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">March 22, 1991<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1991-03-22</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">3</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Three Hotels"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jon_Robin_Baitz" title="Jon Robin Baitz">Jon Robin Baitz</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Jon Robin Baitz</td><td style="text-align:center">March 29, 1991<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1991-03-29</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Sunset Gang"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">adapted from stories by <a href="/wiki/Warren_Adler" title="Warren Adler">Warren Adler</a></td><td style="text-align:center">April 5, 1991<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1991-04-05</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">5</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Hot Summer Winds"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">adapted from stories by <a href="/wiki/Hisaye_Yamamoto" title="Hisaye Yamamoto">Hisaye Yamamoto </a></td><td style="text-align:center">May 22, 1991<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1991-05-22</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Hollow Boy"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jay_Neugeboren" title="Jay Neugeboren">Jay Neugeboren</a>, adapted from the short story by <a href="/wiki/Hortense_Calisher" title="Hortense Calisher">Hortense Calisher</a></td><td style="text-align:center">June 12, 1991<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1991-06-12</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879425"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_11_(1992–1993)"><span id="Season_11_.281992.E2.80.931993.29"></span>Season 11 (1992–1993)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Playhouse&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Season 11 (1992–1993)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr><br />overall</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> in<br />season</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:17%;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:11%;color:black">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:37%;color:black">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:10%;color:black">Original release date</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">1</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Hop-Frog" title="Hop-Frog">Fool's Fire</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">March 25, 1992<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1992-03-25</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">2</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Tales_from_Hollywood_(play)" title="Tales from Hollywood (play)">Tales from Hollywood</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">October 19, 1992<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1992-10-19</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">3</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Tru_(play)" title="Tru (play)">Tru</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">November 23, 1992<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1992-11-23</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Andre%27s_Mother" title="Andre's Mother">Andre's Mother</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">January 17, 1993<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1993-01-17</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">5</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Fires_in_the_Mirror#Television_film" title="Fires in the Mirror">Fires in the Mirror</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">April 28, 1993<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1993-04-28</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"In the Wings: <a href="/wiki/Angels_in_America" title="Angels in America">Angels in America</a> on Broadway"</td><td style="text-align:center">Tom Bywaters</td><td style="text-align:center">Tom Bywaters</td><td style="text-align:center">June 11, 1993<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1993-06-11</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">7</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"La Carpa"</td><td style="text-align:center">Carlos Avila</td><td style="text-align:center">Carlos Avila and Edit Villarreal</td><td style="text-align:center">June 16, 1993<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1993-06-16</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">8</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Porgy_and_Bess#Television" title="Porgy and Bess">Porgy and Bess</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">October 6, 1993<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1993-10-06</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">9</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Tales_of_the_City_(1993_miniseries)" title="Tales of the City (1993 miniseries)">Tales of the City</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">November 15, 1993<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1993-11-15</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">10</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Hallelujah"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Lane_(filmmaker)" title="Charles Lane (filmmaker)">Charles Lane</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">December 22, 1993<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1993-12-22</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879425"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_12_(1994)"><span id="Season_12_.281994.29"></span>Season 12 (1994)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Playhouse&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Season 12 (1994)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr><br />overall</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> in<br />season</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:17%;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:11%;color:black">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:37%;color:black">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:10%;color:black">Original release date</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">1</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Tales_of_the_City_(1993_miniseries)" title="Tales of the City (1993 miniseries)">Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">January 10, 1994<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1994-01-10</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">2</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Sunset Gang"</td><td style="text-align:center">Calvin L. Skaggs</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Ribman" title="Ronald Ribman">Ronald Ribman</a>, based on the book by <a href="/wiki/Warren_Adler" title="Warren Adler">Warren Adler</a></td><td style="text-align:center">March 21, 1994<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1994-03-21</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">3</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Long Shadow"</td><td style="text-align:center">Sheldon Larry</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Milan_Stitt" title="Milan Stitt">Milan Stitt</a></td><td style="text-align:center">August 26, 1994<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1994-08-26</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Break of Dawn"</td><td style="text-align:center">Isaac Artenstein</td><td style="text-align:center">Isaac Artenstein</td><td style="text-align:center">September 9, 1994<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1994-09-09</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">5</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"La Carpa"</td><td style="text-align:center">Carlos Avila</td><td style="text-align:center">Carlos Avila and Edit Villarreal</td><td style="text-align:center">September 23, 1994<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1994-09-23</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879425"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Season_13_(1995–1996)"><span id="Season_13_.281995.E2.80.931996.29"></span>Season 13 (1995–1996)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Playhouse&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Season 13 (1995–1996)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr><br />overall</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> in<br />season</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:17%;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:11%;color:black">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:37%;color:black">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#CCCCFF;width:10%;color:black">Original release date</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">1</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Making of <a href="/wiki/Angels_and_Insects" title="Angels and Insects">Angels and Insects</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">January 2, 1995<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1995-01-02</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">2</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Fires_in_the_Mirror" title="Fires in the Mirror">Fires in the Mirror</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">February 3, 1995<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1995-02-03</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">3</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Blown Sideways Through Life"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Ashley" title="Christopher Ashley">Christopher Ashley</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Claudia_Shear" title="Claudia Shear">Claudia Shear</a>, based on her play</td><td style="text-align:center">July 19, 1995<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1995-07-19</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Drawn from Memory"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Fierlinger" title="Paul Fierlinger">Paul Fierlinger</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Paul Fierlinger</td><td style="text-align:center">October 30, 1995<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1995-10-30</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">5</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/The_Beans_of_Egypt,_Maine" title="The Beans of Egypt, Maine">The Beans of Egypt, Maine</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center">August 11, 1996<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1996-08-11</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="To be announced">TBA</small></th><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<a href="/wiki/Passion_(musical)" title="Passion (musical)">Passion</a>"</td><td style="text-align:center"><small style="color: #2C2C2C" title="Unknown">Unknown</small></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a></td><td style="text-align:center">September 29, 1996<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1996-09-29</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879425"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_cast">Notable cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Playhouse&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Notable cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Aldredge" title="Tom Aldredge">Tom Aldredge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Bancroft" title="Anne Bancroft">Anne Bancroft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christine_Baranski" title="Christine Baranski">Christine Baranski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claire_Bloom" title="Claire Bloom">Claire Bloom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Boudet" title="Jacques Boudet">Jacques Boudet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Branagh" title="Kenneth Branagh">Kenneth Branagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kate_Burton_(actress)" title="Kate Burton (actress)">Kate Burton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Collet" title="Christopher Collet">Christopher Collet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Daniels" title="Jeff Daniels">Jeff Daniels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_DeMunn" title="Jeffrey DeMunn">Jeffrey DeMunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_De_Pool" title="Pedro De Pool">Pedro De Pool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruby_Dee" title="Ruby Dee">Ruby Dee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Dillon" title="Matt Dillon">Matt Dillon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympia_Dukakis" title="Olympia Dukakis">Olympia Dukakis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megan_Follows" title="Megan Follows">Megan Follows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Frewer" title="Matt Frewer">Matt Frewer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boyd_Gaines" title="Boyd Gaines">Boyd Gaines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lillian_Gish" title="Lillian Gish">Lillian Gish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joanna_Gleason" title="Joanna Gleason">Joanna Gleason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Glover" title="Danny Glover">Danny Glover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annie_Golden" title="Annie Golden">Annie Golden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Gossett_Jr." title="Louis Gossett Jr.">Louis Gossett Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Grizzard" title="George Grizzard">George Grizzard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Hagerty" title="Julie Hagerty">Julie Hagerty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Harris" title="Ed Harris">Ed Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosemary_Harris" title="Rosemary Harris">Rosemary Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Herrmann" title="Edward Herrmann">Edward Herrmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Hunt" title="Helen Hunt">Helen Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenda_Jackson" title="Glenda Jackson">Glenda Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Earl_Jones" title="James Earl Jones">James Earl Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raul_Julia" title="Raul Julia">Raul Julia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swoosie_Kurtz" title="Swoosie Kurtz">Swoosie Kurtz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloris_Leachman" title="Cloris Leachman">Cloris Leachman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Malkovich" title="John Malkovich">John Malkovich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butterfly_McQueen" title="Butterfly McQueen">Butterfly McQueen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_McWilliams" title="Caroline McWilliams">Caroline McWilliams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rita_Moreno" title="Rita Moreno">Rita Moreno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Newman" title="Paul Newman">Paul Newman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geraldine_Page" title="Geraldine Page">Geraldine Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Jessica_Parker" title="Sarah Jessica Parker">Sarah Jessica Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estelle_Parsons" title="Estelle Parsons">Estelle Parsons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandy_Patinkin" title="Mandy Patinkin">Mandy Patinkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernadette_Peters" title="Bernadette Peters">Bernadette Peters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenka_Peterson" title="Lenka Peterson">Lenka Peterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanessa_Redgrave" title="Vanessa Redgrave">Vanessa Redgrave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keanu_Reeves" title="Keanu Reeves">Keanu Reeves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Remick" title="Lee Remick">Lee Remick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Robards" title="Jason Robards">Jason Robards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esther_Rolle" title="Esther Rolle">Esther Rolle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liliane_Rov%C3%A8re" title="Liliane Rovère">Liliane Rovère</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Sarandon" title="Susan Sarandon">Susan Sarandon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Sidney" title="Sylvia Sidney">Sylvia Sidney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Simmons" title="Jean Simmons">Jean Simmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Sinise" title="Gary Sinise">Gary Sinise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Deavere_Smith" title="Anna Deavere Smith">Anna Deavere Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elaine_Stritch" title="Elaine Stritch">Elaine Stritch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Thomas_(actor)" title="Richard Thomas (actor)">Richard Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Twomey_(actress)" title="Anne Twomey (actress)">Anne Twomey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Van_Dyke" title="Dick Van Dyke">Dick Van Dyke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Wagner" title="Chuck Wagner">Chuck Wagner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Walken" title="Christopher Walken">Christopher Walken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eli_Wallach" title="Eli Wallach">Eli Wallach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Westenberg" title="Robert Westenberg">Robert Westenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Whitfield" title="Lynn Whitfield">Lynn Whitfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Winfield" title="Paul Winfield">Paul Winfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfre_Woodard" title="Alfre Woodard">Alfre Woodard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chip_Zien" title="Chip Zien">Chip Zien</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accolades">Accolades</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Playhouse&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Accolades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some of the productions won multiple Emmys: one from <a href="/wiki/Robert_Morse" title="Robert Morse">Robert Morse</a> in <i>Tru</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Children%27s_Program" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program">Outstanding Children's Program</a> for <i>Displaced Person</i><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and technical achievements for <i>The Meeting</i> alongside many nominations.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award">Academy Award</a> recognitions included <i><a href="/wiki/El_Norte_(film)" title="El Norte (film)">El Norte</a>'</i>s nomination for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay">Best Original Screenplay</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actress" title="Academy Award for Best Actress">Best Actress</a> nod for <a href="/wiki/Jane_Alexander" title="Jane Alexander">Jane Alexander</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Testament_(1983_film)" title="Testament (1983 film)">Testament</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor" title="Academy Award for Best Actor">Best Actor</a> nod for <a href="/wiki/Edward_James_Olmos" title="Edward James Olmos">Edward James Olmos</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Stand_and_Deliver" title="Stand and Deliver">Stand and Deliver</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe">Golden Globe</a> recognitions included three for <i>Stand and Deliver</i> (two for Olmos (<a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Actor_%E2%80%93_Motion_Picture_Drama" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama">Leading Actor</a>) and Diamond Phillips (<a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor_-_Motion_Picture" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture">Supporting Actor</a>) and one for <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_for_Best_Motion_Picture_-_Drama" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Drama">Best Motion Picture - Drama</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>American Playhouse</i> also won a <a href="/wiki/Peabody_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Peabody Award">Peabody Award</a> in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Playhouse&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Episodes like <i><a href="/wiki/Nothing_but_a_Man" title="Nothing but a Man">Nothing but a Man</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Thin_Blue_Line_(1988_film)" title="The Thin Blue Line (1988 film)">The Thin Blue Line</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/El_Norte_(film)" title="El Norte (film)">El Norte</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Stand_and_Deliver" title="Stand and Deliver">Stand and Deliver</a></i> were each inducted into the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Registry" title="National Film Registry">National Film Registry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Overdrawn_at_the_Memory_Bank" title="Overdrawn at the Memory Bank">Overdrawn at the Memory Bank</a></i> was featured as an episode of the <a href="/wiki/Cult_following" title="Cult following">cult</a> <a href="/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/Mystery_Science_Theater_3000" title="Mystery Science Theater 3000">Mystery Science Theater 3000</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Playhouse&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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href="/wiki/Young_People%27s_Concerts" title="Young People's Concerts">New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts with Leonard Bernstein</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Disney_anthology_television_series" title="Disney anthology television series">Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Discovery_(American_TV_series)" title="Discovery (American TV series)">Discovery</a></i> (1964)</li> <li>No Award (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Charlie_Brown_Christmas" title="A Charlie Brown Christmas">A Charlie Brown Christmas</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jack_and_the_Beanstalk_(1967_film)" title="Jack and the Beanstalk (1967 film)">Jack and the Beanstalk</a></i> (1967)</li> <li>No Awards (1968–1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street" title="Sesame Street">Sesame Street</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street" title="Sesame Street">Sesame Street</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street" 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