Seasons and episodes
39
Season 39 February 21, 2025
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39 - 1The Disappearance of Miss Scott February 21, 2025 -
39 - 2LIZA: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story April 01, 2025 -
39 - 3Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse April 15, 2025
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39 - 4Janis Ian: Breaking Silence June 20, 2025
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39 - 5Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny June 27, 2025
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Season 38 January 02, 2024
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38 - 1HOPPER: An American Love Story January 02, 2024 -
38 - 2Moynihan March 29, 2024 -
38 - 3The Incomparable Mr. Buckley April 02, 2024 -
38 - 4Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames August 28, 2024 -
38 - 5Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined September 17, 2024 -
38 - 6Renegades: Daniel K. Inouye October 08, 2024 -
38 - 7Brenda Lee: Rockin' Around December 16, 2024
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Season 37 January 24, 2023
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37 - 1Roberta Flack January 24, 2023 -
37 - 2Dr. Tony Fauci March 21, 2023 -
37 - 3In the Making March 24, 2023 -
37 - 4Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV May 16, 2023 -
37 - 5Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll June 02, 2023 -
37 - 6Jerry Brown: The Disrupter September 15, 2023 -
37 - 7Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely September 22, 2023 -
37 - 8A Song for Cesar September 29, 2023 -
37 - 9Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes October 06, 2023
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Season 36 January 11, 2022
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36 - 1Ailey January 11, 2022 -
36 - 2Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands February 08, 2022 -
36 - 3Waterman – Duke: Ambassador of Aloha May 10, 2022 -
36 - 4Joe Papp in Five Acts June 03, 2022 -
36 - 5Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road June 14, 2022 -
36 - 6Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On November 22, 2022 -
36 - 7The Adventures of Saul Bellow December 12, 2022 -
36 - 8Groucho & Cavett December 27, 2022
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Season 35 January 18, 2021
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35 - 1How It Feels To Be Free January 18, 2021 -
35 - 2Flannery March 23, 2021 -
35 - 3Twyla Moves March 26, 2021 -
35 - 4Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story April 02, 2021 -
35 - 5Oliver Sacks: His Own Life April 09, 2021 -
35 - 6Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir May 03, 2021 -
35 - 7Ballerina Boys June 04, 2021 -
35 - 8Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away July 27, 2021 -
35 - 9Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It October 05, 2021 -
35 - 10Becoming Helen Keller October 19, 2021
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Season 34 March 03, 2020
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34 - 1Miles Davis Birth of the Cool March 03, 2020 -
34 - 2Mae West: Dirty Blonde June 16, 2020 -
34 - 3Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am June 01, 2020 -
34 - 4Unladylike2020: The Changemakers July 10, 2020 -
34 - 5Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip October 20, 2020 -
34 - 6Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is October 23, 2020 -
34 - 7Keith Haring: Street Art Boy December 04, 2020 -
34 - 8Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page December 29, 2020
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Season 33 January 02, 2019
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33 - 1Decoding Watson January 02, 2019 -
33 - 2Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me February 19, 2019 -
33 - 3Charley Pride February 22, 2019 -
33 - 4Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives March 01, 2019 -
33 - 5Joseph Pulitzer: Voice Of The People April 12, 2019 -
33 - 6Garry Winogrand: All Things are Photographable April 19, 2019 -
33 - 7Terrence McNally: Every Act of Life June 14, 2019 -
33 - 8Robert Shaw -- Man of Many Voices June 21, 2019 -
33 - 9Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin August 02, 2019 -
33 - 10Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage September 13, 2019 -
33 - 11Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous October 25, 2019 -
33 - 12N. Scott Momaday: Words From a Bear November 18, 2019
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Season 32 January 19, 2018
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32 - 1Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart January 19, 2018 -
32 - 2Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story May 18, 2018 -
32 - 3Ted Williams: “The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived” July 23, 2018 -
32 - 4Artists Flight: Eva Hesse August 31, 2018 -
32 - 5Artists Flight: Everybody Knows…Elizabeth Murray September 07, 2018 -
32 - 6Andrew Wyeth September 07, 2018 -
32 - 7Basquiat: Rage to Riches September 14, 2018 -
32 - 8Itzhak Perlman October 14, 2018
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Season 31 January 03, 2017
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31 - 1By Sidney Lumet January 03, 2017 -
31 - 2Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise February 21, 2017 -
31 - 3Patsy Cline March 01, 2017 -
31 - 4James Beard: America’s First Foodie May 19, 2017 -
31 - 5Jacques Pépin: The Art of Craft May 26, 2017 -
31 - 6Richard Linklater: Dream is Destiny September 01, 2017 -
31 - 7Tyrus September 08, 2017 -
31 - 8Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive October 30, 2017 -
31 - 9Inspiring Woman Web Series November 08, 2017 -
31 - 10This is Bob Hope November 13, 2017
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Season 30 January 29, 2016
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30 - 1Mike Nichols January 29, 2016 -
30 - 2B.B. King: The Life of Riley February 12, 2016 -
30 - 3Carole King: Natural Woman February 19, 2016 -
30 - 4Fats Domino and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll February 26, 2016 -
30 - 5Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl March 04, 2016 -
30 - 6Janis: Little Girl Blue May 03, 2016 -
30 - 7The Highwaymen: Friends Till the End May 27, 2016 -
30 - 8Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You October 25, 2016 -
30 - 9Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future December 27, 2016
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Season 29 January 23, 2015
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29 - 1Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice January 23, 2015 -
29 - 2August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand February 20, 2015 -
29 - 3Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler April 16, 2015 -
29 - 4American Ballet Theatre: A History May 15, 2015 -
29 - 5Harper Lee July 10, 2015 -
29 - 6Althea September 04, 2015 -
29 - 7Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer's Journey September 18, 2015 -
29 - 8The Women's List September 25, 2015
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Season 28 December 27, 2013
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28 - 1Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love December 27, 2013 -
28 - 2Salinger January 21, 2014 -
28 - 3Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth February 07, 2014 -
28 - 4A Fierce Green Fire April 22, 2014 -
28 - 5Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself May 16, 2014 -
28 - 6Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Faun June 20, 2014 -
28 - 7Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning August 29, 2014 -
28 - 8Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work September 23, 2014 -
28 - 9The Boomer List September 23, 2014 -
28 - 10Bing Crosby Rediscovered December 02, 2014
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Season 27 February 22, 2013
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27 - 1Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock & Roll February 22, 2013 -
27 - 2Philip Roth: Unmasked March 29, 2013 -
27 - 3Mel Brooks: Make a Noise May 20, 2013 -
27 - 4Billie Jean King September 10, 2013 -
27 - 5Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' November 05, 2013
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Season 26 January 23, 2012
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26 - 1Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune January 23, 2012 -
26 - 2Cab Calloway: Sketches February 27, 2012 -
26 - 3Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel April 02, 2012 -
26 - 4Harper Lee: Hey, Boo April 02, 2012 -
26 - 5Johnny Carson: King of Late Night May 14, 2012 -
26 - 6The Day Carl Sandburg Died September 24, 2012 -
26 - 7Inventing David Geffen November 20, 2012 -
26 - 8Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance December 28, 2012
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Season 25 January 12, 2011
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25 - 1Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides January 12, 2011 -
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25 - 3John Muir in the New World April 18, 2011 -
25 - 4James Levine: America's Maestro June 01, 2011 -
25 - 5Pearl Jam Twenty October 21, 2011 -
25 - 6Bill T. Jones: A Good Man November 11, 2011 -
25 - 7Woody Allen: A Documentary (1) November 20, 2011 -
25 - 8Woody Allen: A Documentary (2) November 21, 2011
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25 - 9Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter December 29, 2011
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Season 24 January 11, 2010
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24 - 1Sam Cooke: Crossing Over January 11, 2010 -
24 - 2I.M. Pei: Building China Modern March 31, 2010 -
24 - 3The Doors: When You're Strange May 12, 2010 -
24 - 4Merle Haggard: Learning to Live with Myself June 21, 2010 -
24 - 5Cachao: Uno Más September 20, 2010 -
24 - 6A Letter to Elia October 04, 2010 -
24 - 7Lennon NYC November 22, 2010 -
24 - 8Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould December 27, 2010
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Season 23 February 18, 2009
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23 - 1Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About February 18, 2009 -
23 - 2Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts April 08, 2009 -
23 - 3Hollywood Chinese May 27, 2009 -
23 - 4Neil Young: Don't Be Denied June 10, 2009 -
23 - 5Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes July 01, 2009 -
23 - 6Trumbo September 02, 2009 -
23 - 7Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound October 14, 2009 -
23 - 8Louisa May Alcott: the Woman Behind 'Little Women' December 28, 2009
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Season 22 February 27, 2008
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22 - 1Pete Seeger: The Power of Song February 27, 2008 -
22 - 2Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun April 09, 2008 -
22 - 3Marvin Gaye: What's Going On May 07, 2008 -
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22 - 6You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story: A New Reality (1950-1970) September 24, 2008 -
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22 - 8You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story: The Big Tent (1980-Present) September 25, 2008
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22 - 9The Brothers Warner September 25, 2008
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Season 21 April 04, 2007
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21 - 1Novel Reflections on the American Dream April 04, 2007 -
21 - 2Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built April 11, 2007 -
21 - 3Les Paul: Chasing Sound July 11, 2007 -
21 - 4David Hockney: The Colors of Music July 18, 2007 -
21 - 5John James Audubon: Drawn From Nature July 25, 2007 -
21 - 6Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends September 12, 2007 -
21 - 7Orozco: Man of Fire September 19, 2007 -
21 - 8Good Ol' Charles Schulz October 29, 2007 -
21 - 9Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character November 05, 2007
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Season 20 May 10, 2006
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20 - 1John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend May 10, 2006 -
20 - 2The World of Nat King Cole May 17, 2006 -
20 - 3Woodie Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home July 12, 2006 -
20 - 4Marilyn Monroe: Still Life July 19, 2006 -
20 - 5Walter Cronkite: Witness to History July 26, 2006 -
20 - 6Andy Warhol: A Documentary (Part 1) September 20, 2006 -
20 - 7Andy Warhol: A Documentary (Part 2) September 21, 2006 -
20 - 8Sketches of Frank Gehry September 27, 2006 -
20 - 9Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens January 03, 2007
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Season 19 May 11, 2005
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19 - 1James Dean: Sense Memories May 11, 2005 -
19 - 2Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice June 29, 2005 -
19 - 3George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey July 13, 2005 -
19 - 4Bob Newhart: Unbuttoned July 20, 2005 -
19 - 5Willa Cather: The Road is All September 07, 2005 -
19 - 6Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea September 14, 2005 -
19 - 7Bob Dylan: No Direction Home (1) September 26, 2005 -
19 - 8Bob Dylan: No Direction Home (2) September 27, 2005
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Season 18 September 03, 2003
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18 - 1Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist September 03, 2003 -
18 - 2James Brown: Soul Survivor October 29, 2003 -
18 - 3Cary Grant: A Class Apart January 07, 2004 -
18 - 4Balanchine January 14, 2004 -
18 - 5Judy Garland: By Myself February 25, 2004 -
18 - 6Henry Luce and Time-Life's America: A Vision of Empire April 28, 2004 -
18 - 7Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues June 23, 2004 -
18 - 8Julia! America's Favorite Chef August 18, 2004
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Season 17 October 02, 2002
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17 - 1Willie Nelson: Still Is Still Moving October 02, 2002 -
17 - 2Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces October 30, 2002 -
17 - 3Juilliard January 29, 2003 -
17 - 4Alice Waters and her Delicious Revolution March 19, 2003 -
17 - 5Joni Mitchell: A Woman of Heart and Mind April 02, 2003 -
17 - 6Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied April 23, 2003 -
17 - 7Robert Capa: In Love and War May 28, 2003 -
17 - 8The Education of Gore Vidal July 30, 2003
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Season 16 October 07, 2001
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16 - 1Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies October 07, 2001 -
16 - 2F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams October 14, 2001 -
16 - 3Richard Rodgers: The Sweetest Sounds October 21, 2001 -
16 - 4Quincy Jones: In the Pocket November 18, 2001 -
16 - 5Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records November 28, 2001 -
16 - 6Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance December 16, 2001 -
16 - 7Ralph Ellison: An American Journey February 19, 2002 -
16 - 8Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer March 01, 2002
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Season 15 September 27, 2000
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15 - 1Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows September 27, 2000 -
15 - 2Mailer On Mailer October 04, 2000 -
15 - 3On Cukor November 22, 2000 -
15 - 4Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy December 03, 2000 -
15 - 5Bob Marley: Rebel Music February 14, 2001 -
15 - 6A Conversation with Gregory Peck April 09, 2001 -
15 - 7Alfred Stieglitz: The Eloquent Eye April 16, 2001 -
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Season 14 November 01, 1999
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14 - 1Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood November 01, 1999 -
14 - 2Norman Rockwell: Painting America November 24, 1999 -
14 - 3Ella Fitzgerald: Something to Live For December 08, 1999 -
14 - 4Paul Taylor: Dancemaker January 05, 2000 -
14 - 5Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light February 02, 2000 -
14 - 6Isaac Stern: Life's Virtuoso April 13, 2000 -
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Season 13 October 28, 1998
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13 - 1Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note October 28, 1998 -
13 - 2The Line King: Al Hirschfeld January 06, 1999 -
13 - 3Paul Robeson: Here I Stand February 24, 1999 -
13 - 4Robert Rauschenberg: Inventive Genius April 07, 1999 -
13 - 5The Lives of Lillian Hellman June 30, 1999 -
13 - 6Dashiell Hammett: Detective, Writer June 30, 1999 -
13 - 7Yours for a Song: The Women of Tin Pan Alley August 18, 1999
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Season 12 September 17, 1997
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12 - 1The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg September 17, 1997 -
12 - 2Vaudeville November 26, 1997 -
12 - 3Billy Wilder: the Human Comedy February 04, 1998
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12 - 4Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart April 29, 1998 -
12 - 5Don Hewitt: 90 Minutes on 60 Minutes May 01, 1998 -
12 - 6Alexander Calder June 17, 1998
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Season 11 November 25, 1996
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11 - 1Lena Horne: In Her Own Voice November 25, 1996 -
11 - 2Danny Kaye: A Legacy of Laughter December 10, 1996 -
11 - 3Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde April 09, 1997 -
11 - 4Jack Paar: As I Was Saying May 07, 1997 -
11 - 5Isamu Noguchi: Stones and Paper June 25, 1997
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Season 10 November 29, 1995
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10 - 1Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval November 29, 1995 -
10 - 2William Styron: The Way of the Writer January 22, 1996 -
10 - 3Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light January 24, 1996 -
10 - 4Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud April 10, 1996 -
10 - 5Nichols and May: Take Two May 22, 1996
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Season 9 November 30, 1994
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9 - 1Rediscovering Will Rogers November 30, 1994 -
9 - 2Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage December 19, 1994 -
9 - 3Placido Domingo: A Musical Life February 15, 1995 -
9 - 4Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul March 22, 1995
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Season 8 December 08, 1993
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8 - 1Benny Goodman: Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing December 08, 1993 -
8 - 2Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed May 13, 1994
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Season 7 March 14, 1993
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7 - 1Paul Simon: Born at the Right Time March 14, 1993 -
7 - 2George Lucas: Heroes, Myths & Magic March 17, 1993 -
7 - 3D.W. Griffith: Father of Film March 24, 1993
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Season 6 July 01, 1991
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6 - 1Helen Hayes: First Lady of the American Theatre July 01, 1991 -
6 - 2Miracle on 44th Street: A Portrait of the Actor's Studio July 08, 1991 -
6 - 3A. Einstein: How I See the World July 22, 1991 -
6 - 4Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One July 29, 1991 -
6 - 5Frederic Remington: The Truth of Other Days August 05, 1991 -
6 - 6Menuhin: A Family Portrait August 12, 1991 -
6 - 7Robert Motherwell and the New York School August 26, 1991 -
6 - 8Ray Charles: The Genius of Soul January 03, 1992 -
6 - 9Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey May 01, 1992
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Season 5 July 02, 1990
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5 - 1 -
5 - 2John Cassavetes July 09, 1990
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5 - 3Martin Scorsese Directs July 16, 1990 -
5 - 4You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story July 23, 1990 -
5 - 5Edward R. Murrow: This Reporter July 30, 1990 -
5 - 6John Hammond: From Bessie Smith to Bruce Springsteen August 20, 1990 -
5 - 7Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret August 27, 1990
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5 - 8John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It September 17, 1990
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Season 4 July 03, 1989
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4 - 1Harold Clurman: A Life of Theatre July 03, 1989
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4 - 2Stella Adler: Awake and Dream! July 10, 1989
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4 - 3Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong July 31, 1989 -
4 - 4James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket August 14, 1989 -
4 - 5Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker August 17, 1989 -
4 - 6Jasper Johns: Ideas in Paint September 11, 1989 -
4 - 7Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition September 18, 1989 -
4 - 8W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult September 25, 1989 -
4 - 9Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius November 15, 1989 -
4 - 10Milos Forman: Portrait December 20, 1989
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Season 3 July 11, 1988
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3 - 1Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me July 11, 1988 -
3 - 2A Duke Named Ellington July 18, 1988 -
3 - 3Andre Kertesz of the Cities August 08, 1988 -
3 - 4Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul August 22, 1988 -
3 - 5Rivera in America August 29, 1988 -
3 - 6Saint-Gaudens: Masque of the Golden Bowl September 05, 1988 -
3 - 7Neil Simon: Not Just for Laughs March 08, 1989 -
3 - 8Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre June 26, 1989
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Season 2 July 06, 1987
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2 - 1Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer July 06, 1987 -
2 - 2Directed by William Wyler July 13, 1987 -
2 - 3Rubinstein Remembered July 20, 1987
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2 - 4Nik and Murray July 27, 1987
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2 - 5George Gershwin Remembered August 24, 1987 -
2 - 6Maurice Sendak: Mon Cher Papa August 31, 1987
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2 - 7The Negro Ensemble Company September 14, 1987 -
2 - 8Unanswered Prayers: The Life and Times of Truman Capote September 21, 1987 -
2 - 9The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table September 28, 1987 -
2 - 10Buster Keaton: Hard Act to Follow November 18, 1987
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Season 1 June 23, 1986
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1 - 2Philip Johnson, Self Portrait June 30, 1986 -
1 - 3Katherine Anne Porter: The Eye of Memory July 07, 1986 -
1 - 4The Unknown Chaplin (1) July 14, 1986 -
1 - 5The Unknown Chaplin (2) July 21, 1986
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1 - 6The Unknown Chaplin (3) July 28, 1986
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1 - 7Billie Holiday: The Long Night of Lady Day August 04, 1986 -
1 - 8James Levine: A Life in Music August 11, 1986 -
1 - 9Aaron Copland: A Self Portrait August 18, 1986 -
1 - 10Thomas Eakins: A Motion Portrait August 25, 1986 -
1 - 11Georgia O'Keeffe September 01, 1986 -
1 - 12Eugene O'Neill: A Glory of Ghosts September 08, 1986
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