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American Masters

Returning Series 1986 · Documentary · 41 seasons
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Synopsis

American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and others who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.

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Seasons & Episodes

► Season 41 1 episode
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E01 Gene Wilder 29 Dec 2026
► Season 39 8 episodes
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E01 The Disappearance of Miss Scott 21 Feb 2025
E02 Liza: A Truly Terrific, Absolutely True Story 01 Apr 2025
E03 Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse 15 Apr 2025
E04 Janis Ian: Breaking Silence 19 Jun 2025
E05 Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny 27 Jun 2025
E06 Marcella 11 Jul 2025
E07 Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore 14 Oct 2025
E08 Starring Dick Van Dyke 12 Dec 2025
► Season 38 7 episodes
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E01 Hopper: An American Love Story 02 Jan 2024
E02 Daniel Patrick Moynihan 29 Mar 2024
E03 The Incomparable Mr. Buckley 05 Apr 2024
E04 Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames 27 Aug 2024
E05 Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined 17 Sep 2024
E06 Brenda Lee: Rockin' Around 29 Nov 2024
E07 Brenda Lee: Rockin' Around 16 Dec 2024
► Season 37 9 episodes
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E01 Roberta Flack 24 Jan 2023
E02 Dr. Tony Fauci 21 Mar 2023
E03 In the Making 24 Mar 2023
E04 Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV 16 May 2023
E05 Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll 02 Jun 2023
E06 Jerry Brown: The Disrupter 15 Sep 2023
E07 Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely 22 Sep 2023
E08 A Song for Cesar 29 Sep 2023
E09 Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes 06 Oct 2023
► Season 36 8 episodes
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E01 Ailey 11 Jan 2022
E02 Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands 08 Feb 2022
E03 Waterman - Duke: Ambassador of Aloha 10 May 2022
E04 Joe Papp in Five Acts 03 Jun 2022
E05 Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road 14 Jun 2022
E06 Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On 22 Nov 2022
E07 The Adventures of Saul Bellow 12 Dec 2022
E08 Groucho & Cavett 27 Dec 2022
► Season 35 10 episodes
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E01 How It Feels to Be Free 18 Jan 2021
E02 Flannery 23 Mar 2021
E03 Twyla Moves 26 Mar 2021
E04 Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story 02 Apr 2021
E05 Oliver Sacks: His Own Life 09 Apr 2021
E06 Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir 03 May 2021
E07 Ballerina Boys: Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo 04 Jun 2021
E08 Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away 27 Jul 2021
E09 Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It 05 Oct 2021
E10 Becoming Helen Keller 19 Oct 2021
► Season 34 8 episodes
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E01 Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 25 Feb 2020
E02 Mae West: Dirty Blonde 16 Jun 2020
E03 Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am 23 Jun 2020
E04 Unladylike2020 10 Jul 2020
E05 Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip 20 Oct 2020
E06 Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is 23 Oct 2020
E07 Laura Ingalls Wilder: Prairie to Page 29 Dec 2020
E08 Keith Haring: Street Art Boy 11 Dec 2020
► Season 31 10 episodes
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E01 By Sidney Lumet 03 Jan 2017
E02 Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise 21 Feb 2017
E03 Patsy Cline 01 Mar 2017
E04 James Beard: America's First Foodie 19 May 2017
E05 Jacques Pépin: The Art of Craft 26 May 2017
E06 Richard Linklater: Dream is Destiny 01 Sep 2017
E07 Tyrus Wong 08 Sep 2017
E08 Edgar A Poe: Buried Alive 30 Oct 2017
E09 This Is Bob Hope... 29 Dec 2017
E10 This is Bob Hope 13 Nov 2017
► Season 29 8 episodes
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E01 Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice 23 Jan 2015
E02 August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand 20 Feb 2015
E03 Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler 16 Apr 2015
E04 American Ballet Theatre: A History 15 May 2015
E05 Harper Lee 10 Jul 2015
E06 Althea 04 Sep 2015
E07 Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer's Journey 18 Sep 2015
E08 The Women's List 25 Sep 2015
► Season 28 10 episodes
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E01 Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love 27 Dec 2013
E02 Salinger 21 Jan 2014
E03 Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth 07 Feb 2014
E04 A Fierce Green Fire 22 Apr 2014
E05 Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself 16 May 2014
E06 Tanaquil Le Clercq: Afternoon of a Faun 20 Jun 2014
E07 Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning 29 Aug 2014
E08 The Boomer List 23 Sep 2014
E09 Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work 23 Sep 2014
E10 Bing Crosby Rediscovered 02 Dec 2014
► Season 27 5 episodes
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E01 Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock & Roll 22 Feb 2013
E02 Philip Roth: Unmasked 29 Mar 2013
E03 Mel Brooks: Make a Noise 20 May 2013
E04 Billie Jean King 10 Sep 2013
E05 Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' 05 Nov 2013
► Season 26 8 episodes
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E01 Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune 22 Jan 2012
E02 Cab Calloway: Sketches 26 Feb 2012
E03 Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel 02 Apr 2012
E04 Harper Lee: Hey, Boo 01 Apr 2012
E05 Johnny Carson - King of Late Night - Interview Outtakes 14 May 2012
E06 The Day Carl Sandburg Died 23 Sep 2012
E07 Inventing David Geffen 20 Nov 2012
E08 Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance 28 Dec 2012
► Season 24 8 episodes
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E01 Sam Cooke: Crossing Over 11 Jan 2010
E02 I.M. Pei: Building China Modern 31 Mar 2010
E03 The Doors: When You're Strange 09 May 2010
E04 Merle Haggard: Learning to Live with Myself 21 Jul 2010
E05 Cachao: Uno Más 20 Sep 2010
E06 A Letter to Elia 03 Oct 2010
E07 LennoNYC 21 Nov 2010
E08 Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould 26 Dec 2010
► Season 17 8 episodes
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E01 Willie Nelson: Still is Still Moving 02 Oct 2002
E02 Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces 30 Oct 2002
E03 Juilliard 29 Jan 2003
E04 Alice Waters and her Delicious Revolution 19 Mar 2003
E05 Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind 02 Apr 2003
E06 Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied 23 Apr 2003
E07 Robert Capa: In Love and War 28 May 2003
E08 The Education of Gore Vidal 30 Jul 2003
► Season 15 8 episodes
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E01 Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows 27 Sep 2000
E02 Mailer on Mailer 04 Oct 2000
E03 On Cukor 22 Nov 2000
E04 Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy 03 Dec 2000
E05 Bob Marley: Rebel Music 14 Feb 2001
E06 Alfred Stieglitz: The Eloquent Eye 16 Apr 2001
E07 A Conversation with Gregory Peck 18 Apr 2001
E08 Edward Curtis: Coming to Light 23 Apr 2001
► Season 12 6 episodes
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E01 The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg 17 Sep 1997
E02 Vaudeville 26 Nov 1997
E03 Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy 04 Feb 1998
E04 Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart 29 Apr 1998
E05 Don Hewitt: 90 Minutes on 60 Minutes 01 May 1998
E06 Alexander Calder 17 Jun 1998
► Season 11 5 episodes
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E01 Lena Horne: In Her Own Words 25 Nov 1996
E02 Danny Kaye: A Legacy of Laughter 10 Dec 1996
E03 Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde 09 Apr 1997
E04 Jack Paar: As I Was Saying... 07 May 1997
E05 Isamu Noguchi: Stones and Paper 25 Jun 1997
► Season 10 5 episodes
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E01 Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval 29 Nov 1995
E02 William Styron: The Way of the Writer 22 Jan 1996
E03 Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light 24 Jan 1996
E04 Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud 10 Apr 1996
E05 Nichols & May: Take Two 22 May 1996
► Season 9 4 episodes
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E01 Rediscovering Will Rogers 30 Nov 1994
E02 Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage 19 Dec 1994
E03 Plácido Domingo: A Musical Life 15 Feb 1995
E04 Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul 22 Mar 1995
► Season 8 2 episodes
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E01 Benny Goodman: Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing 08 Dec 1993
E02 Martha Graham: Revolt and Passion 13 May 1994
► Season 7 3 episodes
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E01 Paul Simon: Born at the Right Time 14 Mar 1993
E02 George Lucas: Heroes, Myths & Magic 17 Mar 1993
E03 D.W. Griffith: Father of Film 24 Mar 1993