Specials
1 episode
Poster not found
Premiere ~ 1
October 07, 1985
Season 1
12 episodes
Private Conversations: On the Set of 'Death of a Salesman' ~ 1
June 23, 1986
Philip Johnson, Self Portrait ~ 2
June 30, 1986
Katherine Anne Porter: The Eye of Memory ~ 3
July 07, 1986
The Unknown Chaplin (1) ~ 4
July 14, 1986
Poster not found
The Unknown Chaplin (2) ~ 5
July 21, 1986
Season 2
10 episodes
Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer ~ 1
July 06, 1987
Directed by William Wyler ~ 2
July 13, 1987
Poster not found
Rubinstein Remembered ~ 3
July 20, 1987
Poster not found
Nik and Murray ~ 4
July 27, 1987
George Gershwin Remembered ~ 5
August 24, 1987
Season 3
8 episodes
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me ~ 1
July 11, 1988
A Duke Named Ellington ~ 2
July 18, 1988
Andre Kertesz of the Cities ~ 3
August 08, 1988
Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul ~ 4
August 22, 1988
Rivera in America ~ 5
August 29, 1988
Season 4
10 episodes
Poster not found
Harold Clurman: A Life of Theatre ~ 1
July 03, 1989
Poster not found
Stella Adler: Awake and Dream! ~ 2
July 10, 1989
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong ~ 3
July 31, 1989
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket ~ 4
August 14, 1989
Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker ~ 5
August 17, 1989
Season 5
8 episodes
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer ~ 1
July 02, 1990
Poster not found
John Cassavetes ~ 2
July 09, 1990
Martin Scorsese Directs ~ 3
July 16, 1990
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story ~ 4
July 23, 1990
Edward R. Murrow: This Reporter ~ 5
July 30, 1990
Season 6
9 episodes
Helen Hayes: First Lady of the American Theatre ~ 1
July 01, 1991
Miracle on 44th Street: A Portrait of the Actor's Studio ~ 2
July 08, 1991
A. Einstein: How I See the World ~ 3
July 22, 1991
Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One ~ 4
July 29, 1991
Frederic Remington: The Truth of Other Days ~ 5
August 05, 1991
Season 7
3 episodes
Paul Simon: Born at the Right Time ~ 1
March 14, 1993
George Lucas: Heroes, Myths & Magic ~ 2
March 17, 1993
Poster not found
D.W. Griffith: Father of Film ~ 3
March 24, 1993
Season 8
2 episodes
Benny Goodman: Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing ~ 1
December 08, 1993
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed ~ 2
May 13, 1994
Season 9
4 episodes
Rediscovering Will Rogers ~ 1
November 30, 1994
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage ~ 2
December 19, 1994
Placido Domingo: A Musical Life ~ 3
February 15, 1995
Poster not found
Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul ~ 4
March 22, 1995
Season 10
5 episodes
Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval ~ 1
November 29, 1995
William Styron: The Way of the Writer ~ 2
January 22, 1996
Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light ~ 3
January 24, 1996
Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud ~ 4
April 10, 1996
Nichols and May: Take Two ~ 5
May 22, 1996
Season 11
5 episodes
Lena Horne: In Her Own Voice ~ 1
November 25, 1996
Danny Kaye: A Legacy of Laughter ~ 2
December 10, 1996
Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde ~ 3
April 09, 1997
Jack Paar: As I Was Saying ~ 4
May 07, 1997
Isamu Noguchi: Stones and Paper ~ 5
June 25, 1997
Season 12
6 episodes
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg ~ 1
September 17, 1997
Vaudeville ~ 2
November 26, 1997
Poster not found
Billy Wilder: the Human Comedy ~ 3
February 04, 1998
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart ~ 4
April 29, 1998
Don Hewitt: 90 Minutes on 60 Minutes ~ 5
May 01, 1998
Season 13
7 episodes
Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note ~ 1
October 28, 1998
The Line King: Al Hirschfeld ~ 2
January 06, 1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand ~ 3
February 24, 1999
Robert Rauschenberg: Inventive Genius ~ 4
April 07, 1999
The Lives of Lillian Hellman ~ 5
June 30, 1999
Season 14
7 episodes
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood ~ 1
November 01, 1999
Norman Rockwell: Painting America ~ 2
November 24, 1999
Ella Fitzgerald: Something to Live For ~ 3
December 08, 1999
Paul Taylor: Dancemaker ~ 4
January 05, 2000
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light ~ 5
February 02, 2000
Season 15
8 episodes
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows ~ 1
September 27, 2000
Mailer On Mailer ~ 2
October 04, 2000
On Cukor ~ 3
November 22, 2000
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy ~ 4
December 03, 2000
Bob Marley: Rebel Music ~ 5
February 14, 2001
Season 16
8 episodes
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies ~ 1
October 07, 2001
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams ~ 2
October 14, 2001
Richard Rodgers: The Sweetest Sounds ~ 3
October 21, 2001
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket ~ 4
November 18, 2001
Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records ~ 5
November 28, 2001
Season 17
8 episodes
Willie Nelson: Still Is Still Moving ~ 1
October 02, 2002
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces ~ 2
October 30, 2002
Juilliard ~ 3
January 29, 2003
Alice Waters and her Delicious Revolution ~ 4
March 19, 2003
Joni Mitchell: A Woman of Heart and Mind ~ 5
April 02, 2003
Season 18
8 episodes
Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan and the Blacklist ~ 1
September 03, 2003
James Brown: Soul Survivor ~ 2
October 29, 2003
Cary Grant: A Class Apart ~ 3
January 07, 2004
Balanchine ~ 4
January 14, 2004
Judy Garland: By Myself ~ 5
February 25, 2004
Season 19
8 episodes
James Dean: Sense Memories ~ 1
May 11, 2005
Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice ~ 2
June 29, 2005
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey ~ 3
July 13, 2005
Bob Newhart: Unbuttoned ~ 4
July 20, 2005
Willa Cather: The Road is All ~ 5
September 07, 2005
Season 20
9 episodes
John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend ~ 1
May 10, 2006
The World of Nat King Cole ~ 2
May 17, 2006
Woodie Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home ~ 3
July 12, 2006
Marilyn Monroe: Still Life ~ 4
July 19, 2006
Walter Cronkite: Witness to History ~ 5
July 26, 2006
Season 21
9 episodes
Novel Reflections on the American Dream ~ 1
April 04, 2007
Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built ~ 2
April 11, 2007
Les Paul: Chasing Sound ~ 3
July 11, 2007
David Hockney: The Colors of Music ~ 4
July 18, 2007
John James Audubon: Drawn From Nature ~ 5
July 25, 2007
Season 22
9 episodes
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song ~ 1
February 27, 2008
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun ~ 2
April 09, 2008
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On ~ 3
May 07, 2008
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story: You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet (1923-1935) ~ 4
September 23, 2008
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story: Good War, Uneasy Peace (1935-1950) ~ 5
September 23, 2008
Season 23
8 episodes
Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About ~ 1
February 18, 2009
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts ~ 2
April 08, 2009
Hollywood Chinese ~ 3
May 27, 2009
Neil Young: Don't Be Denied ~ 4
June 10, 2009
Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes ~ 5
July 01, 2009
Season 24
8 episodes
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over ~ 1
January 11, 2010
I.M. Pei: Building China Modern ~ 2
March 31, 2010
The Doors: When You're Strange ~ 3
May 12, 2010
Merle Haggard: Learning to Live with Myself ~ 4
June 21, 2010
Cachao: Uno Más ~ 5
September 20, 2010
Season 25
9 episodes
Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides ~ 1
January 12, 2011
Troubadors: Carole King/James Taylor & the Rise of the Singer-Songwriter ~ 2
March 02, 2011
John Muir in the New World ~ 3
April 18, 2011
James Levine: America's Maestro ~ 4
June 01, 2011
Pearl Jam Twenty ~ 5
October 21, 2011
Season 26
8 episodes
Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune ~ 1
January 23, 2012
Cab Calloway: Sketches ~ 2
February 27, 2012
Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel ~ 3
April 02, 2012
Harper Lee: Hey, Boo ~ 4
April 02, 2012
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night ~ 5
May 14, 2012
Season 27
5 episodes
Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock & Roll ~ 1
February 22, 2013
Philip Roth: Unmasked ~ 2
March 29, 2013
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise ~ 3
May 20, 2013
Billie Jean King ~ 4
September 10, 2013
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' ~ 5
November 05, 2013
Season 28
10 episodes
Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love ~ 1
December 27, 2013
Salinger ~ 2
January 21, 2014
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth ~ 3
February 07, 2014
A Fierce Green Fire ~ 4
April 22, 2014
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself ~ 5
May 16, 2014
Season 29
8 episodes
Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice ~ 1
January 23, 2015
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand ~ 2
February 20, 2015
Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler ~ 3
April 16, 2015
American Ballet Theatre: A History ~ 4
May 15, 2015
Harper Lee ~ 5
July 10, 2015
Season 30
9 episodes
Mike Nichols ~ 1
January 29, 2016
B.B. King: The Life of Riley ~ 2
February 12, 2016
Carole King: Natural Woman ~ 3
February 19, 2016
Fats Domino and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll ~ 4
February 26, 2016
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl ~ 5
March 04, 2016
Season 31
10 episodes
By Sidney Lumet ~ 1
January 03, 2017
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise ~ 2
February 21, 2017
Patsy Cline ~ 3
March 01, 2017
James Beard: America’s First Foodie ~ 4
May 19, 2017
Jacques Pépin: The Art of Craft ~ 5
May 26, 2017
Season 32
8 episodes
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart ~ 1
January 19, 2018
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story ~ 2
May 18, 2018
Ted Williams: “The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived” ~ 3
July 23, 2018
Artists Flight: Eva Hesse ~ 4
August 31, 2018
Artists Flight: Everybody Knows…Elizabeth Murray ~ 5
September 07, 2018
Season 33
12 episodes
Decoding Watson ~ 1
January 02, 2019
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me ~ 2
February 19, 2019
Charley Pride ~ 3
February 22, 2019
Holly Near: Singing for Our Lives ~ 4
March 01, 2019
Joseph Pulitzer: Voice Of The People ~ 5
April 12, 2019
Season 34
8 episodes
Miles Davis Birth of the Cool ~ 1
March 03, 2020
Mae West: Dirty Blonde ~ 2
June 16, 2020
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am ~ 3
June 01, 2020
Unladylike2020: The Changemakers ~ 4
July 10, 2020
Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip ~ 5
October 20, 2020
Season 35
10 episodes
How It Feels To Be Free ~ 1
January 18, 2021
Flannery ~ 2
March 23, 2021
Twyla Moves ~ 3
March 26, 2021
Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story ~ 4
April 02, 2021
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life ~ 5
April 09, 2021
Season 36
8 episodes
Ailey ~ 1
January 11, 2022
Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands ~ 2
February 08, 2022
Waterman – Duke: Ambassador of Aloha ~ 3
May 10, 2022
Joe Papp in Five Acts ~ 4
June 03, 2022
Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road ~ 5
June 14, 2022
Season 37
9 episodes
Roberta Flack ~ 1
January 24, 2023
Dr. Tony Fauci ~ 2
March 21, 2023
In the Making ~ 3
March 24, 2023
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV ~ 4
May 16, 2023
Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll ~ 5
June 02, 2023
Season 38
4 episodes
HOPPER: An American Love Story ~ 1
January 02, 2024
Moynihan ~ 2
March 29, 2024
The Incomparable Mr. Buckley ~ 3
April 02, 2024
Poster not found
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames ~ 4
August 28, 2024