American Playhouse

Season 8

Anthology series which ran on PBS throughout the 1980s.

A Raisin in the Sun
E1
A Raisin in the SunA substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor Black family.
Ask Me Again
E2
Ask Me AgainThe heroine is a rebellious only child of a stuffy Upper East side family who struggle s to assert her independence. She (and her wildly curly hair) bravely fights her overbearing mother's efforts to tame her, and proudly works in a small esoteric publishing house and has a leftist neighbor/ boyfriend and a wacky best friend. She resists her mother's efforts to set her up with a suitable young man, but eventually finds that she was wrong about him.
Stacking
E3
Stacking
My American Cousin
E4
My American Cousin
Love and Other Sorrows
E5
Love and Other Sorrows
Stand and Deliver
E6
Stand and Deliver
The Silence at Bethany
E7
The Silence at Bethany
The Lawrenceville Stories 3: The Beginning of the Firm
E8
The Lawrenceville Stories 3: The Beginning of the Firm
Life Under Water
E9
Life Under WaterYoung man, who can't get along with the rest of the world, especially his mother, decides to try to take his life in his own hands.
The Diaries of Adam and Eve
E10
The Diaries of Adam and Eve
The Meeting
E11
The MeetingFictional meeting between Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X in Harlem in the early '60's.
A Walk in the Woods
E12
A Walk in the Woods
Big Time
E13
Big Time
The Thin Blue Line
E14
The Thin Blue Line
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
E15
Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss
Imagining America
E16
Imagining America