About this season
American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
Episodes (25)
1. The Shady Hill Kidnapping
Aired 12 January 1982 • 60 min
John Cheever's comedy of a supposedly kidnapped 5-year-old boy. At first the police aren't interested until a ransom note is discovered. Then the town goes into action to support the finding of Toby.
2. King of America
Aired 19 January 1982 • 60 min
3. Seguin
Aired 26 January 1982 • 60 min
4. Who Am I This Time?
Aired 2 February 1982 • 60 min
From a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. Christopher Walken is a shy hardware store employee. But whenever he takes a part in a local amateur theater production, he becomes the part completely--while on screen. Susan Sarandon is new in town, a lonely itenerant telephone company employee. On a whim, she auditions for and gets the part of Stella to Walken's Stanley when the theater group does A Streetcar Named Desire. Before anyone realizes the problem, she falls deeply in love with the sexy brute, not knowing what the real man is like.
5. Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine
9.0Aired 9 February 1982 • 60 min
6. Come Along With Me
Aired 16 February 1982 • 60 min
Mabel Lederer is a recently widowed woman who sells all her belongings and leaves her home to start a new life. Mabel believes she has powers to see into the future and to conduct seances. She changes her name to 'Angela Motorman' and moves into a boarding house where she interacts with the strange residents.
7. For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf
Aired 23 February 1982 • 60 min
8. Echoes and Silences
Aired 2 March 1982 • 60 min
9. Fifth of July
4.8Aired 9 March 1982 • 60 min
10. The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
Aired 16 March 1982 • 60 min
The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters is a 1982 comedy drama TV movie written by Jean Shepherd and directed by Richard Bartlett.
11. Pilgrim Farewell
Aired 23 March 1982 • 60 min
12. Northern Lights
Aired 30 March 1982 • 60 min
13. Medal of Honor Rag
Aired 6 April 1982 • 60 min
14. Working
Aired 13 April 1982 • 60 min
15. Weekend
10.0Aired 20 April 1982 • 60 min
Weekend is a TV episode of American Playhouse directed by Paul Bogart.
16. Private Contentment
Aired 27 April 1982 • 60 min
17. My Palikari
Aired 4 May 1982 • 60 min
18. Oppenheimer (1)
Aired 11 May 1982 • 60 min
19. Oppenheimer (2)
Aired 18 May 1982 • 60 min
20. Oppenheimer (3)
Aired 25 May 1982 • 60 min
21. Oppenheimer (4)
Aired 1 June 1982 • 60 min
22. Oppenheimer (5)
Aired 8 June 1982 • 60 min
23. Oppenheimer (6)
Aired 15 June 1982 • 60 min
24. Oppenheimer (7)
Aired 22 June 1982 • 60 min
25. The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Aired 29 June 1982 • 60 min