American Playhouse ratings (TV show, 1980-1994)

Name: American Playhouse
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Released: 1980
Rating: 7.7

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Rank	3,958 / 29,938
Trend	16
Genres	Comedy, Romance, Drama
Seasons	12
Episodes	104
Total votes	13,221
Average votes	127
Average rating	7.7 / 10

Anthology series which ran on PBS throughout the 1980s.

Directors: Alan Bridges, Alastair Reid, Allan A. Goldstein, Amram Nowak, Andrew Grieve, Anthony Drazan, Anthony Herrera, Barbara Kopple, Barry Crane, Barry Davis, Bill Duke, Charles Lane, Charles S. Dubin, David Hugh Jones, Dezsö Magyar, Don Scardino, Edward Lachman, Emile Ardolino, Eric Till, Frank Galati, Fred Barzyk, George C. Wolfe, Gordon Parks, Gwen Arner, Herbert Wise, Howard Cummings, James Ivory, James Lapine, Jan Egleson, Jeff Bleckner, Jerry Zaks, Jesús Salvador Treviño, Jill Godmilow, Joanne Woodward, Joel Oliansky, John Hanson, John Jacobs, John Lone, John Stix, Jon Robin Baitz, Jonathan Demme, Jonathan Sanger, Kirk Browning, Lloyd Richards, Mark Cullingham, Martin Rosen, Matt Mahurin, Michael Roemer, Nell Cox, Noel Black, Norman René, Oz Scott, Paul Bogart, Paul Watson, Perry Miller Adato, Perry Rosemond, Peter H. Hunt, Philip Leacock, Ralph Bakshi, Ralph Rosenblum, Richard Bartlett, Rob Nilsson, Robert Allan Ackerman, Robert Deubel, Robert Iscove, Robert M. Young, Stan Lathan, Stephen Schwartz, Terry Hughes, Tina Rathborne, Trevor Nunn, Tristram Powell, Victor Lobl, Victor Nunez, Vivian Matalon, William Asher, William Woodman Writers: Alma Reville, Américo Paredes, Ann Beattie, Anna Deavere Smith, Anthony Berkeley, Anthony Herrera, Arthur Kopit, Arthur Miller, Barry Levinson, Brandon Thomas, Carl Sandburg, Clifford Odets, Corinne Jacker, Craig Lucas, Cynthia A. Cherbak, David Birney, Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward, Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar Lee Masters, Ernest Kinoy, Eudora Welty, Eugene O'Neill, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Frank Galati, George Kirgo, Grace McKeaney, Guy Gallo, Harold Brodkey, Henry Denker, Henry James, Hisaye Yamamoto, Hortense Calisher, Horton Foote, Hugh Whitemore, Isaac Bashevis Singer, James Baldwin, James Lapine, Jan Hartman, Jan Jaffe Kahn, Jane Austen, Jay Presson Allen, Jean Shepherd, Jesús Salvador Treviño, Jill Godmilow, Joan Harrison, Joanne Woodward, John Cheever, John D. MacDonald, John D. Weaver, John Ford Noonan, John Guare, John Hanson, John Steinbeck, John Updike, John Varley, Jon Robin Baitz, Jonathan Lynn, Jonathan Marc Sherman, Jose Rivera, Kate Chopin, Katherine Anne Porter, Ken Rotcop, Kenneth Cavander, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Lanford Wilson, Lee Kalcheim, Lee Seldes, Leslie Lee, Lewis Carroll, Lorraine Hansberry, Louis Nizer, Mark Magill, Mark Twain, Mary Eleanor Freeman, Michael Genet, Michael Roemer, Myrlie Evers-Williams, Nathanael West, Ntozake Shange, O. Henry, Ossie Davis, Owen Johnson, Paul Shyre, Philip H. Reisman Jr., Philip Roth, Ralph Bakshi, Ray Bradbury, Reynolds Price, Richard Kiley, Richard Nelson, Rob Nilsson, Robert Anderson, Robert Browning, Robert Enders, Robert M. Young, Ron Friedman, Ron Milner, Ronald Ribman, Ruby Dee, Rudyard Kipling, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Sam Shepard, Samm-Art Williams, Samson Raphaelson, Shirley Jackson, Solomon Northup, Stephen Schwartz, Stephen Vincent Benet, Studs Terkel, T.S. Eliot, Tennessee Williams, Terrence McNally, Thornton Wilder, Tina Howe, Tina Rathborne, Tom Cole, Tony Kushner, Trevor Nunn, Tristram Powell, Truman Capote, Victor Nunez, Warren Adler, Willa Cather, William Peters, Zora Neale Hurston

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