American Masters on PBS

[1986, TV Show]

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An acclaimed series of biographies of artists, writers, filmmakers, musicians and Hollywood stars. Profiles of Alexander Calder, Paul Simon, Charlie Chaplin and music producer John Hammond won Peabody Awards, while films about Edward R. Murrow, Lucille Ball, Buster Keaton, Lillian Gish and Leonard Bernstein (among others) won Emmys, and a study of the Algonquin Round Table won a 1987 Academy Award.

TV King Norman Lear Holds a Masters Class | The Biz | 2/22/2008
Folk singer Pete Seeger was a major part of the soundtrack of the '60s, backing up his music with a lifetime of tireless antiwar and environmental activism. As such he'll be the subject of the next American Masters, which premieres Feb. 27 on PBS. The executive producer of the film is another prominent progressive — legendary TV mogul and philanthropist Norman Lear. The producer of classic sitcoms such as All in the Family, Maude, The Jeffersons, One Day at a Time (we could go on) has been... read more
Roush Review | 4/25/2007
Once upon a not very long time ago, Saturday Night Live had character — make that characters. Wayne and Garth, Han read more
Roush Review | 12/20/2006
Enjoy the holiday break while it lasts, because the moment the clock strikes 2007, TV is back in business, wasting littl read more
Roush Review | 7/19/2006
There?s no taking vacation from summer TV. Used to be everything went mostly dark between May and September. No longer. read more
Roush Review | 7/12/2006
The tucked-away town of Eureka may not be on a map, but you can't miss it. Just turn left at the second wormhole. W read more
Ask Matt | 6/30/2006
Summer TV is always bad, but this summer I find myself watching virtually nothing. OK, I have used the rerun schedule to read more

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Premiered: 1986, on PBS

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Premise: An acclaimed series of biographies of artists, writers, filmmakers, musicians and Hollywood stars. Profiles of Alexander Calder, Paul Simon, Charlie Chaplin and music producer John Hammond won Peabody Awards, while films about Edward R. Murrow, Lucille Ball, Buster Keaton, Lillian Gish and Leonard Bernstein (among others) won Emmys, and a study of the Algonquin Round Table won a 1987 Academy Award.

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