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Great Performances

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The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.

Jan 28, 197153 seasons717 episodesReturning SeriesEN

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Seasons

Season 1

5 episodes

Premiered Jan 28, 1971

Season 2

3 episodes

Premiered Nov 4, 1972

Season 3

10 episodes

Premiered Jan 23, 1974

Season 4

7 episodes

Premiered Jan 5, 1975

Season 5

9 episodes

Premiered Jan 1, 1976

Season 6

4 episodes

Premiered Jan 12, 1977

Season 7

4 episodes

Premiered Jan 25, 1978

Season 8

1 episodes

Premiered Jun 20, 1979

Season 9

3 episodes

Premiered Jan 1, 1980

Season 10

6 episodes

Premiered Jan 5, 1981

Season 11

1 episodes

Premiered Dec 6, 1982

Season 12

9 episodes

Premiered Mar 7, 1983

Season 13

7 episodes

Premiered Oct 11, 1985

Season 14

7 episodes

Premiered Mar 22, 1985

Season 15

6 episodes

Premiered Feb 7, 1986

Season 16

11 episodes

Premiered Jan 1, 1987

Season 17

6 episodes

Premiered Jan 1, 1988

Season 18

9 episodes

Premiered Jan 1, 1989

Season 19

6 episodes

Premiered Jan 1, 1990

Season 20

7 episodes

Premiered Jan 25, 1991

Season 21

9 episodes

Premiered Jan 1, 1992

Season 22

18 episodes

Premiered Sep 8, 1993

Season 23

15 episodes

Premiered Jan 6, 1993

Season 25

9 episodes

Premiered Jan 1, 1994

Season 26

11 episodes

Premiered Jan 1, 1995

Season 27

5 episodes

Premiered Jan 1, 1996

Season 28

10 episodes

Premiered Jan 1, 1997

Season 29

13 episodes

Premiered Jan 1, 1998

Season 30

12 episodes

Premiered Jan 1, 1999

Season 31

7 episodes

Premiered Jan 1, 2000

Season 32

14 episodes

Premiered Jan 1, 2001

Season 33

9 episodes

Premiered Jan 1, 2002

Season 34

12 episodes

Premiered Oct 5, 2005

Season 35

15 episodes

Premiered Jan 1, 2004

Season 36

12 episodes

Premiered Sep 10, 2008

Season 37

14 episodes

Premiered Oct 21, 2009

Season 38

22 episodes

Premiered Oct 27, 2010

Season 39

24 episodes

Premiered Sep 30, 2011

Season 40

18 episodes

Premiered Sep 7, 2012

Season 41

32 episodes

Premiered Sep 20, 2013

Season 42

23 episodes

Premiered Sep 13, 2014

Season 43

16 episodes

Premiered Oct 23, 2015

Season 44

27 episodes

Premiered Oct 14, 2016

Season 45

28 episodes

Premiered Oct 6, 2017

Season 46

29 episodes

Premiered Oct 5, 2018

Season 47

30 episodes

Premiered Sep 20, 2019

Season 48

31 episodes

Premiered Sep 11, 2020

Season 49

33 episodes

Premiered Sep 3, 2021

Season 50

24 episodes

Premiered Sep 16, 2022

Season 51

22 episodes

Premiered Sep 10, 2023

Season 52

24 episodes

Premiered Oct 25, 2024

Season 53

23 episodes

Premiered Oct 3, 2025

Season 54

6 episodes

Premiered Aug 21, 2026

Episodes

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Ep 1

Paradise Lost is a drama by Clifford Odets that takes place during the Depression. The play was originally produced on Broadway by the Group Theatre in 1935. It was also filmed for television broadcast in 1971. The play takes place in an unnamed American city during the Depression: act one on Armistice Day in 1932, act two in March 1934, and act three in April 1935. Odets said of Paradise Lost that he'd hoped that after people see it, "they're going to be glad they're alive."

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Ep 18

Hogan's Goat

Oct 18, 1971

A young Irish ward boss has a chance to be elected mayor, but the disgraced current mayor makes sure the candidate's wife learns about his affair with a just-deceased rich girl.