7.8/1021 votes#1 - The Shady Hill Kidnapping
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/12/1982
No description available
Director: Paul Bogart
Writer: N/A
- 4.5/1029 votes
#2 - King of America
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/19/1982
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1056 votes
#3 - Seguin
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/26/1982
No description available
Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10873 votes
#4 - Who Am I This Time?
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/2/1982
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.
Director: Jonathan Demme
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1051 votes
#5 - Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/9/1982
No description available
Director: Ralph Rosenblum
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/1082 votes
#6 - Come Along With Me
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/16/1982
No description available
Director: Joanne Woodward
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1088 votes
#7 - For colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/23/1982
No description available
Director: Oz Scott
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1017 votes
#8 - Echoes and Silences
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/2/1982
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10152 votes
#9 - Fifth of July
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/9/1982
No description available
Director: Kirk Browning
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10261 votes
#10 - The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/16/1982
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1026 votes
#11 - Pilgrim Farewell
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/23/1982
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#12 - Northern lights
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/30/1982
No description available
Director: Rob Nilsson
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1018 votes
#13 - Medal of Honor Rag
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/6/1982
No description available
Director: Lloyd Richards
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1078 votes
#14 - Working
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 4/13/1982
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#15 - Weekend
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 4/20/1982
Weekend is a TV episode of American Playhouse directed by Paul Bogart.
Director: Paul Bogart
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1019 votes
#16 - Private Contentment
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 4/27/1982
No description available
Director: Vivian Matalon
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1047 votes
#17 - My Palikari
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 5/4/1982
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#18 - Oppenheimer (1)
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 5/11/1982
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#19 - Oppenheimer (2)
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/18/1982
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#20 - Oppenheimer (3)
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/25/1982
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#21 - Oppenheimer (4)
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 6/1/1982
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#22 - Oppenheimer (5)
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 6/8/1982
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#23 - Oppenheimer (6)
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 6/15/1982
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#24 - Oppenheimer (7)
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 6/22/1982
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/101,075 votes
#25 - The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 6/29/1982
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of American Playhouse Season 1
Every episode of American Playhouse Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of American Playhouse Season 1!
American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
Genres:DramaComedy
Network:PBS
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Shady Hill Kidnapping" is the best rated episode of "American Playhouse" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 21 votes. Directed by Paul Bogart and written by N/A, it aired on 1/12/1982. This episode is rated 3.3 points higher than the second-best, "King of America".