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Since its premiere in 1986, AMERICAN MASTERS has been the only PBS series committed to developing and producing comprehensive film biographies about the broad cast of characters who comprise our cultural history.

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American Masters
Full episodes
14 VIDEOS

Johnny Carson: King of Late Night
2:00:00 Air Date 05/14/12

Harper Lee: Hey, Boo
1:24:39 Air Date 04/02/12

Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel
56:06 Air Date 04/02/12

Cab Calloway: Sketches
54:39 Air Date 02/27/12

Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
1:25:46 Air Date 01/23/12

Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter
1:25:10 Air Date 12/19/11

Pearl Jam Twenty
1:54:21 Air Date 12/09/11 Expires 06/20/12

Bill T. Jones: A Good Man
1:23:11 Air Date 11/11/11

John Muir in the New World
1:23:16 Air Date 04/18/11

Troubadours
1:24:39 Air Date 03/02/11

Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
1:24:40 Air Date 01/12/11

A Letter to Elia
1:25:40 Air Date 10/04/10
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Previews
21 VIDEOS

Johnny Carson: King of Late Night Preview
0:30 Air Date 05/14/12

Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel
1:31 Air Date 04/02/12

Harper Lee: Hey, Boo
1:49 Air Date 04/02/12

Cab Calloway: Sketches
0:30 Air Date 02/27/12

Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
2:11 Air Date 01/23/12

Troubadours - Preview
0:30 Air Date 12/30/11

Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter
2:17 Air Date 12/19/11

Woody Allen: A Documentary
2:19 Air Date 11/20/11

Bill T. Jones: A Good Man
2:55 Air Date 11/11/11

Pearl Jam Twenty
3:00 Air Date 10/21/11

A Letter to Elia - Preview
0:30 Air Date 09/16/11

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song - Preview
0:30 Air Date 08/26/11
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Shorts
118 VIDEOS

Outtake: Drew Carey and Ray Romano
1:50 Air Date 05/14/12

"Carson's Cellar"
1:04 Air Date 05/14/12

Outtake: Jerry Seinfeld and Garry Shandling
1:36 Air Date 05/14/12

Johnny and Ed
2:11 Air Date 05/14/12

Outtake: Joan Rivers
0:40 Air Date 05/14/12

Johnny’s Toughest Critic
1:36 Air Date 05/14/12

Outtake: Doc Severinsen
1:38 Air Date 05/14/12

Johnny’s Master Comedic Skill
2:07 Air Date 05/14/12

Coronation of the King
1:54 Air Date 05/14/12

Outtake: Steve Martin
2:01 Air Date 05/14/12

Richard Russo on To Kill a Mockingbird
3:34 Air Date 04/02/12

Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize Night
3:25 Air Date 04/02/12
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