Great Performances

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.

Seasons

53

Episodes aired

713

Latest aired

S53E25

Total runtime

7d 7h

Timeline when each season aired

1. Season 1 January 1971 – October 1971 5 episodes
2. Season 2 November 1972 – February 1974 3 episodes
3. Season 3 January 1974 – December 1974 10 episodes
4. Season 4 January 1975 – July 1975 7 episodes
5. Season 5 January 1976 – December 1976 9 episodes
6. Season 6 January 1977 – July 1977 4 episodes
7. Season 7 January 1978 – November 1978 4 episodes
8. Season 8 June 1979 1 episode
9. Season 9 January 1980 – November 1980 3 episodes
10. Season 10 January 1981 – November 1981 6 episodes
11. Season 11 December 1982 1 episode
12. Season 12 March 1983 – June 1985 9 episodes
13. Season 13 December 1984 – November 1986 7 episodes
14. Season 14 March 1985 – December 1985 7 episodes
15. Season 15 February 1986 – November 1986 6 episodes
16. Season 16 January 1987 – December 1987 11 episodes
17. Season 17 January 1988 – November 1988 6 episodes
18. Season 18 January 1989 – December 1989 9 episodes
19. Season 19 January 1990 – May 1990 6 episodes
20. Season 20 January 1991 – December 1991 7 episodes
21. Season 21 January 1992 – December 1992 9 episodes
22. Season 22 September 1993 – October 1994 18 episodes
23. Season 23 January 1993 – December 1993 15 episodes
24. Season 25 January 1994 – November 1994 9 episodes
25. Season 26 January 1995 – December 1995 11 episodes
26. Season 27 January 1996 – December 1996 5 episodes
27. Season 28 January 1997 – December 1997 10 episodes
28. Season 29 January 1998 – December 1998 13 episodes
29. Season 30 January 1999 – December 1999 12 episodes
30. Season 31 January 2000 – March 2003 7 episodes
31. Season 32 January 2001 – December 2001 14 episodes
32. Season 33 January 2002 – December 2002 9 episodes
33. Season 34 February 2003 – July 2006 12 episodes
34. Season 35 January 2004 – December 2007 15 episodes
35. Season 36 November 2005 – July 2009 12 episodes
36. Season 37 July 2006 – September 2010 14 episodes
37. Season 38 October 2010 – September 2011 22 episodes
38. Season 39 September 2011 – September 2012 24 episodes
39. Season 40 September 2012 – September 2013 18 episodes
40. Season 41 September 2013 – September 2014 32 episodes
41. Season 42 September 2014 – September 2015 23 episodes
42. Season 43 October 2015 – September 2016 16 episodes
43. Season 44 October 2016 – September 2017 27 episodes
44. Season 45 October 2017 – September 2018 28 episodes
45. Season 46 October 2018 – September 2019 29 episodes
46. Season 47 September 2019 – June 2021 30 episodes
47. Season 48 September 2020 – September 2021 31 episodes
48. Season 49 September 2021 – September 2022 33 episodes
49. Season 50 September 2022 – August 2023 24 episodes
50. Season 51 September 2023 – May 2024 22 episodes
51. Season 52 October 2024 – September 2025 24 episodes
52. Season 53 October 2025 – August 2026 24 episodes
53. Season 54 September 2026 1 episode

• 1

  S01E01 Episode 1

  January 28 find the promo

• 2

  S01E02 Episode 2

  February 4 find the promo

• 3

  S01E03 Episode 3

  February 25 find the promo

• 7

  S01E07 Paradise Lost

  February 25 · 160min find the promo

  Show synopsis

  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."

• 18

  S01E18 Hogan's Goat

  October 18 find the promo

  Show synopsis

  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.