American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and others who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.
| Title | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Private Conversations: On the Set of 'Death of a Salesman' | 1986-06-23 |
| 2 | Philip Johnson, Self Portrait | 1986-06-30 |
| 3 | Katherine Anne Porter: The Eye of Memory | 1986-07-07 |
| 4 | The Unknown Chaplin (1) | 1986-07-14 |
| 5 | The Unknown Chaplin (2) | 1986-07-21 |
| 6 | The Unknown Chaplin (3) | 1986-07-28 |
| 7 | Billie Holiday: The Long Night of Lady Day | 1986-08-04 |
| 8 | James Levine: A Life in Music | 1986-08-11 |
| 9 | Aaron Copland: A Self Portrait | 1986-08-18 |
| 10 | Thomas Eakins: A Motion Portrait | 1986-08-25 |
| 11 | Georgia O'Keeffe | 1986-09-01 |
| 12 | Eugene O'Neill: A Glory of Ghosts | 1986-09-08 |