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American Masters ratings (TV show, 1985-)

Ratings Votes History Episodes
American Masters
Rank 3,440 / 33,600
Trend 13
Genres Documentary, Biography, Music, History
Seasons 39
Episodes 283
Total votes 54,225
Average votes 192
Average rating 7.5 / 10

Since its premiere in 1986, this Emmy-winning documentary series has presented hundreds of hours comprising profiles of outstanding American cultural artists. Past subjects have included Charlie Chaplin, Helen Hayes, pop icon Andy Warhol, singer Billie Holiday, and Composer and Conductor Leonard Bernstein.

Directors: Allan Albert, Amram Nowak, Andy Harries, Arthur Dong, Avon Kirkland, Barbara Kopple, Bruce Ricker, Bruce Sinofsky, Charlotte Zwerin, Christian Blackwood, Christopher Swann, David Gill, DeWitt Sage, Elaine May, Eugene Corr, Gail Levin, Gene Lasko, George Scott, George Stevens Jr., Hiro Narita, Ian A. Hunt, Jeremy Marre, Jim Brown, John Antonelli, Jon Brewer, Joyce Chopra, Ken Harrison, Kenneth Bowser, Kevin Bright, Kevin Brownlow, Kirk Simon, Kristi Zea, Lee Grant, Marcie Begleiter, Marilyn Mellowes, Martin Scorsese, Mel Stuart, Merrill Brockway, Michael Pressman, Mick Csáky, Morgan Neville, Nancy Buirski, Nick Davis, Perry Miller Adato, Peter Askin, Ric Burns, Richard Schickel, Shane Salerno, St. Clair Bourne, St. Clair Bourne, Stanley Nelson, Sydney Pollack, Terry Benes, Terry Carter, Terry Sanders, Tony Palmer, Vikram Jayanti, William Karel Writers: A. Scott Berg, Allan Albert, Arthur Dong, Avon Kirkland, Brian Funck, Brooks Haxton, Charlotte Zwerin, Colin Escott, Dan Morgenstern, Dave Kehr, David Gill, DeWitt Sage, Edgar Allan Poe, Eugene Corr, Eugene O'Neill, Flannery O'Connor, Gail Levin, Garrison Keillor, James Sanders, Jan Hartman, John Crowley, John F. Goff, Joyce Chopra, Katherine Anne Porter, Ken Harrison, Kenneth Bowser, Kenneth Silverman, Kevin Brownlow, Marcie Begleiter, Marilyn Mellowes, Martin Scorsese, Morgan Neville, Nancy Buirski, Nelson George, Nick Davis, Paul Shyre, Ralph Ellison, Ric Burns, Richard Schickel, Robert Mundi, Rosamond Bernier, Steve Lawson, Terry Benes, Vivian Perlis, William Karel
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