American Masters

American Masters is a PBS television show which produces biographies on the artists, actors and writers of the United States that have left a profound impact on the nation's popular culture. It is produced by WNET in New York City. The show debuted on PBS in 1983.

Groups or organizations featured include: Actor's Studio, Algonquin Round Table, Group Theatre, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Women of Tin Pan Alley, Negro Ensemble Company, Juilliard School, the Beat Generation, Sun Records, Vaudeville, and Warner Bros. Pictures.

Contents

1 Personalities Profiled (In Alphabetical Order)
- 1.1 A
- 1.2 B
- 1.3 C
- 1.4 D
- 1.5 E
- 1.6 F
- 1.7 G
- 1.8 H
- 1.9 I
- 1.10 J
- 1.11 K
- 1.12 L
- 1.13 M
- 1.14 N
- 1.15 O
- 1.16 P
- 1.17 Q
- 1.18 R
- 1.19 S
- 1.20 T
- 1.21 U
- 1.22 V
- 1.23 W
- 1.24 X
- 1.25 Y
- 1.26 Z
2 Funding
3 Cultural references
4 External links
5 References

Personalities Profiled (In Alphabetical Order)

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

Funding

National Endowment for the Humanities (2000-2005)
National Endowment for the Arts (1983-present)
Rosland P. Walter (1992-present)
The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations (2009-present)
American Playhouse (2001-present)
Corporation for Public Broadcasting (1983-present)
Viewers Like You (1983-present)
MasterCard (2000-2007)
Apple Inc. (2000-2008)
American Express (1995)

Cultural references

In season 18 of The Simpsons, in the episode Marge Gamer, Homer laments, "Aww, but to get that DVD, I had to become a PBS subscriber. Now I'm paying for crap like American Masters!"^[1]

External links

PBS: American Masters

References

^ http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Simpsons/Season_18

Categories: Programs produced by Thirteen/WNET New York | Non-fiction television series | Lists of American people | PBS network shows

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