Great Performances: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Great Performances is a television series devoted to the performing arts, has been telecast on PBS since 1972. The show is produced by WNET in New York City. It is one of the longest running performing arts anthologies on television, second only to Hallmark Hall of Fame. Great Performances presents concerts, ballet, opera, an occasional documentary, and plays. The series has also won many television awards, including an Emmy Award, a Peabody Award, and an Image Award, with nods from the Directors Guild of America and the Cinema Audio Society.

Series details

• Title: Great Performances
• Format: Variety
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1972-11-04
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: PBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 105 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 6629
• IMDb ID: tt0159876
• TVDB ID: 76548

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1972-11-04; final listed air date 1973-02-12.
• Season 2: premiered 1974-01-23; final listed air date 1974-05-22.
• Season 3: premiered 1974-10-16; final listed air date 1975-04-30.
• Season 4: premiered 1975-10-08; final listed air date 1975-11-19.
• Season 5: premiered 1976-10-12; final listed air date 1976-10-12.
• Season 9: premiered 1976-01-01; final listed air date 1980-11-24.
• Season 11: premiered 1979-07-30; final listed air date 1979-07-30.
• Season 12: premiered 1983-10-03; final listed air date 1983-10-03.
• Season 13: premiered 1984-11-21; final listed air date 1985-03-22.
• Season 14: premiered 1985-11-08; final listed air date 1986-05-09.
• Season 15: premiered 1987-02-07; final listed air date 1987-02-07.
• Season 16: premiered 1988-02-02; final listed air date 1988-02-02.
• Season 17: premiered 1989-11-24; final listed air date 1989-11-24.
• Season 18: premiered 1989-12-28; final listed air date 1989-12-28.
• Season 19: premiered 1990-06-04; final listed air date 1990-06-04.
• Season 21: premiered 1992-04-18; final listed air date 1993-05-26.
• Season 22: premiered 1993-10-08; final listed air date 1994-05-18.
• Season 23: premiered 1994-11-23; final listed air date 1995-01-25.
• Season 24: premiered 1995-10-25; final listed air date 1996-03-01.
• Season 25: premiered 1997-01-29; final listed air date 1997-01-29.
• Season 26: premiered 1997-12-03; final listed air date 1998-06-10.
• Season 27: premiered 1998-09-30; final listed air date 1999-03-12.
• Season 28: premiered 1999-10-20; final listed air date 2000-03-04.
• Season 29: premiered 2000-10-16; final listed air date 2001-08-29.
• Season 30: premiered 2001-12-11; final listed air date 2002-03-21.
• Season 31: premiered 2002-11-30; final listed air date 2003-08-10.
• Season 32: premiered 2004-08-09; final listed air date 2004-08-09.
• Season 33: premiered 2005-01-12; final listed air date 2005-08-07.
• Season 34: premiered 2005-10-05; final listed air date 2006-07-02.
• Season 35: premiered 2006-08-28; final listed air date 2007-08-29.

Source and licence

Adapted from Great Performances on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.