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Rated Episodes

# Episode User
Rating		 User
Votes
19.7  No Direction Home: Bob Dylan 8.4 8,443
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.4/10 X  
24.3  The Doors: When You're Strange 7.6 4,555
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  
20.7  Sketches of Frank Gehry 7.0 1,160
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.0/10 X  
14.7  The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation 7.2 556
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X  
25.7  Woody Allen: A Documentary 8.3 383
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10 X  
18.3  Cary Grant: A Class Apart 8.2 352
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10 X  
24.6  A Letter to Elia 7.4 336
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  
2.2  Directed by William Wyler 7.9 301
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X  
24.7  LennoNYC 7.5 277
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X  
15.1  Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows 7.6 269
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  
15.6  A Conversation with Gregory Peck 7.6 241
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  
20.8  Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens 7.5 239
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X  
14.1  Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood 7.7 225
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X  
20.6  Andy Warhol: A Documentary 7.5 202
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X  
16.8  Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer 7.7 180
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X  
12.1  The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg 7.4 163
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  
12.4  Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart 7.4 159
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  
18.5  Judy Garland: By Myself 8.4 133
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.4/10 X  
16.1  Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies 8.1 121
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10 X  
22.4  You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story 8.1 121
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10 X  
7.2  George Lucas: Heroes, Myths and Magic 5.2 114
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.2/10 X  
15.5  Bob Marley: Rebel Music 7.9 113
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X  
17.7  Robert Capa: In Love and War 6.9 106
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X  
4.9  Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius 8.3 91
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10 X  
5.1  Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer 7.7 78
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X  
10.1  Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval 7.2 76
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X  
13.3  Paul Robeson: Here I Stand 7.2 74
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X  
21.3  Les Paul: Chasing Sound 7.3 69
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X  
7.3  D.W. Griffith: Father of Film 8.1 66
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10 X  
10.3  Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light 7.7 60
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X  
15.3  On Cukor 8.1 60
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10 X  
17.5  Joni Mitchell: A Woman of Heart and Mind 7.2 60
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X  
15.4  Finding Lucy 8.1 58
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10 X  
23.7  Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound 7.7 58
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X  
20.1  John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend 7.1 57
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X  
18.7  Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues 7.1 55
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X  
26.5  Johnny Carson: King of Late Night 8.1 54
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10 X  
14.5  Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light 7.0 53
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.0/10 X  
18.1  None Without Sin 8.2 52
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10 X  
23.5  Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes 7.3 52
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X  
5.3  Martin Scorsese Directs 6.2 50
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.2/10 X  
4.7  Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition 6.7 49
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10 X  
20.4  Marilyn Monroe: Still Life 7.8 47
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X  
21.9  Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character 7.4 46
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  
5.4  You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story 6.9 45
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X  
-  Inventing David Geffen 8.1 44
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.1/10 X  
21.2  Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built 7.3 43
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X  
1.1  Private Conversations: On the Set of 'Death of a Salesman' 6.8 42
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X  
25.2  Troubadours: Carole King/James Taylor & the Rise of the Singer-Songwriter 7.5 41
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X  
5.7  Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret 6.5 39
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.5/10 X  
13.1  Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note 7.6 39
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  
16.5  Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records 7.5 38
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X  
11.3  Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant Garde 7.6 37
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  
14.3  Ella Fitzgerald: Something to Live For 8.0 37
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.0/10 X  
19.4  Bob Newhart: Unbuttoned 6.7 37
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10 X  
15.8  Coming to Light: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indians 7.8 35
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X  
21.6  Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends 7.7 35
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X  
4.4  James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket 7.4 34
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  
15.7  Alfred Stieglitz: The Eloquent Eye 7.5 34
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X  
2.9  The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table 7.8 32
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X  
19.6  Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea 6.2 32
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.2/10 X  
13.6  Dashiell Hammett: Detective, Writer 7.9 31
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X  
19.1  James Dean: Sense Memories 7.4 31
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  
20.3  Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home 7.8 30
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X  
23.8  Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind 'Little Women' 7.3 30
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X  
12.3  Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy 7.6 29
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  
17.6  Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied 6.3 29
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.3/10 X  
17.8  The Education of Gore Vidal 6.9 29
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X  
2.5  George Gershwin Remembered 7.6 28
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  
5.5  Edward R. Murrow: This Reporter 7.7 28
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X  
21.8  Good Ol' Charles Schulz 7.3 27
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X  
6.3  A. Einstein: How I See the World 6.6 26
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.6/10 X  
3.4  Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul 7.5 24
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X  
11.1  Lena Horne: In Her Own Voice 7.9 24
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X  
13.7  Yours for a Song: The Women of Tin Pan Alley 7.4 24
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  
20.5  Walter Cronkite: Witness to History 7.1 24
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X  
11.4  Jack Paar: 'As I Was Saying...' 7.8 23
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X  
12.2  Vaudeville 7.6 23
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  
1.10  Eugene O'Neill: A Glory of Ghosts 7.8 22
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X  
8.2  Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed 7.6 22
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  
16.3  Richard Rodgers: The Sweetest Sounds 7.4 22
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  
22.2  Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun 7.7 22
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X  
4.5  Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker 7.4 21
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  
9.4  Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul 7.0 21
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.0/10 X  
11.2  Danny Kaye: A Legacy of Laughter 7.0 21
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.0/10 X  
18.2  James Brown: Soul Survivor 5.4 21
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.4/10 X  
19.5  Willa Cather: The Road Is All 7.8 21
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X  
25.1  Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides 7.2 21
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X  
13.5  The Lives of Lillian Hellman 7.7 20
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X  
16.7  Ralph Ellison: An American Journey 6.9 20
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X  
23.4  Neil Young: Don't Be Denied 7.6 20
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  
6.8  Ray Charles: The Genius of Soul 7.2 19
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X  
23.1  Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About 7.7 19
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X  
24.4  Merle Haggard: Learning to Live with Myself 7.2 19
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X  
18.8  Julia Child! America's Favorite Chef 7.7 18
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.7/10 X  
19.2  Sweet Honey in the Rock: Raise Your Voice 6.8 18
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X  
22.3  Marvin Gaye: What's Going On 6.9 18
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X  
16.2  F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams 6.2 17
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.2/10 X  
10.4  Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud 6.9 16
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X  
6.9  Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey 7.5 15
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X  
8.1  Benny Goodman: Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing 7.3 15
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X  
10.5  Nichols and May: Take Two 4.4 15
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4.4/10 X  
6.1  Helen Hayes: First Lady of the American Theatre 6.7 14
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10 X  
7.1  Paul Simon: Born at the Right Time 7.9 14
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X  
9.2  Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage 7.3 14
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X  
20.2  The World of Nat King Cole 5.7 13
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.7/10 X  
2.1  Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer 6.7 12
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10 X  
4.6  Jasper Johns: Ideas in Paint 7.4 12
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  
4.8  W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult 7.8 12
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X  
5.8  John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It 4.5 12
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4.5/10 X  
16.6  Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance 6.0 12
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.0/10 X  
24.1  Sam Cooke: Crossing Over 7.5 12
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X  
12.6  Alexander Calder 6.5 11
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.5/10 X  
17.4  Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution 6.9 11
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X  
-  Mel Brooks: Make a Noise 8.2 10
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.2/10 X  
3.2  A Duke Named Ellington 7.0 9
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.0/10 X  
3.8  Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre 7.6 9
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  
6.5  Frederic Remington: The Truth of Other Days 6.0 9
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.0/10 X  
17.1  Willie Nelson: Still Is Still Moving 6.6 9
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.6/10 X  
25.8  The Architect & the Painter: The Creative Lives of Ray & Charles Eames 7.3 9
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X  
26.3  Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & to Kill a Mockingbird 6.2 9
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.2/10 X  
6.4  Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One 7.5 8
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.5/10 X  
2.10  Buster Keaton: Hard Act to Follow 5.9 7
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.9/10 X  
4.2  Stella Adler: Awake and Dream! 6.6 7
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.6/10 X  
11.5  Isamu Noguchi: Stones and Paper 5.9 7
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.9/10 X  
21.1  Novel Reflections: The American Dream 5.6 7
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.6/10 X  
6.2  Miracle on 44th Street: A Portrait of the Actors Studio 7.2 6
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X  
13.4  Robert Rauschenberg: Inventive Genius 5.6 6
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.6/10 X  
2.3  Rubinstein Remembered 5.8 5
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.8/10 X  
15.2  Mailer on Mailer 2.6 5
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2.6/10 X  
23.3  Hollywood Chinese 7.4 5
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  
24.2  I.M. Pei: Building China Modern 6.3 5
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.3/10 X  

Unrated Episodes

# Episode
1.2  Philip Johnson, Self Portrait
1.3  Katherine Anne Porter: The Eye of Memory
2.4  Nik and Murray
2.6  Maurice Sendak: Mon Cher Papa
2.7  The Negro Ensemble Company
2.8  Unanswered Prayers: The Life and Times of Truman Capote
3.1  Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
3.5  Rivera in America
4.1  Harold Clurman: A Life of Theatre
4.3  Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
5.2  John Cassavetes
5.6  John Hammond: From Bessie Smith to Bruce Springsteen
6.6  Menuhin: A Family Portrait
6.7  Robert Motherwell and the New York School
9.1  Rediscovering Will Rogers
9.3  Plácido Domingo: A Musical Life
10.2  William Styron: The Way of the Writer
12.5  Don Hewitt: 90 Minutes on 60 Minutes
13.2  Episode #13.2
14.2  Norman Rockwell: Painting America
14.4  Episode #14.4
14.6  Isaac Stern: Life's Virtuoso
16.4  Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
17.2  Lon Chaney: The Man of a Thousand Faces
17.3  Juilliard
18.4  Balanchine
18.6  Henry Luce & Time-Life's America: A Vision of Empire
19.3  Episode #19.3
21.4  David Hockney: The Colors of Music
21.5  John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature
21.7  Orozco: Man on Fire
22.1  Pete Seeger: The Power of Song
23.2  Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
23.6  Trumbo
24.5  Cachao: Uno Mas
24.8  Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
25.3  John Muir in the New World
25.4  American Maestro: James Levine
25.5  Episode #25.5
25.6  Bill T. Jones
26.1  Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune
26.2  Cab Calloway: Sketches
27.1  Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock & Roll
-  Billie Holiday: The Long Night of Lady Day
-  Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel
-  The Day Carl Sandburg Died
-  Thomas Eakins: A Motion Portrait