American Playhouse Season 9

American Playhouse Season 9 has quietly become one of the more dependable comedies currently available. The show says what it needs to say in a single season, no filler. 8 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. The comic timing across the cast is what makes it work. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

American Playhouse Season 9 arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. American Playhouse Season 9 does what great comedies rarely manage — it is actually funny, consistently, across the whole run. Season 9 of American Playhouse includes 18 episodes. It aired from January 1990 to July 1990. Episodes include "Sensibility and Sense", "Women and Wallace", "The Wizard of Loneliness". It was aired in 1990. What keeps American Playhouse Season 9 from feeling disposable is a cast that clearly understands the material better than the format usually demands. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

If you need a comedy that actually makes you laugh, American Playhouse Season 9 is a strong candidate. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. The ensemble has the timing to make even minor scenes worth watching. A reliable pick for any night you want quality comedy without the homework.

🎬 American Playhouse Season 9 — Episode Guide

Sensibility and Sense

1990-01-24

Three friends, once bonded over their radical beliefs in the 1930s, reunite after becoming estranged over a book one of them wrote.

Women and Wallace

1990-01-31

After his mother's suicide, Wallace Kirkman struggles in his relationships with the women in his life.

The Wizard of Loneliness

1990-02-07

After his mother dies and father goes to fight in World War II, young Wendall Oler moves in with his aunt and uncle in the countryside. Lonely, he starts believing he has superpowers. Then a 'dead' man shows up.

Zora Is My Name!

1990-02-14

A celebration of the life of Zora Neale Hurston, who was born at the turn of the 20th-century and grew to be an important voice with her written portrayals of Black American life in the rural south of the 1930s and 40s, and the stories, songs and folklore that were her heritage and inspiration.

In a Shallow Grave

1990-02-21

Disfigured WWII veteran Garnet Montrose returns from Guadacanal and enlists a drifter to court his former sweetheart through letters, leading to a complex love triangle with unexpected romantic developments.

Andre's Mother

1990-03-07

Katherine Gerard has lost her son Andre to AIDS. At his memorial service, we follow Katherine confronting the death of her son, the anguish of his lover Cal Porter, and, in flashbacks, the key moments of denial and miscommunication with those closest to her.

The Wash

1990-03-21

Nobu Matsumoto is a neglectful husband. Not the most loving man. His wife Masi gradually encounters a widower, a kind, gentle figure. She eventually makes the transition to leave her husband and go to this fellow.

Triple Play

1990-03-28

A trio of short films by Chanticleer Films and Columbia Pictures: Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (an older widower accidentally stumbles into a lively, eccentric male dance class in a desolate mall, finding a new lease on life); Teach 109 (futuristic surgeons practice their skill on androids des...

Break of Dawn

1990-04-11

In 1930s Los Angeles, Mexican immigrant Pedro J. González becomes a pioneering Spanish-language radio star before being wrongly convicted and imprisoned at San Quentin.

E10

Prisoners of Inertia

1990-04-25

Indecisive newlyweds get into a series of misadventures while on a day trip from Manhattan to Hoboken, New Jersey.

E11

Eat a Bowl of Tea

1990-05-02

An American-Chinese man brings over his wife from China to America, but the challenges of making a living and adjusting to a new life, plus the attentions of a gambler threaten their marriage.

E12

All God's Dangers

1990-05-09

Ned Shaw recounts his life as an illiterate Black tenant farmer born into a society of former slaves and slaveholders. The story ends in December 1932 when he courageously stood his ground against white deputy sheriffs who were attempting to seize a neighbor's livestock.

E13

Sidewalk Stories

1990-05-16

A New York City street artist rescues a baby girl after her father is murdered. He then sets off to find the mother, but has to first learn how to care for the child. Ultimately, he ends up in a horse-drawn chase for the murderers.

E14

Bloodhounds of Broadway

1990-05-23

On New Year's Eve 1928, in the New York underworld, a gambler sells his body to science, a gangster needs a transfusion, and a gambler is on the run

E15

Where the Spirit Lives

1990-06-06

In 1937, a young First Nations girl named Ashtecome is kidnapped along with several other children from a village as part of a deliberate Canadian policy to force First Nations children to abandon their culture in order to be assimilated into white Canadian/British society. Taken to a boarding schoo...

E16

An Enemy of the People

1990-06-13

When a scientist learns that his town's lucrative springs present a serious health threat, the community refuses to listen to him.

E17

Separation

1990-06-27

When neurologically ill American actress Sarah calls emotionally crippled English playwright Joe, they begin a very special relationship conducted through trans-Antlantic phone calls. In order to face reality, both must overcome their conditions.

E18

Hyde in Hollywood

1990-07-06

In 1939, closeted director/actor Julian Hyde finds himself targeted by vicious and unscrupulous attacks by a gossip column by the name of Hollywood Confidential.

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