PBS American-content drama (series)

American television anthology series of wide range of genres, from history and drama, to fantasy, and science fiction. Fiction novels, stories, stage plays, fairytales, and historic events are dramatized in each episode.

A dramatic look at Mexican-American family life in East Los Angeles. The series reflected the real issues and community services of the day.

Filmed and televised versions of theater productions, such as plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and concerts from around the world.

Dramatizations of various social issues and ethical dilemmas are presented for the viewer to ponder the resolutions themselves.

Mundo Real, the first Spanish-English bilingual dramatic television series to focus on a Puerto Rican family premieres in 1975. It follows the Blanco family and their exploits from the extraordinary to the mundane.

This ambitious multi-part PBS production brings to life five generations of one of America's leading political and historical families, tracing their lives from John Adams' years as a colonial Boston attorney to the rise in prominence of Brookes Adams in the fields of political and social philosophy. This mini looks into their triumphs and tragedies, exploring their genius and profound social conscience.

Bill Bixby hosts this anthology series featuring serialized adaptations of literary works.

Weekly anthology series of original dramas, often with period settings.

A comedic history show hosted by Steve Allen, where he interviews people playing historical figures.

In the Peña household, language barriers arise, cultures clash... and hilarity ensues!

Drama set in late 19th-century America, following the lives of three families - one wealthy, one middle-class, and a family of poor Irish immigrants.

A zany urban class of students engages in adventures and misadventures each week as their teacher played by Joe Morton tries to save them and ensure they learned a lesson...maybe.

In 17th century Massachusetts, a married woman (whose husband has been absent for years and his whereabouts unknown) has an affair resulting in a child out of wedlock. The puritanical residents of her town condemn her to carry the Scarlet Letter of shame. Then the husband shows up.

This story is about a successful black family who move out of Oakland into a middle-class San Francisco neighborhood.

A 16-part series presenting dramatizations of outstanding short stories of the world.

Biography of the American physicist who led the U.S. effort to develop the atomic bomb during World War II, only to find himself suspected as a security risk in the 1950s.

Chronicles the experiences of eight children at a summer camp in Peekskill, NY in 10, half-hour episodes. The four boys and four girls have a variety of adventures, chiefly centering on nutrition. They learn to care about their health as it relates to eating and fitness and come to be good friends by the end of the summer.

Focuses on the activities of The Righteous Apples, five Boston-area high school musicians, who in a troubled world, seek to help people in distress.

Anthology series which ran on PBS throughout the 1980s.

The Voyage of the Mimi is a thirteen-episode American educational television program depicting the crew of the Mimi exploring the ocean and taking a census of humpback whales. Ben Affleck starred in the series.

An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.

A librarian from the 1980's (Barbeau) is knocked unconscious and awakens in the future.

A team of detectives use mathematics and logic to solve crimes.

This educational series teaches the French language and profiles cultural attributes. No attempt is made to use English in presenting skills and concepts.