American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.

During summer vacation on Fire Island, three young people become very close. When an uncool girl tries to infiltrate the trio's newly found relationship, they construct an elaborate plot that has violent results.

Having been lured into becoming a corrupt cop on the wrong side of the law , Detective "Wilfred La Salle" embarks on his journey to right the wrongs he has committed while also facing off against his former friend and partner now turned criminal mastermind "Gorgeous George" and his criminal Syndicate made up of some of the most dangerous men in the city simply known as - "The Clown Gang"

The story of a New York pro baseball team and two of its players. Henry Wiggen is the star pitcher and Bruce Pearson is the normal, everyday catcher who is far from the star player on the team and friend to all of his teammates. During the off-season, Bruce learns that he is terminally ill, and Henry, his only true friend, is determined to be the one person there for him during his last season with the club. Throughout the course of the season, Henry and his teammates attempt to deal with Bruce's impending illness, all the while attempting to make his last year a memorable one.

An upper-class Manhattan divorcee comes to believe that her brother is possessed by the spirit of a serial killer who beheaded young women in Spanish Harlem.

Deadpan, small-time Kosher Nostra mobster Harry Plotnick goes meshugga when he gets into the catering biz with his ex-brother-in-law.