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Great Performances

1971 · 53 seasons · Comedy, Documentary, Drama

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.

Where to watch Great Performances

Great Performances is streaming in the US on PBS, Thirteen, WETA+ and KQED.

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Seasons

• Season 1 — 5 episodes (January 28, 1971)
• Season 2 — 3 episodes (November 4, 1972)
• Season 3 — 10 episodes (January 23, 1974)
• Season 4 — 7 episodes (January 5, 1975)
• Season 5 — 9 episodes (January 1, 1976)
• Season 6 — 4 episodes (January 12, 1977)
• Season 7 — 4 episodes (January 25, 1978)
• Season 8 — 1 episode (June 20, 1979)
• Season 9 — 3 episodes (January 1, 1980)
• Season 10 — 6 episodes (January 5, 1981)
• Season 11 — 1 episode (December 6, 1982)
• Season 12 — 9 episodes (March 7, 1983)
• Season 13 — 7 episodes (October 11, 1985)
• Season 14 — 7 episodes (March 22, 1985)
• Season 15 — 6 episodes (February 7, 1986)
• Season 16 — 11 episodes (January 1, 1987)
• Season 17 — 6 episodes (January 1, 1988)
• Season 18 — 9 episodes (January 1, 1989)
• Season 19 — 6 episodes (January 1, 1990)
• Season 20 — 7 episodes (January 25, 1991)
• Season 21 — 9 episodes (January 1, 1992)
• Season 22 — 18 episodes (September 8, 1993)
• Season 23 — 15 episodes (January 6, 1993)
• Season 25 — 9 episodes (January 1, 1994)
• Season 26 — 11 episodes (January 1, 1995)
• Season 27 — 5 episodes (January 1, 1996)
• Season 28 — 10 episodes (January 1, 1997)
• Season 29 — 13 episodes (January 1, 1998)
• Season 30 — 12 episodes (January 1, 1999)
• Season 31 — 7 episodes (January 1, 2000)
• Season 32 — 14 episodes (January 1, 2001)
• Season 33 — 9 episodes (January 1, 2002)
• Season 34 — 12 episodes (October 5, 2005)
• Season 35 — 15 episodes (January 1, 2004)
• Season 36 — 12 episodes (September 10, 2008)
• Season 37 — 14 episodes (October 21, 2009)
• Season 38 — 22 episodes (October 27, 2010)
• Season 39 — 24 episodes (September 30, 2011)
• Season 40 — 18 episodes (September 7, 2012)
• Season 41 — 32 episodes (September 20, 2013)
• Season 42 — 23 episodes (September 13, 2014)
• Season 43 — 16 episodes (October 23, 2015)
• Season 44 — 27 episodes (October 14, 2016)
• Season 45 — 28 episodes (October 6, 2017)
• Season 46 — 29 episodes (October 5, 2018)
• Season 47 — 30 episodes (September 20, 2019)
• Season 48 — 31 episodes (September 11, 2020)
• Season 49 — 33 episodes (September 3, 2021)
• Season 50 — 24 episodes (September 16, 2022)
• Season 51 — 22 episodes (September 10, 2023)
• Season 52 — 24 episodes (October 25, 2024)
• Season 53 — 24 episodes (October 3, 2025)
• Season 54 — 6 episodes (September 13, 2026)

Cast

• Bray Poor as Narrator (voice)

Details

First aired

January 28, 1971

Episodes

719

Genres

Comedy, Documentary, Drama

Network

PBS

Status

Returning Series

TMDB score

6.1 / 10 from 25 votes