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The Best Episodes of American Playhouse Season 3

Every episode of American Playhouse Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of American Playhouse Season 3!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    American Playhouse Season 3 Episode 1 - The Ghostwriter
    7.1/10(47 votes)

    #1 - The Ghostwriter

    S3:E1

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    Director:Tristram Powell
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. American Playhouse Season 3 Episode 2 - Pudd'nhead Wilson
    7.1/10(76 votes)

    #2 - Pudd'nhead Wilson

    S3:E2

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. American Playhouse Season 3 Episode 3 - True West
    8.5/10(488 votes)

    #3 - True West

    S3:E3

    A videotaped stage performance of Sam Shepard's play

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. American Playhouse Season 3 Episode 4 - Nothing But a Man
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - Nothing But a Man

    S3:E4

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. American Playhouse Season 3 Episode 5 - Popular Neurotics
    8.6/10(10 votes)

    #5 - Popular Neurotics

    S3:E5

    Two young urban professionals, each with their own neuroses, make the fatal mistake one day of meeting by chance at an automatic bank teller machine and making a date for the movies.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. American Playhouse Season 3 Episode 6 - The Cafeteria
    8.4/10(22 votes)

    #6 - The Cafeteria

    S3:E6

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. American Playhouse Season 3 Episode 7 - Refuge
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - Refuge

    S3:E7

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. American Playhouse Season 3 Episode 8 - The Gin Game
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - The Gin Game

    S3:E8

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. American Playhouse Season 3 Episode 9 - Haunted
    6.8/10(37 votes)

    #9 - Haunted

    S3:E9

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. American Playhouse Season 3 Episode 10 - The Killing Floor
    7.3/10(242 votes)

    #10 - The Killing Floor

    S3:E10

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. American Playhouse Season 3 Episode 11 - Heartland
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Heartland

    S3:E11

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. American Playhouse Season 3 Episode 12 - City News
    6.2/10(21 votes)

    #12 - City News

    S3:E12

    City News is an independent, American comedy film, written and directed by David Fishelson and Zoe Zinman in New York City in 1983, which was nationally broadcast on PBS in 1984, exhibited theatrically in the U.S. and Canada in 1983, and selected for 12 international film festivals in 1983-4.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. American Playhouse Season 3 Episode 13 - Hughie
    9.3/10(27 votes)

    #13 - Hughie

    S3:E13

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. American Playhouse Season 3 Episode 14 - Concealed Enemies (1)
    8.5/10(56 votes)

    #14 - Concealed Enemies (1)

    S3:E14

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. American Playhouse Season 3 Episode 15 - Concealed Enemies (2)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Concealed Enemies (2)

    S3:E15

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. American Playhouse Season 3 Episode 16 - Concealed Enemies (3)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Concealed Enemies (3)

    S3:E16

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. American Playhouse Season 3 Episode 17 - Concealed Enemies (4)
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - Concealed Enemies (4)

    S3:E17

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Ghostwriter" is the best rated episode of "American Playhouse" season 3. It scored 7.1/10 based on 47 votes. Directed by Tristram Powell and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/17/1984. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Pudd'nhead Wilson".