Episode | Airdate | Cast | Major Awards | Director | Writer |
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band | 12/19/1972 | Donna M. Bryan, Georgia Burke, Laurence Fishburne, Moses Gunn, Albert Hall | | Fred Coe | Stanley L. Gray |
Long Day's Journey Into Night | 03/10/1973 | Laurence Olivier, Constance Cummings, Denis Quilley | Laurence Olivier, Emmy for Outstanding Single Performance by a Lead Actor[4] | Peter Wood | Eugene O'Neill |
Pueblo | 03/29/1973 | Hal Holbrook, Ronny Cox, Andrew Duggan, Stephen Elliott | Hal Holbrook, Emmy for Outstanding Actor in a Drama[4] | Anthony Page | Stanley R. Greenberg |
The Glass Menagerie | 12/16/1973 | Katharine Hepburn, Sam Waterston, Joanna Miles, Michael Moriarty | Joanna Miles, Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in Drama[4] Michael Moriarty, Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in Drama[4] | Anthony Harvey | Tennessee Williams |
F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles' | 01/07/1974 | Richard Chamberlain, Blythe Danner, Susan Sarandon | | George Schaefer | James Costigan |
Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg | 01/28/1974 | Allan Arbus, Herschel Bernardi, Barbara Colby | | Stanley Kramer | Harry Kleiner |
Wedding Band | 04/24/1974 | Ruby Dee, J.D. Cannon, Eileen Heckart | | Joseph Papp | Alice Childress |
The Missiles of October | 12/18/1974 | William Devane, Martin Sheen, Howard Da Silva, Ralph Bellamy | | Anthony Page | Stanley R. Greenberg |
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men | 01/06/1975 | J. Eric Bell, Godfrey Cambridge, Rosalind Cash, Robert Hooks, Glynn Turman | |
Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley | 01/12/1975 | Tony Musante, Richard Basehart, Harrison Ford | | Stanley Kramer | Henry Denker |
Love Among the Ruins | 03/06/1975 | Katharine Hepburn, Laurence Olivier, Colin Blakely | Peabody Award[5] Katharine Hepburn, Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Special[4] Laurence Olivier, Emmy for Outstanding Actor in a Special[4] George Cukor, Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Special[4] James Costigan, Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Special (Original teleplay)[4] | George Cukor | James Costigan |
I Will Fight No More Forever | 04/14/1975 | James Whitmore, Sam Elliott, Ned Romero | | Richard T. Heffron | Theodore Strauss |
A Moon for the Misbegotten | 05/27/1975 | Jason Robards, Colleen Dewhurst, Ed Flanders | Ed Flanders, Emmy for Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Special[4] |
Eleanor and Franklin | 01/11 & 01/12/1976 | Jane Alexander, Edward Herrmann, Rosemary Murphy | Peabody Award[6] Emmy for Outstanding Drama Special[4] Rosemary Murphy, Emmy for Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Special[4] Daniel Petrie, Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Special[4] James Costigan, Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Special (Original teleplay)[4] | Daniel Petrie | James Costigan |
Green Eyes | 01/03/1977 | Paul Winfield, Rita Tushingham, Jonathan Goldsmith | Peabody Award[7] Humanitas Prize[8] | John Erman | David Seltzer |
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years | 03/13/1977 | Jane Alexander, Edward Herrmann, Priscilla Pointer, Blair Brown | Emmy for Outstanding Special (Tie with Sybil)[4] Daniel Petrie, Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Special[4] | Daniel Petrie | James Costigan |
Mary White | 11/18/1977 | Ed Flanders, Fionnula Flanagan, Tim Matheson, Kathleen Beller | Caryl Ledner, Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Special (Adaptation)[4] | Jud Taylor | Caryl Ledner |
The Gathering | 12/04/1977 | Edward Asner, Maureen Stapleton | Emmy for Outstanding Special[4] | Randal Kleiser | James Poe |
Breaking Up | 01/02/1978 | Lee Remick, Granville Van Dusen | | Delbert Mann | Loring Mandel |
The Last Tenant | 06/25/1978 | Tony Lo Bianco, Lee Strasberg, Christine Lahti | George Rubino, Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Special (Original teleplay)[4] | Jud Taylor | George Rubino |
Friendly Fire | 04/22/1979 | Carol Burnett, Ned Beatty, Sam Waterston, Timothy Hutton | Peabody Award[9] Emmy for Outstanding Special[4] Daniel Greene, Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or Special[4] | David Greene | Fay Kanin |
Attica | 03/02/1980 | Charles Durning, Morgan Freeman, George Grizzard | Marvin J. Chomsky, Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or a Special[4] | Marvin J. Chomsky | James S. Henerson |
The Women's Room | 09/14/1980 | Lee Remick, Ted Danson, Colleen Dewhurst, Patty Duke | | Glenn Jordan | Carol Sobieski |
The Shadow Box | 12/28/1980 | Joanne Woodward, Christopher Plummer, Valerie Harper, James Broderick | Humanitas Prize[8] Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Made For Television[10] | Paul Newman | Michael Cristofer |
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige | 05/31/1981 | Louis Gossett Jr., Beverly Todd, Cleavon Little | | Richard A. Colla | Ronald Rubin |
The Elephant Man | 01/04/1982 | Philip Anglim, Kevin Conway, Penny Fuller | Penny Fuller, Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special | Jack Hofsiss | Steve Lawson |
Divorce Wars: A Love Story | 03/01/1982 | Tom Selleck, Jane Curtin, Candice Azzara | Humanitas Prize[8] | Donald Wrye | Donald Wrye |
My Body, My Child | 04/12/1982 | Vanessa Redgrave, Jack Albertson, Joseph Campanella, Stephen Elliott | |
The Letter | 05/03/1982 | Lee Remick, Ronald Pickup, Jack Thompson | |
Benny's Place | 05/31/1982 | Louis Gossett Jr., Cicely Tyson, Terry Alexander | |
Who Will Love My Children? | 02/14/1983 | Ann-Margret, Frederic Forrest, Donald Moffat | Ann-Margret, Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television[11] | John Erman | Michael Bortman |
The Day After | 11/20/1983 | Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, John Lithgow, Amy Madigan | | Nicholas Meyer | Edward Hume |
Heart of Steel | 12/04/1983 | Peter Strauss, Pamela Reed, John Doucette | | Donald Wrye | Gary DeVore |
Something About Amelia | 01/09/1984 | Ted Danson, Glenn Close, Roxana Zal | Emmy for Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special[4] Roxana Zal, Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special William Hanley, Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special[4] | Randa Haines | William Hanley |
A Streetcar Named Desire | 03/04/1984 | Ann-Margret, Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo | | John Erman | Oscar Saul |
The Dollmaker | 05/13/1984 | Jane Fonda, Levon Helm, Amanda Plummer | Humanitas Prize[8] Jane Fonda, Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series or a Special | Daniel Petrie | Susan Cooper Hume Cronyn |
Heartsounds | 09/30/1984 | James Garner, Mary Tyler Moore, Sam Wanamaker | Peabody Award[12] | Glenn Jordan | Fay Kanin |
Consenting Adult | 02/04/1985 | Martin Sheen, Marlo Thomas | | Gilbert Cates | John McGreevey |