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Season guide
Great Performances: Season 16
11 episodes
Premiered Jan 1, 1987 Updated Sep 25, 2026
Previously on Great Performances
Season 16 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Great Performances Season 15.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 16 Episodes
Episode Guide
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S16·E3
Core
Monsignor Quixote
Feb 13, 1987
In this modern adaptation of the Don Quixote theme based on a novel by Graham Greene, Quixote is an old Spanish village priest who travels through Spain with his friend, Sancho, th
S16·E5
Core
Broadway Sings: The Music of Jule Styne
Mar 15, 1987
Musical salute to composer Jule Styne.
S16·E9
Core
Episode 9
Nov 6, 1987 · 102 min
A Hollywood actress who worries that the movie world is eroding her grip on reality is drawn into a love affair with an ordinary - and married - guy.