The Dick Cavett Show: Season 9

3 episodes Premiered Sep 5, 1974 Updated Sep 25, 2026

Previously on The Dick Cavett Show

Season 9 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 The Dick Cavett Show Season 8.
⚡ 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.

Season 9 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 9: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (2): Crucial lore & season climaxes

Core (1): Character development & subplots

Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler

S9·E1 Mytharc

Paul Simon, Anthony Burgess, Barbara Howar, Jerzy Kosinski

Sep 5, 1974 · 90 min

Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests singer-songwriter Paul Simon, poet-playwright Anthony Burgess, actress Barbara Howar, novelist Jerzy Kosinski and the Jessy Dixon Singers.

S9·E7 Core

David Bowie

Dec 5, 1974 · 90 min

Host Dick Cavett welcomes guests British actor Roy Dotrice and rocker David Bowie. Highlights: David performs "1984" and "Young Americans." Dick interviews David, then David perfor

S9·E92 Mytharc

Brian De Palma, Martin Scorsese

Jun 15, 1978

De Palma and Scorsese on Welles and Hitchcock