David Fanning
Director
Frontline (1983)
Season 9
Since it began in 1983, Frontline has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human experience. Frontline's goal is to extend the impact of the documentary beyond its initial broadcast by serving as a catalyst for change.
Released Jan. 17, 1983
Episode 75 min
14+
Genres: Documentary, News
Keywords: tmdb.investigative-journalism, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.political-superpower, imdb.u-s-military, imdb.armed-forces, imdb.one-word-title, imdb.american-politics + 5 more, imdb.public-affairs, imdb.investigative-journalism, imdb.military, imdb.power-politics, imdb.reenactment
Production Companies: WGBH Boston, Frontline
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S9E1 - The Arming of Iraq: Frontline Special
None
Sept. 11, 1990, midnight
S9E2 - Decade of Destruction (1): Ashes of Forest
None
Sept. 18, 1990, midnight
S9E3 - Decade of Destruction (2): Killing for Land
None
Sept. 19, 1990, midnight
S9E4 - Decade of Destruction (3): Mountains of Gold
None
Sept. 20, 1990, midnight
S9E5 - Decade of Destruction (4): Chico Mende
None
Sept. 21, 1990, midnight
S9E6 - Global Dumping Ground
None
Oct. 2, 1990, midnight
S9E7 - When Cops Go Bad
None
Oct. 16, 1990, midnight
S9E8 - The Hunt for Howard Marks
None
Oct. 23, 1990, midnight
S9E9 - Broken Minds
Three million Americans are thought to be schizophrenic. As medical science searches to find its cause, society struggles to understand a crippling disease that has shattered families and left tens of thousands on the nation’s streets.
Oct. 30, 1990, midnight
S9E10 - Betting on the Lottery
Lottery fever is spreading. Twenty-nine states now raise $20 billion a year in revenues. Frontline correspondent James Reston, Jr., goes behind the scenes of state lotteries to look at the promoters selling them, the people buying the tickets, and to ask the question, ‘Who really wins and who loses?’
Nov. 6, 1990, midnight
S9E11 - Springfield Goes to War
None
Nov. 20, 1990, midnight
S9E12 - High Crimes and Misdemeanors
None
Nov. 27, 1990, midnight
S9E13 - The Struggle for South Africa
None
Dec. 11, 1990, midnight
S9E14 - The Spirit of Crazy Horse
None
Dec. 18, 1990, midnight
S9E15 - To the Brink of War
None
Jan. 15, 1991, midnight
S9E16 - Cuba and Cocaine
None
Feb. 5, 1991, midnight
S9E17 - The Man Who Made the Supergun
None
Feb. 12, 1991, midnight
S9E18 - Guns, Tanks, and Gorbachev
None
Feb. 19, 1991, midnight
S9E19 - The Mind of Hussein
None
Feb. 26, 1991, midnight
S9E20 - Black America's War
None
April 2, 1991, midnight
S9E21 - War and Peace in Panama
None
April 9, 1991, midnight
S9E22 - The Election Held Hostage
None
April 16, 1991, midnight
S9E23 - Who Pays for Mom and Dad?
None
April 30, 1991, midnight
S9E24 - Innocence Lost
None
May 7, 1991, midnight
S9E25 - The Spy Hunter
None
May 14, 1991, midnight
S9E26 - To the Last Fish
None
May 21, 1991, midnight
S9E27 - The Color of Your Skin
None
June 11, 1991, midnight
S9E28 - The Gates Nomination
None
July 15, 1991, midnight
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 75 min.
Season Runtime: 63525 min.
Released: Jan. 17, 1983
Last Air Date: Dec. 16, 2025, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-PG
Common sense age: 14+
Rate this show
Add {Movie} to static lists