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Behind Closed Doors - Episode Guide

Season 1

Jackie Kennedy

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Nov 7, 2015

Jackie Kennedy

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis personified celebrity for more than 30 years and yet, few people really knew her. She projected a confident, glamorous and graceful image to the public but, in private, Jackie was a different person entirely. Jackie: Behind Closed Doors, hosted by NBC's Natalie Morales, is a multi-part documentary series produced by Peacock Productions, and will tell the complete story of a young woman who was groomed to be one person only to discover she was quite another, a first lady who was both famous and mysterious, and a fashion icon who carefully cultivated her image yet remained fiercely private. After the assassination, Jackie was tireless in her effort to write her version of the history, editing out Jack's womanizing, her suicidal thoughts after his death and how she numbed herself with alcohol to cope. This is the portrait of Jackie that, until now, remained behind closed doors.

Princess Diana

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Jul 9, 2016 (60 min)

Princess Diana

She was the fairytale princess and perhaps the most beloved woman not only in England…but in the world. Princess Diana was the People's Princess and the world was her stage. On July 29, 1981, Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles took their vows as three quarters of a billion people around the world who believed in fairytales watched. Diana was just 20 years old. The prince was 32. And within four years, the royal couple produced an heir and a spare to the British throne. But as early as the honeymoon, there were reports of trouble in paradise. Charles could not compete with Diana's glamour and innate ability to connect with the commoner. He soon resumed his affair with his lover, Camilla Parker Bowles, from his bachelor days and Diana took lovers of her own. The War of the Waleses had begun and it grew ugly. By 1996, the Queen ordered a divorce pronto! But, though she was no longer royalty, Diana remained "The Queen of People's Hearts"…until the unimaginable. On August 31, 1997, the world froze as news broke that Princess Diana was killed in a horrific car crash that took her life along with the life of her lover, Dodi Fayed, the heir to Harrods and son of a billionaire, as they tried to elude the paparazzi. Hollywood's #1 Entertainment Journalist Nancy O'Dell shares her memories of what it was like to be thrown on a plane within 24 hours of the accident to cover what she calls to this day, the "biggest story" of her career. She recounts the crowds that descended upon London, the outcry when the Monarchy didn't rush back from their summer holiday for five days, and the image of Diana's two young sons walking behind their mother's casket as crowds threw flowers at the funeral procession calling it, "one of the toughest jobs ever that I've had to do."

Robin Williams

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Aug 28, 2016

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Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors gives viewers an intimate look at his life from his childhood in the suburbs of Chicago to small comedy clubs in Los Angeles. From his breakthrough role on the TV show Happy Days as Mork from Ork to his big screen triumphs. While he may have been one of the funniest people in Hollywood, beneath the joy Williams waged a battle with inner demons. Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors is hosted by Natalie Morales, West Coast anchor of NBC News' TODAY.

Season 2

Anna Nicole Smith

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Feb 4, 2017 (60 min)

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She fought her way out of Texas and into the spotlight, using the assets God and her surgeons gave her to follow in the footsteps of her idol, Marilyn Monroe. Natalie Morales recounts Anna Nicole Smith's smashing success, and the high price she had to pay for it. Go inside the spectacular rise and devastating fall of a pop culture icon on Anna Nicole Smith: Behind Closed Doors.

J.K. Rowling & Harry Potter

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Apr 5, 2017

J.K. Rowling & Harry Potter

At 25, Joanne Rowling had the idea that would change her life…months later, her mother suddenly dies and Rowling's world falls apart. Against incredible odds, J.K. Rowling transforms herself from a destitute and depressed single mother to the world's first billionaire author. In JK Rowling: Behind Closed Doors, meet the woman who created the $25 billion Harry Potter franchise – and inspired a generation to read.

Season 3

Phil Hartman

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: May 27, 2018 (60 min)

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Grease

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Jun 16, 2018 (60 min)

Grease

John Ritter

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Sep 8, 2018 (60 min)

John Ritter

As Jack Tripper on Three's Company, John Ritter established himself as one of the most gifted comedians of a generation, launching a prolific career in television and movies that would make him one of America's most beloved stars. But for a man so brilliant in comedy it was the tragedy of an undiagnosed aortic aneurysm that would cut his life short at just 54 years old. Through personal stories told by his closest friends and co-stars including Suzanne Somers, Joyce DeWitt, Henry Winkler, Peter Bogdanovich, Jimmy Kimmel and Kaley Cuoco, John Ritter: Behind Closed Doors reveals the generous spirit behind Ritter's undeniable talent, his legacy of laughter and his family's determination to save lives by raising awareness of the condition that caused his death.

Paul Walker

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Nov 30, 2018 (60 min)

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Season 4

Friends

Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Apr 28, 2019 (60 min)

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A look at how "Friends" came together, the writers, the actors and how it became a phenomenon.

Ghostbusters

Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Jun 2, 2019 (60 min)

Ghostbusters

Farrah Fawcett

Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Jun 24, 2019 (60 min)

Farrah Fawcett

A famous head of hair, a legendary poster, and a starring role on "Charlie Angels" secured Farrah's place among the stars, but no amount of professional success could prepare the fearless risk-taker for a devastating cancer diagnosis.

Joan Rivers

Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Sep 4, 2019 (60 min)

Joan Rivers

Joan Rivers was a true showbiz pioneer: a woman who could be funnier, smarter, and more risqué than her male counterparts, at a time when comedy was unquestionably a man's world. But despite all of the success of her 55-year career, Rivers believed she never got the recognition she deserved – and her acerbic and aggressive stand-up style let you know that she probably knew it. Joan Rivers—Behind Closed Doors explores how the former Joan Molinsky became Joan Rivers, the groundbreaking comedian and entertainer and sheds light on who the real Joan was beyond the footlights. Inspired by the legendary Lenny Bruce, Rivers believed that the funniest gags came from truth. She fashioned her comedic style from her day to day life and insecurities as a self-proclaimed Jewish American princess from the suburbs. Rivers' catch phrase "Can we talk?" let audiences know that she was out to break taboos and tell uncomfortable truths. Her routines upended acceptable female behavior and disregarded political correctness. Joan struggled for years on the stand-up club circuit. Finally, late night TV icon Johnny Carson gave Rivers the big break she needed, making her a regular guest on the Tonight Show starting in 1965. But when she became the first woman to host a late night talk show it permanently estranged her from Carson. After her late night show tanked and her husband committed suicide, Rivers came back with a popular daytime TV talk show, and later became famous (and infamous) for her caustic stream of consciousness commentary at red carpet Hollywood events. With no qualms about attacking celebrities, including herself, Joan made the red carpet worth watching. Behind Closed Doors: Joan Rivers offers an intimate look at the tough, relentless woman who broke or ignored the prevailing rules of show business, who hit rock bottom more than once, and who rose to greater heights every time.

Star Wars

Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Dec 15, 2019 (60 min)

Star Wars

It's one of the most successful film franchises in movie history and has become an indelible part of pop culture; but when it was first sold and cast with relative unknowns, "Star Wars" was anything but a sure thing.

Season 5

Jennifer Lopez

Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Feb 1, 2020 (60 min)

Jennifer Lopez

Dancer Jennifer Lopez becomes an award-winning actress and a platinum-selling recording artist.

The Breakfast Club

Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Feb 23, 2020 (60 min)

The Breakfast Club

The film "The Breakfast Club" becomes a cornerstone of 1980s pop culture.

Pretty Woman

Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Mar 22, 2020 (60 min)

Pretty Woman

Pretty Woman transformed Julia Roberts from an unknown actress into America's sweetheart and cemented director Garry Marshall and actor Richard Gere as Hollywood royalty in 1990.

Beverly Hills, 90210

Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: May 17, 2020 (60 min)

Beverly Hills, 90210

It was the teen soap opera that invented the youth ensemble drama genre and rose to the top of the class: "Beverly Hills 90210"; for much of its 10-year run, the series reigned supreme among young people the world over.

Top Gun

Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Jun 21, 2020

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Based on real stories told by U.S. Navy fighter pilots Top Gun had it all: rising young stars, daring on-screen action, a love story and the perfect soundtrack. Top Gun catapulted Tom Cruise into super stardom and helped launched the careers of a band of young stars including Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Meg Ryan and Tim Robbins. With mega-producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer at the helm and the visionary eye of director Tony Scott Top Gun put audiences where they'd never been - inside the cockpit of fighter jets through striking aerial footage. Now more than 30 years later and ahead of the highly-anticipated release of its sequel Top Gun: Maverick this Behind Closed Doors is an inside look at the American classic that was almost never made. The movie faced a mountain of challenges including the tragic death of famed stunt pilot Art Scholl during production. Initially dismissed by a number of critics Top Gun made its way into pop culture and became the highest grossing movie of 1986.

Back to the Future

Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Jun 28, 2020

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Considered today to be one of the most successful movies of the 20th century it's almost impossible to imagine that Back To The Future was rejected more than 40 times by Hollywood studios before finally being made. The unlikely hit spawned two sequels, an animated series, a theme park ride and a musical. It also made household names out of its cast thrusting Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover and Lea Thompson into the spotlight while solidifying Michael J. Fox as one of Hollywood's most bankable stars. Back To The Future: Behind Closed Doors tells the inside story of the improbably series of events that got the movie off the ground as the crew grappled with budget overruns, an overly ambitious schedule and unusual casting change that rocked the production. At the time nobody could have predicted the impact the movie would have but it became the highest grossing movie of 1985 and would captivate audiences around the world for generations to come.

John Candy

Episode: 5x10 | Airdate: Jul 26, 2020

John Candy

John Candy isn't the typical leading man, but audiences fall in love with his onscreen wit and charm; as one of the most adored comedic actors of the 1980s, Candy's characters range from hilarious to touching and even dramatic.

Valerie Harper

Episode: 5x11 | Airdate: Aug 30, 2020

Valerie Harper

Valerie Harper is best known for playing the iconic role of Rhoda Morgenstern on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," then gains more notoriety on her own spinoff, "Rhoda."

Goodfellas

Episode: 5x12 | Airdate: Sep 26, 2020

Goodfellas

The story of "Goodfellas."

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