Visions (1976 TV series)
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| Visions | |
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| Genre | Anthology drama |
| Creative director | Barbara Schultz |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 32 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Barbara Schultz |
| Running time | 90–120 minutes |
| Production company | KCET |
| Original release | |
| Network | PBS |
| Release | October 21, 1976 – January 26, 1980 |
Visions is a 90-minute American television weekly anthology series that aired from 1976 to 1978. It was produced by KCET in Los Angeles[1] and televised nationally on PBS. It concentrated on the works of mostly new and some prominent writers, including Cormac McCarthy (The Gardener's Son), Marsha Norman, Jean Shepherd, Luis Valdez, and Robert M. Young. Each episode was written by a different writer and starred a different cast.
Among its stars were Tyne Daly, Charles Durning, Brad Dourif, Morgan Freeman, Carol Kane, and Judd Hirsch. Its directors included Maya Angelou, Richard Pearce, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Paul Bogart, and Gordon Davidson.
Episodes included The War Widow and El Corrido.
It won one primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for three others.
Episodes[edit]
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Episode list and credits adapted from The Arts on Television, 1976–1990: Fifteen Years of Cultural Programming (1991).[2]
Series overview[edit]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 13 | October 21, 1976 | January 13, 1977 | |
| 2 | 10 | October 2, 1977 | December 4, 1977 | |
| 3 | 9 | October 9, 1978 | January 26, 1980 | |
Season 1 (1976–77)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Two Brothers | Burt Brinckerhoff | Conrad Bromberg | October 21, 1976 |
| 2 | 2 | The War Widow | Paul Bogart | Harvey Perr | October 28, 1976 |
| 3 | 3 | El Corrido | Kirk Browning | Luis Valdez | November 4, 1976 |
| 4 | 4 | The Gold Watch | Lloyd Richards | Momoko Iko | November 11, 1976 |
| 5 | 5 | Liza's Pioneer Diary | Nell Cox | Nell Cox | November 18, 1976 |
| 6 | 6 | The Great Cherub Knitwear Strike | George Tyne | Ethel Tyne | November 25, 1976 |
| 7 | 7 | Life Among the Lowly | Adrian Hall | Adrian Hall, Richard Cumming | December 2, 1976 |
| 8 | 8 | Pennsylvania Lynch | Jeff Bleckner, Rich Bennewitz | Adrian Hall, Richard Cumming | December 9, 1976 |
| 9 | 9 | Scenes from the Middle Class (two plays): Monkey in the Middle and Winter Tour | Rick Bennewitz | Betty Patrick (Monkey in the Middle), David Trainer (Winter Tour) | December 16, 1976 |
| 10 | 10 | The Phantom of the Open Hearth | Fred Barzyk, David Loxton | Jean Shepherd | December 23, 1976 |
| 11 | 11 | The Tapestry and Circles | Maya Angelou | Alexis De Veaux | December 30, 1976 |
| 12 | 12 | The Gardener's Son | Richard Pearce | Cormac McCarthy | January 6, 1977 |
| 13 | 13 | Prison Game | Robert Stevens | Susan Yankowitz | January 13, 1977 |
Season 2 (1977)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | Iowa | Rick Bennewitz | Murray Mednick | October 2, 1977 |
| 15 | 2 | Freeman | Lloyd Richards | Phillip Hayes Dean | October 9, 1977 |
| 16 | 3 | Alambrista! | Robert M. Young | Robert M. Young | October 16, 1977 |
| 17 | 4 | The Dancing Bear | Burt Brinckerhoff | Conrad Bromberg | October 23, 1977 |
| 18 | 5 | Over/Under/Sideways/Down | Steve Wax, Eugene Corr | Peter Gessner, Eugene Corr | October 30, 1977 |
| 19 | 6 | Pleasantville | Ken Locker | Vicki Polon | November 6, 1977 |
| 20 | 7 | You Can Run But You Can't Hide | Rick Bennewitz | Brother Jonathan Ringkamp | November 13, 1977 |
| 21 | 8 | All I Could See from Where I Stood | Burt Brinckerhoff | Elizabeth Clark | November 20, 1977 |
| 22 | 9 | Nanook Taxi | Edward Folger | Jeffrey Hayes | November 27, 1977 |
| 23 | 10 | Secret Space | Rosalyn Regelson | Rosalyn Regelson, Roberta Hodes | December 4, 1977 |
Season 3 (1978–1980)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 1 | Charlie Smith and the Fritter Tree | David Loxton, Fred Barzyk | Charles Johnson | October 9, 1978 |
| 25 | 2 | Escape | Robert Stevens | Jonathan Reynolds | October 16, 1978 |
| 26 | 3 | Fans of the Kosko Show | John Desmond | David Epstein | October 23, 1978 |
| 27 | 4 | Blessings | Arvin Brown | Murray Mednick | October 30, 1978 |
| 28 | 5 | Blackout | Rick Bennewitz | Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal | November 13, 1978 |
| 29 | 6 | Ladies in Waiting | Oz Scott, Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Patricia Resnick | January 8, 1979 |
| 30 | 7 | Shoes and String | Oz Scott | Ted Shines (Shoes), Alice Childress (String) | January 12, 1980 |
| 31 | 8 | It's the Willingness | Gordon Davidson | Marsha Norman | January 19, 1980 |
| 32 | 9 | He Wants Her Back | Kaye Braden | Stanton Kaye | January 26, 1980 |
Awards[edit]
| Award | Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannes Film Festival | 1978 | Caméra d'Or | Robert M. Young (for Alambrista!) | Won | [3] |
| Peabody Awards | 1977 | — | Visions | Won | [4] |
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 1977 | Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Title Sequence | Gene Piotrowsky (for The Gardener's Son) | Nominated | [5] |
| Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction | Ken Dettling, Leard Davis (for Gold Watch) | Nominated | [5] | ||
| Outstanding Achievement in Video Tape Editing for a Series | Roy Stewart (for The War Widow) | Won | [6] | ||
| 1978 | Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction | Ken Dettling, Leard Davis (for You Can Run But You Can't Hide) | Nominated | [7] |
References[edit]
- ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 887. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
- ^ Krafft 1991, pp. 100–104.
- ^ Smith 1978b, p. 16.
- ^ Jones 1977, p. 9-B.
- ^ a b Margulies 1977, p. 16.
- ^ Brown 1977, p. 26.
- ^ Smith 1978a, p. 32.
Sources[edit]
- Cook, Bruce (October 1976). "The Writer Unblocked". American Film. II (1). Washington, D.C.: American Film Institute: 26–30 – via the Internet Archive. (registration required)
- Jones, Paul (April 25, 1977). "Peabody Awards Cite Winners". The Atlanta Constitution. Vol. 109, no. 234. p. 9-B – via Newspapers.com. (subscription required)
- Krafft, Rebecca, ed. (Fall 1991). "Visions". The Arts on Television, 1976–1990: Fifteen Years of Cultural Programming. Washington, D.C.: Media Arts: Film/Radio Television Program, National Endowment for the Arts. pp. 100–104. ISBN 978-0-16-035926-2. Retrieved August 3, 2023 – via Google Books.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - Margulies, Lee (August 4, 1977). "'Roots' Tops Nominations at Emmy Rerun". View – Part IV. Los Angeles Times. Vol. XCVI, no. 244. Los Angeles. pp. 1, 15–16
. Retrieved August 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. (subscription required) - Brown, James (September 11, 1977). "'Eleanor and Franklin' Wins Television Honors". Part I. Los Angeles Times. Vol. XCVI, no. 282. Los Angeles. pp. 3, 26 . Retrieved September 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. (subscription required)
- Smith, Cecil (August 11, 1978a). "NBC Leads in Emmy Nominations". View – Part IV. Los Angeles Times. Vol. XCVII, no. 251. Los Angeles. pp. 1, 29–30, 32 . Retrieved September 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. (subscription required)
- ——— (October 9, 1978b). "A Living Black Cowboy in 'Visions'". View – Part IV. Los Angeles Times. Vol. XCVII, no. 310. Los Angeles. pp. 1, 16 . Retrieved September 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. (subscription required)
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