Palmerstown, U.S.A.
American TV series or program
Palmerstown, U.S.A. | |
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Also known as | Palmerstown |
Genre | Drama |
Created by | Alex Haley |
Developed by | Norman Lear |
Starring | Jonelle Allen Bill Duke Star-Shemah Bobatoon Jermain Hodge Johnson Beeson Carroll Janice St. John Michael J. Fox Brian Godfrey Wilson Kenneth White Iris Korn (1981) |
Composers | Al Schackman (season 1) Jerrold Immel (season 2) |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2[1] |
No. of episodes | 17 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Norman Lear Alex Haley Ronald Rubin |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production companies | Haley Productions T.A.T. Communications Company |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | March 20, 1980 (1980-03-20) – June 9, 1981 (1981-06-09) |
Palmerstown, U.S.A.[2] (shortened to Palmerstown in March 1981)[3] is a television drama series that aired on CBS from March 20, 1980 to June 9, 1981.[4] It was created by Norman Lear and Alex Haley,[1][3] whose childhood was the basis for the series.[5] It tells the story of two nine-year-old boys in the rural Southern community of Palmerstown who become best friends during the Great Depression, despite one being black and the other being white.[6]
Cast
- Jonelle Allen as Bessie Freeman
- Bill Duke as Luther Freeman
- Star-Shemah Bobatoon as Diana Freeman
- Jermain Hodge Johnson as Booker T. Freeman
- Beeson Carroll as W.D. Hall
- Janice St. John as Coralee Hall
- Michael J. Fox as Willy-Joe Hall
- Brian Godfrey Wilson as David Hall
- Kenneth White as The Sheriff
- Iris Korn as Widder Brown (1981)
Episodes
Season 1 (1980)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | "Palmerstown, U.S.A." | Peter Levin | Ronald Rubin | March 20, 1980 (1980-03-20) |
2 | 2 | ||||
3 | 3 | "The Lesson" | Larry Elikann | Noreen Stone | March 27, 1980 (1980-03-27) |
4 | 4 | "A Place for Bo" | Jeffrey Hayden | Robert Price | April 3, 1980 (1980-04-03) |
5 | 5 | "The Black Travelers: Part 1" | Jeffrey Hayden | Story by : Jim Tisdale Teleplay by : Ronald Rubin & Alex Haley | April 10, 1980 (1980-04-10) |
6 | 6 | "The Black Travelers: Part 2" | Jeffrey Hayden | Story by : Jim Tisdale Teleplay by : Ronald Rubin & Alex Haley | April 17, 1980 (1980-04-17) |
7 | 7 | "Kidnapped" | Gilbert Moses | Alex Haley & Ronald Rubin | April 24, 1980 (1980-04-24) |
8 | 8 | "The Old Sister" | Jeffrey Hayden | Story by : Saundra Sharp Teleplay by : Odie Hawkins and Ronald Rubin & Alex Haley | May 1, 1980 (1980-05-01) |
Season 2 (1981)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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9 | 1 | "Vendetta" | Ivan Dixon | Ernie Wallengren | March 17, 1981 (1981-03-17) |
10 | 2 | "Scandal" | Unknown | Unknown | March 24, 1981 (1981-03-24) |
11 | 3 | "The Hobo" | Unknown | Unknown | March 31, 1981 (1981-03-31) |
12 | 4 | "Future City" | Unknown | Unknown | April 7, 1981 (1981-04-07) |
13 | 5 | "Epidemic" | Unknown | Unknown | April 14, 1981 (1981-04-14) |
14 | 6 | "The Threat" | Unknown | Unknown | April 21, 1981 (1981-04-21) |
15 | 7 | "Roadhouse" | Unknown | Unknown | May 5, 1981 (1981-05-05) |
16 | 8 | "Dry Hole" | Unknown | Unknown | May 19, 1981 (1981-05-19) |
17 | 9 | "The Suitor" | Unknown | Unknown | June 2, 1981 (1981-06-02) |
18 | 10 | "Crossroads" | Unknown | Unknown | June 9, 1981 (1981-06-09) |
See also
Any Day Now
References
- ^ a b Bianculli, David (2017). The Platinum Age of Television: From I Love Lucy to the Walking Dead, How TV Became Terrific. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 9781101911327. page 290
- ^ Drew, Bernard Alger (2007). 100 Most Popular African American Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies. Libraries Unlimited. p. 123. ISBN 9781591583226.
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page 123 - ^ a b O'Connor, John J. (17 March 1981). "TV: THE RETURN OF 'PALMERSTOWN'". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ "'Palmerstown' writer Willard Rodgers dies". The Hollywood Reporter. 13 June 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ Bogle, Donald (2015). Primetime Blues: African Americans on Network Television. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 9781466894457.page 255
- ^ "The Story Behind HALEY & LEAR Television Team". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. 3 April 1980. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
External links
- Palmerstown, U.S.A. at IMDb
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