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Visions
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Genre Anthology drama
Creative director Barbara Schultz
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes32
Production
Executive producerBarbara Schultz
Running time90–120 minutes
Production company KCET
Original release
Network PBS
ReleaseOctober 21, 1976 (1976-10-21) –
January 26, 1980 (1980-01-26)

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

Newspaper advertisement; see file page for full text.
Print ad in the Los Angeles Times on October 19, 1977, promoting the upcoming launch of the Visions series with a calendar of episode titles, screenwriting credits, and premiere dates for the first season.

Episode list and credits adapted from The Arts on Television, 1976–1990: Fifteen Years of Cultural Programming (1991). [2]

Series overview

Series overview for Better Call Saul
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
113October 21, 1976 (1976-10-21)January 13, 1977 (1977-01-13)
210October 2, 1977 (1977-10-02)December 4, 1977 (1977-12-04)
39October 9, 1978 (1978-10-09)January 26, 1980 (1980-01-26)

Season 1 (1976–77)

Visions season 1 episodes
No.
overall		 No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11Two Brothers Burt Brinckerhoff Conrad BrombergOctober 21, 1976 (1976-10-21)
22 The War Widow Paul Bogart Harvey PerrOctober 28, 1976 (1976-10-28)
33 El Corrido Kirk Browning Luis ValdezNovember 4, 1976 (1976-11-04)
44The Gold Watch Lloyd Richards Momoko IkoNovember 11, 1976 (1976-11-11)
55Liza's Pioneer Diary Nell CoxNell CoxNovember 18, 1976 (1976-11-18)
66The Great Cherub Knitwear Strike George Tyne Ethel TyneNovember 25, 1976 (1976-11-25)
77Life Among the Lowly Adrian HallAdrian Hall, Richard CummingDecember 2, 1976 (1976-12-02)
88Pennsylvania Lynch Jeff Bleckner, Rich BennewitzAdrian Hall, Richard CummingDecember 9, 1976 (1976-12-09)
99Scenes from the Middle Class (two plays): Monkey in the Middle and Winter Tour Rick BennewitzBetty Patrick (Monkey in the Middle), David Trainer (Winter Tour)December 16, 1976 (1976-12-16)
1010 The Phantom of the Open Hearth Fred Barzyk, David Loxton Jean ShepherdDecember 23, 1976 (1976-12-23)
1111The Tapestry and Circles Maya Angelou Alexis De VeauxDecember 30, 1976 (1976-12-30)
1212 The Gardener's Son Richard Pearce Cormac McCarthyJanuary 6, 1977 (1977-01-06)
1313Prison Game Robert Stevens Susan YankowitzJanuary 13, 1977 (1977-01-13)

Season 2 (1977)

Visions season 2 episodes
No.
overall		 No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
141IowaRick Bennewitz Murray MednickOctober 2, 1977 (1977-10-02)
152FreemanLloyd Richards Phillip Hayes DeanOctober 9, 1977 (1977-10-09)
163 Alambrista! Robert M. YoungRobert M. YoungOctober 16, 1977 (1977-10-16)
174The Dancing BearBurt BrinckerhoffConrad BrombergOctober 23, 1977 (1977-10-23)
185Over/Under/Sideways/Down Steve Wax, Eugene Corr Peter Gessner, Eugene CorrOctober 30, 1977 (1977-10-30)
196Pleasantville Ken Locker Vicki PolonNovember 6, 1977 (1977-11-06)
207You Can Run But You Can't HideRick Bennewitz Brother Jonathan RingkampNovember 13, 1977 (1977-11-13)
218All I Could See from Where I StoodBurt Brinckerhoff Elizabeth ClarkNovember 20, 1977 (1977-11-20)
229Nanook Taxi Edward FolgerJeffrey HayesNovember 27, 1977 (1977-11-27)
2310Secret Space Rosalyn RegelsonRosalyn Regelson, Roberta HodesDecember 4, 1977 (1977-12-04)

Season 3 (1978–1980)

Visions season 1 episodes
No.
overall		 No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
241Charlie Smith and the Fritter TreeDavid Loxton, Fred BarzykCharles JohnsonOctober 9, 1978 (1978-10-09)
252EscapeRobert Stevens Jonathan ReynoldsOctober 16, 1978 (1978-10-16)
263Fans of the Kosko ShowJohn DesmondDavid EpsteinOctober 23, 1978 (1978-10-23)
274Blessings Arvin BrownMurray MednickOctober 30, 1978 (1978-10-30)
285BlackoutRick Bennewitz Naomi Foner GyllenhaalNovember 13, 1978 (1978-11-13)
296Ladies in Waiting Oz Scott, Michael Lindsay-Hogg Patricia ResnickJanuary 8, 1979 (1979-01-08)
307Shoes and StringOz Scott Ted Shines (Shoes), Alice Childress (String)January 12, 1980 (1980-01-12)
318It's the Willingness Gordon Davidson Marsha NormanJanuary 19, 1980 (1980-01-19)
329He Wants Her Back Kaye Braden Stanton KayeJanuary 26, 1980 (1980-01-26)

Awards

Awards and nominations received by Visions
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

  1. ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 887. ISBN  0-14-02-4916-8.
  2. ^ Krafft 1991, pp. 100–104.
  3. ^ Smith 1978b, p. 16.
  4. ^ Jones 1977, p. 9-B.
  5. ^ a b Margulies 1977, p. 16.
  6. ^ Brown 1977, p. 26.
  7. ^ Smith 1978a, p. 32.

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