Visions (1976 TV series)

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Not to be confused with Star Wars: Visions.

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Visions
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Genre Anthology drama
Creative director(s) Barbara Schultz
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 32
Production
Executive producer(s) Barbara Schultz
Running time 90–120 minutes
Production company(s) KCET
Release
Original network PBS
Original release October 21, 1976 (1976-10-21) –
January 26, 1980 (1980-01-26)
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

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

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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

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Season 1 (1976–77)

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No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1 1 Two Brothers Burt Brinckerhoff Conrad Bromberg October 21, 1976 (1976-10-21)
2 2 The War Widow Paul Bogart Harvey Perr October 28, 1976 (1976-10-28)
3 3 El Corrido Kirk Browning Luis Valdez November 4, 1976 (1976-11-04)
4 4 The Gold Watch Lloyd Richards Momoko Iko November 11, 1976 (1976-11-11)
5 5 Liza's Pioneer Diary Nell Cox Nell Cox November 18, 1976 (1976-11-18)
6 6 The Great Cherub Knitwear Strike George Tyne Ethel Tyne November 25, 1976 (1976-11-25)
7 7 Life Among the Lowly Adrian Hall Adrian Hall, Richard Cumming December 2, 1976 (1976-12-02)
8 8 Pennsylvania Lynch Jeff Bleckner, Rich Bennewitz Adrian Hall, Richard Cumming December 9, 1976 (1976-12-09)
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 (1976-12-16)
10 10 The Phantom of the Open Hearth Fred Barzyk, David Loxton Jean Shepherd December 23, 1976 (1976-12-23)
11 11 The Tapestry and Circles Maya Angelou Alexis De Veaux December 30, 1976 (1976-12-30)
12 12 The Gardener's Son Richard Pearce Cormac McCarthy January 6, 1977 (1977-01-06)
13 13 Prison Game Robert Stevens Susan Yankowitz January 13, 1977 (1977-01-13)

Season 2 (1977)

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No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Title Directed by Written by Original air date
14 1 Iowa Rick Bennewitz Murray Mednick October 2, 1977 (1977-10-02)
15 2 Freeman Lloyd Richards Phillip Hayes Dean October 9, 1977 (1977-10-09)
16 3 Alambrista! Robert M. Young Robert M. Young October 16, 1977 (1977-10-16)
17 4 The Dancing Bear Burt Brinckerhoff Conrad Bromberg October 23, 1977 (1977-10-23)
18 5 Over/Under/Sideways/Down Steve Wax, Eugene Corr Peter Gessner, Eugene Corr October 30, 1977 (1977-10-30)
19 6 Pleasantville Ken Locker Vicki Polon November 6, 1977 (1977-11-06)
20 7 You Can Run But You Can't Hide Rick Bennewitz Brother Jonathan Ringkamp November 13, 1977 (1977-11-13)
21 8 All I Could See from Where I Stood Burt Brinckerhoff Elizabeth Clark November 20, 1977 (1977-11-20)
22 9 Nanook Taxi Edward Folger Jeffrey Hayes November 27, 1977 (1977-11-27)
23 10 Secret Space Rosalyn Regelson Rosalyn Regelson, Roberta Hodes December 4, 1977 (1977-12-04)

Season 3 (1978–1980)

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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 (1978-10-09)
25 2 Escape Robert Stevens Jonathan Reynolds October 16, 1978 (1978-10-16)
26 3 Fans of the Kosko Show John Desmond David Epstein October 23, 1978 (1978-10-23)
27 4 Blessings Arvin Brown Murray Mednick October 30, 1978 (1978-10-30)
28 5 Blackout Rick Bennewitz Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal November 13, 1978 (1978-11-13)
29 6 Ladies in Waiting Oz Scott, Michael Lindsay-Hogg Patricia Resnick January 8, 1979 (1979-01-08)
30 7 Shoes and String Oz Scott Ted Shines (Shoes), Alice Childress (String) January 12, 1980 (1980-01-12)
31 8 It's the Willingness Gordon Davidson Marsha Norman January 19, 1980 (1980-01-19)
32 9 He Wants Her Back Kaye Braden Stanton Kaye January 26, 1980 (1980-01-26)

Awards

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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

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  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Krafft 1991, pp. 100–104.
  3. ↑ Smith 1978b, p. 16.
  4. ↑ Jones 1977, p. 9-B.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Margulies 1977, p. 16.
  6. ↑ Brown 1977, p. 26.
  7. ↑ Smith 1978a, p. 32.
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