The Outsiders (TV series)

The Outsiders
Genre	Teen drama
Written by	Bruce Kirschbaum Frederick Rappaport Todd Robinson Alan Shapiro
Directed by	Gwen Arner Robert Becker Bill Duke Jan Eliasberg Janet Greek Lee H. Katzin Sharron Miller Bill Molloy Alan Shapiro Michael Toshiyuki Uno
Starring	Jay R. Ferguson Rodney Harvey Boyd Kestner David Arquette Robert Rusler Harold Pruett
Composer(s)	Jay Gruska W.G. Snuffy Walden
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer(s)	Francis Ford Coppola Fred Roos
Producer(s)	R.J. Louis Douglas Steinberg
Editor(s)	Corky Ehlers Briana London Lary Moten John Neal John Randle
Running time	43 min
Production company(s)	Zoetrope Studios
Distributor	Papazian-Hirsch Entertainment
Broadcast
Original channel	Fox
Original run	March 25, 1990 (1990-03-25) – July 22, 1990 (1990-07-22)
Chronology
Preceded by	The Outsiders

The Outsiders is an American drama series that aired in 1990 on Fox. Based on the characters from the 1967 novel of the same title by S. E. Hinton, the series was executive produced by the 1983 film's director Francis Ford Coppola.

Synopsis

The 90-minute pilot episode served as a sequel to the film and began with a short scene from the original film of Dallas Winston (Matt Dillon) running from police and being shot.

Alan Shapiro wrote and directed the pilot, which was aired as a special preview on March 25, 1990 (seven years after the release of the film) at 9:30 p.m., garnered 14.1 million viewers and was Fox's highest rated drama in the network's history. When the series was moved to its regular timeslot of 7 p.m., ratings quickly dropped off. After eight episodes, Fox canceled The Outsiders. The remaining five episodes aired through July and were repeated through August 1990.

Cast

• Jay R. Ferguson as Ponyboy Curtis
• Rodney Harvey as Sodapop Curtis
• Boyd Kestner as Darrel "Darry" Curtis
• Harold Pruett as Steve Randle
• David Arquette as Two-Bit Matthews
• Robert Rusler as Tim Shepherd
• Kim Walker as Cherry Valance
• Heather McComb as Belinda "Scout" Jenkins
• Sean Kanan as Gregg Parker
• Scott Coffey as Randy Anderson
• Billy Bob Thornton as Buck Merrill
• Jennifer McComb as Marcia

Episodes

Episode #	Episode Title	Original Airdate
1	Pilot	March 25, 1990
2	"The Stork Club"	April 1, 1990
3	"Only the Lonely"	April 8, 1990
4	"Breaking the Maiden"	April 15, 1990
5	"He Was a Greaser, Only Old"	April 22, 1990
6	"Maybe Baby"	April 29, 1990
7	"Storm Warning"	May 6, 1990
8	"Mirror Image"	May 13, 1990
9	"Carnival"	May 20, 1990
10	"Tequila Sunset"	June 10, 1990
11	"Winner Takes All"	June 24, 1990
12	"The Beat Goes On"	July 15, 1990
13	"Union Blues"	July 22, 1990

External links

• The Outsiders at the Internet Movie Database
• The Outsiders at TV.com