The Outsiders (TV Series)

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The Outsiders is an American television series that was produced by Francis Ford Coppola, who had previously directed the movie of the same name. It first aired on Fox staring from March to July 1990, and was cancelled after 13 consecutive episodes.

Synopsis[]

TVseries-cast01 — The six remaining greasers (ltr): Darry, Two-Bit, Sodapop, Ponyboy, Tim , and Steve

The 90-minute pilot which was directed by Sharron Miller served as a sequel to the film. It 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, exactly seven years after the release of the film at 9:30 p.m. It was Fox's highest rated drama in the network's history, drawing a 9.3/16 national Nielsen rating and 14.1 million viewers, which also tied at at rank of 64th for the week. However, The Outsiders lost half the viewers from its Married... with Children lead-in.

Cast[]

Actor-robert-rusler-actor-rodney-harvey-actor-harold-pru 004 — Robert Rusler, Rodney Harvey, Harold Pruett, David Arquette and Jay R. Ferguson

→ main article Series cast

Episodes[]

→ see also Episode guide

No.	Title	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Original air date
1	Pilot	Sharron Miller Alan Shapiro	Alan Shapiro	March 25, 1990 (double length)
2	The Stork Club	Director: Jan Eliasberg	Bruce Kirschbaum	April 1, 1990
3	Only the Lonely			April 8, 1990
4	Breaking the Maiden			April 15th, 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