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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[]

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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[]

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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 video
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

Images[]

→ see also The Outsiders (TV Series)/Gallery#Images and Category:Images from the TV series

Videos[]

→ see also The Outsiders (TV Series)/Gallery#Videos and Category:Videos from the TV series

External links[]


Media
Novels: The Outsiders (1967) - That Was Then, This Is Now (1971) - Rumble Fish (1975) - Tex (1979) - Taming the Star Runner (1988)

Films: Tex (1982) - The Outsiders (1983) - Rumble Fish (1983) - That Was Then... This Is Now (1985)

Others: The Outsiders TV series (1990) - The Outsiders play (1990)