Palmerstown, U.S.A.
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| Palmerstown, U.S.A. | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Alex Haley |
| Developed by | Norman Lear |
| Starring | Jonelle Allen Bill Duke Star-Shemah Bobatoon Jermain Hodge Johnson Beeson Carroll Janice St. John Michael J. Fox Brian Godfrey Wilson Kenneth White Iris Korn (1981) |
| Composer(s) | Al Schackman (season 1) Jerrold Immel (season 2) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2[1] |
| No. of episodes | 17 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Norman Lear Alex Haley Ronald Rubin |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Haley Productions T.A.T. Communications Company |
| Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | March 20, 1980 – June 9, 1981 |
| External links | |
| [{{#property:P856}} Website] | |
Palmerstown, U.S.A.[2] (shortened to Palmerstown in March 1981)[3] is a television drama series that aired on CBS from March 20, 1980 to June 9, 1981.[4] It was created by Norman Lear and Alex Haley,[1][3] whose childhood was the basis for the series.[5] It tells the story of two nine-year-old boys in the rural Southern community of Palmerstown who become best friends during the Great Depression, despite one being black and the other being white.[6]
Contents
Cast
- Jonelle Allen as Bessie Freeman
- Bill Duke as Luther Freeman
- Star-Shemah Bobatoon as Diana Freeman
- Jermain Hodge Johnson as Booker T. Freeman
- Beeson Carroll as W.D. Hall
- Janice St. John as Coralee Hall
- Michael J. Fox as Willy-Joe Hall
- Brian Godfrey Wilson as David Hall
- Kenneth White as The Sheriff
- Iris Korn as Widder Brown (1981)
Episodes
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Season 1 (1980)
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1
2 |
1
2 |
"Palmerstown, U.S.A." | Peter Levin | Ronald Rubin | March 20, 1980 |
| 3 | 3 | "The Lesson" | Larry Elikann | Noreen Stone | March 27, 1980 |
| 4 | 4 | "A Place for Bo" | Jeffrey Hayden | Robert Price | April 3, 1980 |
| 5 | 5 | "The Black Travelers: Part 1" | Jeffrey Hayden | Teleplay by: Ronald Rubin & Alex Haley Story by: Jim Tisdale |
April 10, 1980 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Black Travelers: Part 2" | Jeffrey Hayden | Teleplay by: Ronald Rubin & Alex Haley Story by: Jim Tisdale |
April 17, 1980 |
| 7 | 7 | "Kidnapped" | Gilbert Moses | Alex Haley & Ronald Rubin | April 24, 1980 |
| 8 | 8 | "The Old Sister" | Jeffrey Hayden | Teleplay by: Odie Hawkins and Ronald Rubin & Alex Haley Story by: Saundra Sharp |
May 1, 1980 |
Season 2 (1981)
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1 | "Vendetta" | March 17, 1981 |
| 9 | 2 | "Scandal" | March 24, 1981 |
| 10 | 3 | "The Hobo" | March 31, 1981 |
| 11 | 4 | "Future City" | April 7, 1981 |
| 12 | 5 | "Epidemic" | April 14, 1981 |
| 13 | 6 | "The Threat" | April 21, 1981 |
| 14 | 7 | "Roadhouse" | May 5, 1981 |
| 15 | 8 | "Dry Hole" | May 19, 1981 |
| 16 | 9 | "The Suitor" | June 2, 1981 |
| 17 | 10 | "Crossroads" | June 9, 1981 |
See also
References
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External links
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- Norman Lear
- 1980s American drama television series
- 1980 American television series debuts
- 1981 American television series endings
- CBS original programming
- English-language television shows
- Television series by Sony Pictures Television
- Television shows set in Tennessee
- Television series set in the 1930s
- Television series created by Norman Lear
