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American Chronicles

{{Short description|Television series}}

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{{Infobox television

| image = American Chronicles title.jpg

| caption = American Chronicles title card

| genre = Documentary

| creator = Mark Frost

| narrator = Richard Dreyfuss

| composer = Billy Barber

| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 13 (1 unaired)

| executive_producer = Mark Frost

| runtime = 30 min.

| company = Lynch/Frost Productions

| network = Fox

| first_aired = {{start date|1990|9|8}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1990|12|15}}

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American Chronicles was a documentary television program broadcast by Fox Broadcasting Company as part of its 1990 fall lineup.

American Chronicles was produced by Mark Frost through Lynch/Frost Productions, the company that he founded with David Lynch. Featured many of the same quirky camera angles, unusual music, and a focus on violence and sexuality that were hallmarks of their ABC series Twin Peaks. The half-hour weekly program was narrated by Richard Dreyfuss.

This program had a relatively brief run, being cancelled just over three months after its premiere, after ranking last out of 98 shows with an average household rating of 3.07.{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}}

Episodes

  1. "Farewell to the Flesh" (pilot episode; writer/director: Mark Frost; airdate: 9/8/1990)
  2. "The Eye of the Beholder" (airdate: 9/15/1990)
  3. "Manhattan After Dark" (writer/producer: Robin L. Sestero; airdate: 9/22/1990)
  4. "Auto-Obsession" (airdate: 9/29/1990)
  5. "Biker Nation" (writer/producer: Ruben Norte; airdate: 10/6/1990)
  6. "Semper Fidelis" (writer/producer: Robin L. Sestero; airdate: 10/13/1990)
  7. "This Gun's for Hire / Defender of the Faith" (writer/producer: Chappy Hardy; airdate: 10/27/1990)
  8. "After a Fashion / An American Camelot" (airdate: 11/3/1990)
  9. "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow / Truck Stop" (writer/producer: Robin L. Sestero; airdate: 10/6/1990)
  10. "Once Upon a Time" (about Hugh Hefner) (writers: Gary H. Grossman, Michael Gross, Robert Heath; directed by Robert Heath; airdate: 11/17/1990)
  11. "The Class of '65" (airdate: 12/8/1990)
  12. "Diamonds Are Forever (Last Day at Comiskey Park) / The Future That Never Was" (writer/producer: David H. Jones; airdate: 12/15/1990)
  13. "Champions" (unaired in U.S.; first aired in UK 6/21/92)

International broadcasts

American Chronicles was aired in the United Kingdom by Channel 4 (1992), in Australia by SBS (1993), in New Zealand by TV3 (1992), in France by Planète (1992) and in Spain by TVE (1992).

References

  • Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, Ballantine Books, [https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22American+Chronicles+Documentary%22&pg=PA46 p. 46].
  • Miller, Craig and Thorne, John (eds.). Wrapped in Plastic, Vol. 1, No. 9, p. 9–13. Win-Mill Productions, February 1994.
  • Miller, Craig and Thorne, John (eds.). Wrapped in Plastic, Vol. 1, No. 13, p. 30. Win-Mill Productions, October 1994.
  • Weinstein, Steve. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-07-29-ca-1322-story.html The Lynch / Frost View of America]. Los Angeles Times, July 29, 1990.
  • Rochlin, Margy. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170924121820/http://www.documentary.org/feature/unblinking-eye-david-lynch-and-mark-frost-chronicle-america The Unblinking Eye: David Lynch and Mark Frost Chronicle America]. Documentary Magazine, October 1, 1990.

External links

  • {{IMDb title|0098742|American Chronicles}}
  • [https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/american-chronicles/1000306367/American Chronicles] at TV Guide
  • [http://www.tvtango.com/series/american_chronicles/ American Chronicles] at TV Tango
  • [http://www.hollywood.com/tv/american-chronicles-59485437/ American Chronicles] at Hollywood.com

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Category:1990s American documentary television series

Category:1990 American television series debuts

Category:1991 American television series endings

Category:Fox Broadcasting Company original programming

Category:Television series by CBS Studios

Category:Culture of the United States

Category:Works by David Lynch

Category:Television series created by Mark Frost

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