Bus Stop (TV series)#ep13
{{Short description|Drama TV series (1961-62)}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Marilyn Maxwell Tuesday Weld Gary Lockwood Bus Stop 1961.JPG
| caption = Marilyn Maxwell, Tuesday Weld and Gary Lockwood in "Cherie" (1961)
| genre = Drama
| creator = Roy Huggins
(based on William Inge's play, Bus Stop)
| writer =
| director = Robert Altman (selected episodes)
| starring = Marilyn Maxwell
Richard Anderson
Rhodes Reason
Joan Freeman
Buddy Ebsen
| theme_music_composer = Arthur Morton
| composer = Arthur Morton
Lionel Newman
Jeff Alexander
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 26
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = William Self
Roy Huggins
| producer = Robert Blees
John Newland (final episode)
| company = Belmont Television Company, Inc.
Palomino Productions, Inc. (final episode), in association with 20th Century-Fox Television
| runtime = 60 minutes
| channel = ABC
| first_aired = {{start date|1961|10|1}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1962|3|25}}
}}
Bus Stop is a 26-episode American drama which aired on ABC from October 1, 1961, until March 25, 1962, starring Marilyn Maxwell as Grace Sherwood, the owner of a bus station and diner in the fictitious town of Sunrise in the Colorado Rockies. The program was adapted from William Inge's play, Bus Stop, and Inge was a script consultant for the series, which followed the lives of travelers passing through the bus station and the diner. Maxwell's co-stars were Richard Anderson as District Attorney Glenn Wagner, Rhodes Reason as Sheriff Will Mayberry, Joan Freeman as waitress Elma Gahrigner, Bernard Kates as Ralph the coroner, and Buddy Ebsen as Virge Blessing.{{Citation needed |date=March 2023}} Increasingly, as it became difficult to have guest stars be characters arriving by bus every week, the stories became more about people in the town which left little for Maxwell's character to do and led to her leaving the series after 13 episodes. She said, "There was nothing for me to do but pour a second cup of coffee and point the way to the men's room."{{cite news|last1=Thomas|first1=Bob|title=Marilyn Maxwell Just 'Rides Away' From Show|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3216977/the_corpus_christi_callertimes/|work=The Corpus Christi Caller-Times|date=November 19, 1961|page=63|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = September 13, 2015}} {{Open access}}
Episodes
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! style="background:#;"| Title ! style="background:#;"| Directed by ! style="background:#;"| Written by ! style="background:#;"| Original air date {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=1 |Title = Afternoon Of A Cowboy |DirectedBy = Stuart Rosenberg |WrittenBy = Sally Benson (teleplay), Rex O'Haogain |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|10|1}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2 |Title = Success Story |DirectedBy = Stuart Rosenberg |WrittenBy = Luther Davis (teleplay), Rex O'Haogain |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|10|8}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3 |Title = The Resurrection of Annie Ahern |DirectedBy = Don Medford |WrittenBy = Don M. Mankewicz & Jerome Thomas (teleplay), Robert L. Palmer |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|10|15}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=4 |Title = The Covering Darkness |DirectedBy = Robert Altman |WrittenBy = Jean Holloway & John Meredyth Lucas |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|10|22}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=5 |Title = Portrait of a Hero |DirectedBy = Robert Altman |WrittenBy = Luther Davis (teleplay), Jonathan Hughes |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|10|29}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=6 |Title = The Glass Jungle |DirectedBy = Francis D. Lyon |WrittenBy = Norman Jacob |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|11|5}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=7 |Title = Cherie |DirectedBy = Don Siegel |WrittenBy = Robert Blees (teleplay), William Inge |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|11|12}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=8 |Title = Accessory By Consent |DirectedBy = Robert Altman |WrittenBy = Gilbert Ralston (teleplay), Stephen Becker |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|11|19}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=9 |Title = The Man From Bootstrap |DirectedBy = Joseph Pevney |WrittenBy = Howard Browne |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|11|26}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=10 |Title = A Lion Walks Among Us |DirectedBy = Robert Altman |WrittenBy = Ellis Kadison (teleplay), Tom Wicker |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|12|3}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=11 |Title = Call Back Yesterday |DirectedBy = Lamont Johnson |WrittenBy = Samson Raphaelson |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|12|10}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=12 |Title = ...And The Pursuit Of Evil |DirectedBy = Robert Altman |WrittenBy = Dennis Arbuthnot & Howard Browne (teleplay), Wilbur Daniel Steele |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|12|17}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=13 |Title = The Runaways |DirectedBy = Arthur Hiller |WrittenBy = Sally Benson (teleplay), Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|12|24}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=14 |Title = Jaws Of Darkness |DirectedBy = Stuart Rosenberg |WrittenBy = Alvin Sargent (teleplay), Henry Farrell |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|12|31}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=15 |Title = Summer Lightning |DirectedBy = Robert Altman |WrittenBy = Harry Kleiner (teleplay), John Whittier |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|1|7}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=16 |Title = Cry To Heaven |DirectedBy = Stuart Rosenberg |WrittenBy = John Francis O'Mara (teleplay), Nunnally Johnson, Patrick Quentin |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|1|14}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=17 |Title = The Stubborn Stumbos |DirectedBy = Richard L. Bare |WrittenBy = Edmund L. Hartmann (teleplay), Jean Muir |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|1|21}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=18 |Title = Turn Home Again |DirectedBy = Stuart Rosenberg |WrittenBy = Harry Kleiner (teleplay), Howard Browne |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|1|28}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=19 |Title = How Does Charlie Feel? |DirectedBy = Richard L. Bare |WrittenBy = Roy Huggins |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|2|4}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=20 |Title = Put Your Dreams Away |DirectedBy = Ted Post |WrittenBy = Harry Kleiner (teleplay), Howard Browne |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|2|11}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=21 |Title = The Opposite Virtues |DirectedBy = Herman Hoffman |WrittenBy = James P. Cavanaugh & Marie Baumer |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|2|18}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=22 |Title = The Ordeal of Kevin Brooke |DirectedBy = James B. Clark |WrittenBy = Frank Fenton (teleplay), Rex O'Haogain |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|2|25}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=23 |Title = Door Without A Key |DirectedBy = Robert Altman |WrittenBy = Howard Browne (teleplay), Robert Altman |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|3|4}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=24 |Title = Verdict of 12 |DirectedBy = Felix E. Feist |WrittenBy = Harry Kleiner (teleplay), Howard Browne |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|3|11}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=25 |Title = County General |DirectedBy = Robert Altman |WrittenBy = David Shaw |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|3|18}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=26 |Title = I Kiss Your Shadow |DirectedBy = John Newland |WrittenBy = Barry Trivers (teleplay), Robert Bloch |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|3|25}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor= }} |
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Controversial episode
{{Main|A Lion Walks Among Us}}
The episode "A Lion Walks Among Us", with guest star Fabian Forte and directed by Robert Altman, was highly controversial because of its depiction of violence. Twenty-five ABC affiliates refused to air the program.{{Cite news|title=Many TV Stations Omitted 'BUS STOP': Reports Indicate That A.B.C. Show Was Canceled by 15|author=Val Adams|date=December 5, 1961|work=The New York Times|page=87}} It attracted negative comment from politicians in Washington. The episode was shown to a Congressional Committee discussing violence on TV.
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb title|0054525|Bus Stop}}
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Category:1961 American television series debuts
Category:1962 American television series endings
Category:Television series by 20th Century Fox Television
Category:1960s American drama television series
Category:Black-and-white American television shows
Category:Television shows set in Colorado
Category:Live action television shows based on films
Category:American English-language television shows
Category:Television series created by Roy Huggins