The Outsiders (American TV series)


This is about the 1990 series based on The S.E. Hinton novel and film adaptation. For the 2016 series on WGN America also referred to as "The Outsiders", see Outsiders
The Outsiders is an American drama series that aired from March to July 1990 on Fox. Based on the characters from the 1967 novel of the same title by S. E. Hinton, the series' executive producer was the 1983 film's director Francis Ford Coppola.

Production

The 90-minute pilot episode directed by Sharron Miller served as a sequel to the film and began with a short scene from the original film of Dallas Winston running from police and being shot.
Alan Shapiro wrote and directed the pilot, which was aired as a special preview on March 25, 1990 at 9:30 p.m. while the rest of the series aired at 7:00 p.m. The pilot was Fox's highest rated drama in the network's history, drawing a 9.3/16 national Nielsen rating and 14.1 million viewers, and tied for 64th for the week. However, The Outsiders lost half the viewers from its Married... with Children lead-in.

Cast