Insight (TV series)
Insight | |
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Genre | Anthology |
Created by | Fr. CSP |
Written by | Various, including:
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Directed by | Various |
Presented by | Fr. Ellwood Kieser CSP |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 23 |
No. of episodes | 250 |
Production | |
Camera setup | multiple-camera |
Running time | 22-24 mins. |
Production company | Paulist Productions |
Release | |
Original network | Syndication |
Picture format | Black-and-white; Color |
Audio format | Monaural |
Original release | October 2, 1960 January 21, 1985 | –
External links | |
Website |
Insight is an American religious-themed weekly anthology series that aired in syndication from October 1960 to January 1985. Produced by Paulist Productions in Los Angeles, the series presented half-hour dramas illuminating the contemporary search for meaning, freedom, and love. Insight was an anthology series, using an eclectic set of storytelling forms including comedy, melodrama, and fantasy to explore moral dilemmas.
The series was created by Catholic priest Ellwood E. "Bud" Kieser, the founder of Paulist Productions. A member of the Paulist Fathers, an evangelistic Catholic order of priests, he worked in the entertainment community in Hollywood as a priest-producer and occasional host, using television as a vehicle of spiritual enrichment. Many of the episodes of the series were videotaped at Television City Studios and then Metromedia Square.
It was the longest-running syndicated weekly show until Soul Train took over in 1996, and ran until 2008 (only Entertainment Tonight is longer). It is also the longest-running religious drama program ever.
Overview[]
In the United States the series was typically shown on Sunday mornings or late night. Often stations aired Insight in order to meet the Federal Communications Commission's public interest standard for broadcast television. Several episodes are available for purchase from the Paulist Press.
Contributing artists[]
The anthology format and the religious nature of the program attracted a wide variety of actors, directors and writers to work on the series. In many cases they donated their talents and time.
Actors[]
- Jack Albertson
- Elizabeth Ashley
- Ed Asner
- John Astin
- Diane Baker
- Billy Barty
- Carl Betz
- Bill Bixby
- Beau Bridges
- Albert Brooks
- Carol Burnett
- Michael Burns (six episodes)
- Joseph Campanella
- Elisha Cook Jr.
- Robert Culp
- Ann B. Davis
- Ivan Dixon
- James Doohan
- Patty Duke
- Wesley Eure
- Marty Feldman
- Beverly Garland
- Frank Gorshin
- Louis Gossett Jr.
- Harold Gould
- Mark Hamill
- Barbara Hale
- Bob Hastings
- Celeste Holm
- Ron Howard
- Jeffrey Hunter
- Ann Jillian
- Brian Keith
- Ricky Kelman
- Jack Klugman
- Robert Lansing
- Michael Learned
- June Lockhart
- Randolph Mantooth
- William Marshall
- Walter Matthau
- Maureen McCormick
- Vera Miles
- Roger Mobley
- Ricardo Montalban
- Juanita Moore
- Greg Morris
- Bill Mumy
- Bob Newhart
- Nichelle Nichols
- Carroll O'Connor
- Alan Oppenheimer
- Eve Plumb
- John Ritter
- William Shatner
- Michael Shea
- Martin Sheen
- Henry Silva
- Ann Sothern
- James Stacy
- Guy Stockwell
- Barry Sullivan
- Meg Tilly
- Cicely Tyson
- Dick Van Patten
- Flip Wilson
- Keenan Wynn
- Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
- Cindy Williams
- Deborah Winters
Directors[]
Writers[]
- Bernard Abbene
- Michael Crichton
- John T. Dugan
- Harry Julian Fink
- Jack Hanrahan
- Fr. CSP
- John Meredyth Lucas
- Lan O'Kun
- William P. McGivern
- John McGreevey
- Gilbert Ralston
- Rod Serling
- E. Sarsfield Waters
- John Rester Zodrow
Awards and nominations[]
Insight was nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Religious Programming in 1972 and 1973, and won the category every year from 1981 to 1984.
External links[]
- Insight at IMDb
- Insight's channel on YouTube
- Official website
- Paulist Productions
- "William Shatner wrestles with his soul at 4 AM, and this priest has it on videotape" (Chicago Reader, November 6, 2014)
- Insight at CVTA with episode list
- https://www.wotape.com/@Insight_2018 Insight - religious TV drama series at Wotape
- Insight - TV series at tilda.ws
- Insight on Facebook
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