Palmerstown, U.S.A.

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]

Palmerstown, U.S.A.
Also known as	Palmerstown
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)
Composers	Al Schackman (season 1) Jerrold Immel (season 2)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2[1]
No. of episodes	17
Production
Executive producers	Norman Lear Alex Haley Ronald Rubin
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Haley Productions T.A.T. Communications Company
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	March 20, 1980 (1980-03-20) – June 9, 1981 (1981-06-09)

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

Season 1 (1980)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"Palmerstown, U.S.A."	Peter Levin	Ronald Rubin	March 20, 1980 (1980-03-20)
2	2
3	3	"The Lesson"	Larry Elikann	Noreen Stone	March 27, 1980 (1980-03-27)
4	4	"A Place for Bo"	Jeffrey Hayden	Robert E. Price	April 3, 1980 (1980-04-03)
5	5	"The Black Travelers: Part 1"	Jeffrey Hayden	Story by : Jim Tisdale Teleplay by : Ronald Rubin & Alex Haley	April 10, 1980 (1980-04-10)
6	6	"The Black Travelers: Part 2"	Jeffrey Hayden	Story by : Jim Tisdale Teleplay by : Ronald Rubin & Alex Haley	April 17, 1980 (1980-04-17)
7	7	"Kidnapped"	Gilbert Moses	Alex Haley & Ronald Rubin	April 24, 1980 (1980-04-24)
8	8	"The Old Sister"	Jeffrey Hayden	Story by : Saundra Sharp Teleplay by : Odie Hawkins, Ronald Rubin, & Alex Haley	May 1, 1980 (1980-05-01)

Season 2 (1981)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
9	1	"Vendetta"	Ivan Dixon	Ernie Wallengren	March 17, 1981 (1981-03-17)
10	2	"Scandal"	Peter Levin	Juliet Packer	March 24, 1981 (1981-03-24)
11	3	"The Hobo"	Kenneth Gilbert	Max Hodge	March 31, 1981 (1981-03-31)
12	4	"Future City"	Ivan Dixon	Ronald Rubin	April 7, 1981 (1981-04-07)
13	5	"Epidemic"	Larry Elikann	Story by : Frank Dandridge Teleplay by : Frank Dandridge & Michael McGreevey	April 14, 1981 (1981-04-14)
14	6	"The Threat"	Joseph Pevney	Michael McGreevey	April 21, 1981 (1981-04-21)
15	7	"Roadhouse"	Larry Elikann	Bud Freeman	May 5, 1981 (1981-05-05)
16	8	"Dry Hole"	Georg Stanford Brown	Bud Freeman	May 19, 1981 (1981-05-19)
17	9	"The Suitor"	Kenneth Gilbert	Juliet Packer	June 2, 1981 (1981-06-02)
18	10	"Crossroads"	Larry Elikann	Noreen Stone	June 9, 1981 (1981-06-09)

See also

• Any Day Now