The Chisholms

The Chisholms is a CBS western miniseries starring Robert Preston, which aired from March 29, 1979, to April 19, 1979; and continued as a television series from January 19, 1980, to March 15, 1980.^[1][2] The original mini-series episodes were filmed in Illinois at New Salem State Park near Springfield, and Jubilie State Park near Peoria.

The Chisholms
Genre	Western
Created by	David Dortort
Developed by	Evan Hunter
Directed by	Mel Stuart Edward M. Abroms Sigmund Neufeld Jr. Nicholas Webster
Starring	Robert Preston Rosemary Harris Ben Murphy Mitchell Ryan Brian Kerwin Brett Cullen James Van Patten Stacy Nelkin Delta Burke Susan Swift Charles Frank Sandra Griego Billy Drago Brian Keith Anthony Zerbe Reid Smith
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producers	Alan Landsburg David Dortort
Producer	Paul Freeman
Running time	275 mins (miniseries) 50 mins (series)
Production company	Alan Landsburg Productions
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	March 29, 1979 (1979-03-29) – March 15, 1980 (1980-03-15)

Episodes

Season 1: 1979 miniseries

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"Chapter I"	Mel Stuart	Evan Hunter	March 29, 1979 (1979-03-29)
2	2	"Chapter II"	Mel Stuart	Evan Hunter	April 5, 1979 (1979-04-05)
3	3	"Chapter III"	Mel Stuart	Evan Hunter	April 12, 1979 (1979-04-12)
4	4	"Chapter IV"	Mel Stuart	Evan Hunter	April 19, 1979 (1979-04-19)

Season 2: 1980 series

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
5	1	"Siege"	Mel Stuart	T : Paul Savage, Corey Blechman S : Evan Hunter	January 19, 1980 (1980-01-19)
6	2	"Betrayal"	Mel Stuart	T : Paul Savage S : Evan Hunter	January 26, 1980 (1980-01-26)
7	3	"Endless Desert"	Mel Stuart	T : Corey Blechman S : Evan Hunter	February 2, 1980 (1980-02-02)
8	4	"Vengeance"	Mel Stuart	T : Paul Savage S : Evan Hunter	February 9, 1980 (1980-02-09)
9	5	"Death in the Sierras"	Nicholas Webster	Evan Hunter	February 16, 1980 (1980-02-16)
10	6	"The Promised Land"	Mel Stuart	T : David Dortort S/T : Evan Hunter	February 23, 1980 (1980-02-23)
11	7	"The Suitor"	Edward M. Abroms	Corey Blechman	March 1, 1980 (1980-03-01)
12	8	"Chains"	Sigmund Neufeld Jr.	Kimmer Ringwald	March 8, 1980 (1980-03-08)
13	9	"The Siren Song"	Edward M. Abroms	Harold Swanton	March 15, 1980 (1980-03-15)

Home media

The four part miniseries of The Chisholms was released on VHS by U.S.A Home Video in 1986 in which it was presented as a feature film with a runtime of 4 hours and 37 minutes on two tapes. On June 10, 2014, Timeless Media Group released the complete series on DVD in Region 1.^[3]