Amazing Stories (TV series)

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Amazing Stories was the name of an American television show put together by director Steven Spielberg from 1985 to 1987. It was an anthology show, featuring unrelated stories each week in the manner of such programs as The Twilight Zone. Unlike that program, however, it did not have a regular host - a fact that some said contributed to its decline.^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}

Although nominated for 12 Emmy Awards (resulting in five wins), it was not a hit and the network, NBC, did not renew it after the two-year contract expired.

The show was named after Amazing Stories, a ground-breaking science fiction magazine that Spielberg read as a child.

Contents

1 Episode list

1.1 1st season 1985
1.2 2nd season 1986

2 External links

Episode list

A selection of the original series episodes were released in the VHS format in 1993; these were titled "Book One" through "Book Five". A 3-tape VHS (Pal) set was released in the UK.

The Complete First Season (DVD) will be released on July 18, 2006.

As of 2006, the Sci Fi Channel in the United States shows episodes on an irregular schedule, but for unknown reasons it only plays from a selection of about half of the series' episodes.

The series list below is annotated with the Book numbers as they appeared in the US release on VHS; the UK VHS (Pal) releases are indicated with UK tape numbers:

1st season 1985

1- 1 29 Sep 85 Ghost Train
1- 2 6 Oct 85 The Main Attraction
1- 3 20 Oct 85 Alamo Jobe
1- 4 27 Oct 85 Mummy, Daddy
1- 5 3 Nov 85 The Mission (1 hr) (Book One)
1- 6 5 Nov 85 The Amazing Falsworth (Book Three)
1- 7 10 Nov 85 Fine Tuning (Book Five)
1- 8 17 Nov 85 Mr. Magic (Book Four)
1- 9 1 Dec 85 Guilt Trip
1-10 8 Dec 85 Remote Control Man
1-11 15 Dec 85 Santa '85
1-12 29 Dec 85 Vanessa in the Garden
1-13 5 Jan 86 The Sitter
1-14 12 Jan 86 No Day at the Beach (b&w) (Book Three)
1-15 19 Jan 86 One For the Road
1-16 2 Feb 86 Gather Ye Acorns
1-17 16 Feb 86 Boo!
1-18 2 Mar 86 Dorothy and Ben
1-19 9 Mar 86 Mirror, Mirror (Book Four)
1-20 6 Apr 86 Secret Cinema
1-21 13 Apr 86 Hell Toupee
1-22 4 May 86 The Doll
1-23 11 May 86 One For the Books (UK 1)
1-24 25 May 86 Grandpa's Ghost

2nd season 1986

2- 1 22 Sep 86 The Wedding Ring (Book One)
2- 2 29 Sep 86 Miscalculations (UK 2)
2- 3 6 Oct 86 Magic Saturday
2- 4 13 Oct 86 Welcome to My Nightmare
2- 5 20 Oct 86 You Gotta Believe Me
2- 6 3 Nov 86 The Greibble (UK 1)
2- 7 10 Nov 86 Life on Death Row (Book Three)
2- 8 21 Nov 86 Go to the Head of the Class (1 hr) (Book Two, UK 3)
2- 9 24 Nov 86 Thanksgiving
2-10 1 Dec 86 The Pumpkin Competition (Book Five, UK 3)
2-11 8 Dec 86 What If...?
2-12 29 Dec 86 The Eternal Mind
2-13 12 Jan 87 Lane Change (UK 3)
2-14 19 Jan 87 Blue Man Down (Book Four)
2-15 2 Feb 87 The 21 Inch Sun
2-16 16 Feb 87 The Family Dog (animated) (Book Two, UK 1)
2-17 13 Mar 87 Gershwin's Trunk (UK 2)
2-18 20 Mar 87 Such Interesting Neighbors (UK 2)
2-19 27 Mar 87 Without Diana (Book Five)
2-20 3 Apr 87 Moving Day
2-21 10 Apr 87 Miss Stardust

External links

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