American Chronicles


American Chronicles was a documentary television program broadcast by Fox Broadcasting Company as part of its 1990 fall lineup.
American Chronicles was produced by Mark Frost through Lynch/Frost Productions, the company that he founded with David Lynch. Featured many of the same quirky camera angles, unusual music, and a focus on violence and sexuality that were hallmarks of their ABC series Twin Peaks. The half-hour weekly program was narrated by Richard Dreyfuss.
This program had a relatively brief run, being cancelled just over three months after its premiere, after ranking last out of 98 shows with an average household rating of 3.07.

Episodes

  1. "Farewell to the Flesh"
  2. "The Eye of the Beholder"
  3. "Manhattan After Dark"
  4. "Auto-Obsession"
  5. "Biker Nation"
  6. "Semper Fidelis"
  7. "This Gun's for Hire / Defender of the Faith"
  8. "After a Fashion / An American Camelot"
  9. "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow / Truck Stop"
  10. "Once Upon a Time"
  11. "The Class of '65"
  12. "Diamonds Are Forever / The Future That Never Was"
  13. "Champions"

    International broadcasts

American Chronicles was aired in the United Kingdom by Channel 4, in Australia by SBS, in New Zealand by TV3, in France by Planète and in Spain by TVE.