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.[citation needed]
Episodes
"Farewell to the Flesh" (pilot episode; writer/director: Mark Frost; airdate: 9/8/1990)
"The Eye of the Beholder" (airdate: 9/15/1990)
"Manhattan After Dark" (writer/producer: Robin L. Sestero; airdate: 9/22/1990)
"Semper Fidelis" (writer/producer: Robin L. Sestero; airdate: 10/13/1990)
"This Gun's for Hire / Defender of the Faith" (writer/producer: Chappy Hardy; airdate: 10/27/1990)
"After a Fashion / An American Camelot" (airdate: 11/3/1990)
"Here Today, Gone Tomorrow / Truck Stop" (writer/producer: Robin L. Sestero; airdate: 10/6/1990)
"Once Upon a Time" (about Hugh Hefner) (writers: Gary H. Grossman, Michael Gross, Robert Heath; directed by Robert Heath; airdate: 11/17/1990)
"The Class of '65" (airdate: 12/8/1990)
"Diamonds Are Forever (Last Day at Comiskey Park) / The Future That Never Was" (writer/producer: David H. Jones; airdate: 12/15/1990)
"Champions" (unaired in U.S.; first aired in UK 6/21/92)
International broadcasts
American Chronicles was aired in the United Kingdom by Channel 4 (1992), in Australia by SBS (1993), in New Zealand by TV3 (1992), in France by Planète (1992) and in Spain by TVE (1992).
