The Outsiders (American TV series)

The Outsiders is an American drama television series that aired from March 25 to July 22, 1990 on Fox. Based on the characters from the 1967 novel of the same title by S. E. Hinton, the series' executive producer was the 1983 film's director Francis Ford Coppola.

Production
The 90-minute pilot episode directed by Alan Shapiro and Sharron Miller served as a sequel to the film and began with a short scene from the original film of Dallas Winston (Matt Dillon) running from police and being shot.

Alan Shapiro wrote and directed the pilot, which was aired as a special preview on March 25, 1990 (seven years after the release of the film) at 9:30 p.m. while the rest of the series aired at 7:00 p.m. The pilot was Fox's highest rated drama in the network's history, drawing a 9.3/16 national Nielsen rating and 14.1 million viewers, and tied for 64th for the week. However, The Outsiders lost half the viewers from its Married... with Children lead-in.

Cast

 * Jay R. Ferguson as Ponyboy Curtis
 * Rodney Harvey as Sodapop Curtis
 * Boyd Kestner as Darrel "Darry" Curtis
 * Harold Pruett as Steve Randle
 * David Arquette as Keith "Two-Bit" Matthews
 * Robert Rusler as Tim Shepherd
 * Kim Walker as Sherri "Cherry" Valance
 * Heather McComb as Belinda "Scout" Jenkins
 * Sean Kanan as Gregg Parker
 * Scott Coffey as Randy Anderson
 * Billy Bob Thornton as Buck Merrill
 * Jennifer McComb as Marcia
 * Leonardo DiCaprio as Boy fighting Scout