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Our World

🕐 1h 0m US US

Our World is an American television news series that ran for 26 episodes, from September 25, 1986 to May 28, 1987. The show was anchored by Linda Ellerbee and Ray Gandolf. Each episode of the series examined, through the use of archival film and television footage, one short period in American history. Our World aired on ABC. Our World grew out of an earlier ABC News special called 45/85, whose producer, Avram Westin, would go on to produce Our World. Each episode was produced on a budget of $350,000, less than half of the budget of a typical hour of prime time programming at the time. Our World premiered to indifferent critical response but as the series progressed critics became effusive with their praise. Despite being critically well received and profitable for the network, Our World performed poorly in the Nielsen ratings, as its first half-hour was programmed against the extremely popular The Cosby Show. ABC canceled the show after one season. Ellerbee tried to move the series to PBS but was unsuccessful.

Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 9 episodes
E1
Summer of 69 1986-09-25
E5
Halloween, 1938 1986-10-30
E10
Secrets And Surprises - Fall, 1948
E14
Winds Of Change - Winter, 1968
E15
A Crowded Room - Fall, 1949
E17
Between The Lines - Summer, 1972
E19
Liberation Summer - 1944
E25
Long Winter, Short Spring 1937 1987-05-21
E26
Dangerous Assumptions: Spring 1953 1987-05-28
Cast
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