American Chronicles | |
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Genre | Documentary |
Created by | Mark Frost |
Narrated by | Richard Dreyfuss |
Composer(s) | Billy Barber |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 (1 unaired) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Mark Frost |
Running time | 30 min. |
Production company(s) | Lynch/Frost Productions |
Distributor | Worldvision |
Release | |
Original network | Fox |
Picture format | 4:3 |
Audio format | |
Original release | September 8, 1990 – January 1, 1991 |
American Chronicles is a documentary television program which was 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 program, 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.
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).