Author Archives: Ralph

End Of A Hero

FILMED September 1971 After I published my last post, A SECOND LIFE, I decided that since I had written about thirteen of the sixteen episodes I directed of THE FBI, it was time to move on. But then I learned … Continue reading

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A Second Life

FILMED October 1971 From the emotional disturbance of construction worker James Whitmore in MY NAME IS MARTIN BURNHAM, to the problems attendant upon Season Hubley recovering her hearing in THE SOUND OF SUNLIGHT, Senensky seems always to have been interested … Continue reading

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SPECIAL: These Are The Voyages – Season Two

STAR TREK was a phenomenon. I directed six and a half episodes of the original series, working a total of ninety days. I worked many more days than that on just the pilot of DYNASTY. I directed twice as many … Continue reading

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Another Final Exit

FILMED  December  1967 Following their success in the 1966-67 season when they sold two successful series to the networks (STAR TREK to NBC and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE to CBS) Lucille Ball’s Desilu Studios continued on their roll the following season by … Continue reading

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Ends Of The Earth

FILMED  February 1973 And now we get to a television series that I’m sure the majority of people today do not remember. Robert Justman, the first producer of the series, in his interview for the Archives Of American Television said: … Continue reading

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The Man Who Went Mad By Mistake

FILMED  January 1966 THE MAN WHO WENT MAD BY MISTAKE was the second THE FBI that I directed. It was the only one of the eleven that I directed in the first two seasons that I have not (so far) … Continue reading

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Anatomy Of A Prison Break

FILMED  August 1966 Just like in the old days, the time has come to leave the blue skies of INSIGHT and return to the reelity of reality. Because of the competition between networks, it was desired that shows start with … Continue reading

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The Man Who Went Blue Sky

TAPED  May 1974 After taping THE SYSTEM, twenty-five months would pass before I returned to INSIGHT to direct another script written by Lan O’Kun. As I wrote at the end of my post on THE SYSTEM about the future project: … Continue reading

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The System

TAPED April 1972 comedy (kämədē) noun • a play characterized by its humorous or satirical tone and its depiction of amusing people or incidents, in which the characters ultimately triumph over adversity But there can be confusion sometimes as to … Continue reading

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Out Of The Depths

TAPED May 1975 OUT OF THE DEPTHS was the first of the INSIGHT scripts written by Fr. Terry Sweeney that I directed. Like his I WANT TO DIE, the other one which came two years later, it made a powerful … Continue reading

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