The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Infobox Television
show_name = Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)


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genre = Horror, Drama, Mystery
creator =
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presenter = Alfred Hitchcock (re-colorized footage)
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country = USA
language = English
num_seasons = 4
num_episodes = 76
list_episodes = List of Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes
producer = Alan Barnette
Mary Kahn
Barbara Laffey
David Levinson
Susan Whittaker
executive_producer = Christopher Crowe
Jon Slan
Michael Sloan
location = flagicon|Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada
camera = Multi-camera
runtime = 30 min.
network = NBC (1985-1986)
USA Network (1987-1989)
picture_format = 35 mm
audio_format = Monoaural
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first_aired = 29 September, 1985
last_aired = 22 July, 1989
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related = "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (original 1955 series)
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imdb_id = 0088476
tv_com_id = 2688

"Alfred Hitchcock Presents", also known as "The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents" is a 1985 updated re-imagining of the classic series "Alfred Hitchcock Presents".

Background

In 1985, the National Broadcasting Company aired a new TV-movie [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088692/ Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) (TV)] ] based upon the series, combining newly-filmed stories with colorized footage of Alfred Hitchcock from the original series introducing each segment. The movie was a huge ratings success, and sparked a brief revival of the anthology series genre that included a new version of "The Twilight Zone" amongst others.

Format

A new "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" series debuted in the fall of 1985 and retained the same format as the movie - newly filmed stories (a mixture of original works and updated remakes of original series episodes) with colorized introductions by Hitchcock. The new series lasted only one season before NBC cancelled it, but it was then produced for three more years by USA Network (which is now co-owned with NBC under NBC Universal).

Notable guest stars

eries Pilot

*Ned Beatty - Larry Broome (segment "Incident in a Small Jail")
*Lee Ving - Curt Venner (segment "Incident in a Small Jail")
*Tony Frank - Sheriff Noakes (segment "Incident in a Small Jail")
*John Huston - Carlos/Narrator (segment "Man from the South")
*Melanie Griffith - Girl (segment "Man from the South")
*Annette O'Toole - Stella (segment "An Unlocked Window")
*Bruce Davison - Betty Ames/Baker (segment "An Unlocked Window")

Other episodes

*Brian Bedford - Sherlock Holmes
*Parker Stevenson - Clark Taylor
*Bruce Gray - Bryan Holland
*Kathleen Quinlan - Karen Wilson
*John Colicos - Carter Talbot
*Ann-Marie MacDonald - Denise Tyler
*Cec Linder - Dr. Hoffman
*Neil Munro - David Barclay
*Rod Wilson - Eddie
*Melissa Sue Anderson - Julie Fenton
*Art Hindle - Alton Brooks
*Barclay Hope - Harvey
*Cedric Smith - Paul Stevens
*Brent Stait - Jim Sweeney
*Edward Woodward - Drummond

Reruns

NBC Universal's horror-themed cable channel Chiller, which launched on March 1, 2007 is airing "The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents" for the first time on television in more than a decade. The series airs weekdays at 9:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 3:00 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. Eastern, Saturdays at 11:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m., and Sundays at 11:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Eastern. [ [http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?p=3466131 Sitcoms Online] ] "The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents" was the first show to air on Chiller when it launched at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.

References

ee also

*"Alfred Hitchcock Presents"

External links

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* [http://www.geocities.com/garn13/ahp2.html Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) - Garn's Guides]
* [http://www.jumptheshark.com/topic/alfred-hitchcock-presents-general-comments/39 Jump The Shark - Alfred Hitchcock Presents]