"The New People" (1969) TV series 1969-1970

Creators:

Larry Gordon
Aaron Spelling

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

22 September 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A group of young people crash land on a deserted island that was a never used atomic bomb test site...

Plot Keywords:

Island | College Student | Plane Crash | Castaway

Cast

Tiffany Bolling	...	Susan Bradley (17 episodes, 1969-1970)
Zooey Hall	...	Bob Lee (17 episodes, 1969-1970)
Jill Jaress	...	Ginny Loomis (17 episodes, 1969-1970)
David Moses	...	Gene Washington (17 episodes, 1969-1970)
Dennis Olivieri	...	Stanley Gabriel (17 episodes, 1969-1970)
Peter Ratray	...	George Potter (17 episodes, 1969-1970)

Runtime:

45 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Aaron Spelling Productions

Trivia:

The footage of the plane crash was later used in an episode of "Charlie's Angels" (1976) entitled "The Mexican Connection".

Movie Connections:

Featured in Reflections of Evil (2002)

Young people surviving plane crash on deserted island. 1969-70

This started off as an excellent, but short-lived series about a group of college-aged students stranded on an island in the Pacific after an airplane crash. The premise was for this group of teenagers and early twenty-somethings to survive and, at the same time, develop some kind social order by learning to deal with the responsibilities of adulthood. The pilot episode was entitled "Day One" and was apparently written by Rod Serling under the pseudonym of John Phillips. The writer, John Phillips is also credited with a "Playhouse 90" episode entitled "The Second Happiest Day". This is interesting because Serling cut his TV teeth on numerous "Playhouse 90" episodes before "Twilight Zone". As I recall, "The New People" aired on ABC in the 1969-70 season with a 45-minute time format. This was one of the odd programming attempts that was done to capture a specific audience, as it came just before another 45-minute show entitled "Music Scene" hosted by David Steinberg. This short-lived series was produced by Aaron Spelling, who brought us "The Mod Squad" a year earlier (1968) and "The Young Rebels" a year later (1970). Of course, Rod Serling went on to host "Night Gallery" from 1970 to 1973.