- Insight (TV series)
"Insight" was an
Emmy -winning syndicated television series produced by thePaulist Productions that aired 250 episodes from 1960 to 1983. The series presented half-hour dramas illuminating the contemporary search for meaning, freedom, and love. Insight was ananthology series , using an eclectic set of story telling forms including comedy, melodrama, and fantasy to explore moral dilemmas.The series was by Roman Catholic priest Ellwood E. "Bud" Kieser, the founder of Paulist Productions. A member of the
Paulist Fathers , an evangelisticCatholic order of priests, he worked in the entertainment community in Hollywood as a priest-producer, using television as a vehicle of spiritual enrichment."Insight" was nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Religious Programming in 1972 and 1973 and won the category from 1981 to 1984. The anthology format and the religious nature of the program attracted a wide variety of actors (including
Ed Asner ,Jack Albertson ,Beau Bridges ,Patty Duke ,Jack Klugman ,Robert Lansing ,Walter Matthau ,Bob Newhart ,John Ritter , andMartin Sheen ), directors (such asMarc Daniels ,Arthur Hiller ,Norman Lloyd ,Delbert Mann ,Ted Post ,Jay Sandrich , andJack Shea ), and writers (Rod Serling ,John T. Dugan ,Lan O'Kun , andMichael Crichton ) to work on the series.In the United States the series was typically shown on Sunday mornings or late night. Often stations aired "Insight" in order to meet the
Federal Communications Commission 's public interest standard for broadcast television.Several episodes are available for purchase from the
Paulist Press .External links
* [http://www.paulistproductions.org/prod_insight.html Insight Page at Paulist Productions]
* [http://www.paulistpress.com/ Paulist Press]
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