An Analytical Guide to Television's One Step Beyond, 1959-1961

John Kenneth Muir

McFarland, Jun 21, 2010 - Performing Arts - 312 pages

Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond made its television debut in 1959, nine months before Rod Serling's classic The Twilight Zone, and paved the way for a generation of television programs devoted to paranormal topics such as the occult, ESP, and ghost stories. One Step Beyond was also where some of Hollywood's most famous leading men, including Warren Beatty, William Shatner, and Charles Bronson, got their starts in television. This complete reference work to the 96 half-hour episodes that ran for three seasons on ABC also offers a detailed history, extensive commentary and summaries of the critical reception of One Step Beyond as well as coverage of the sequel series produced in 1978 entitled The Next Step Beyond. Complete credits for both series are provided.

Contents

• History: 7
• The Series: 33
• SEASON ONE 1959: 35
• SEASON TWO 195960: 89
• SEASON THREE 196060: 159
• Newland Between Steps: 219
• The Next Step Beyond: 227
• A Legacy of Love? One Step Beyond as Genre TVs Paranormal Bedrock: 259
• The Most Common Conventions and Themes in One Step Beyond: 273
• A Survey of the Psychic Paranormal and Inexplicable in Genre Television: 280
• The Fifteen Best Episodes of One Step Beyond: 284
• John Newlands Directing Contributions to Genre TV Series 19611978: 285
• Remakes: 286
• Notes: 287
• Bibliography: 291
• Index: 295

About the author

John Kenneth Muir is an American literary critic and award-winning author. As of 2022, he has written 30 reference books in the fields of film and television, with a particular focus on the horror and science fiction genres.

Bibliographic information

• Title: An Analytical Guide to Television's One Step Beyond, 1959-1961
• Author: John Kenneth Muir
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: McFarland, 2010
• ISBN: 0786455349, 9780786455348
• Length: 312 pages
• Subjects: Body, Mind & Spirit / Parapsychology / General; Performing Arts / Television / General; Reference / General