Middletown
Miniseries
1982tvEnded1 Season · 6 Ep
Documentary
Created by:
Network: PBS
Season aired: 1982-03-23
Overview
Six-part documentary on the city of Muncie, Indiana - nicknamed "Middletown" after a study in the 1920s deemed it representative of middle America. The series finds that amid the great ...
Episodes · 6
1
1
The Campaign
1h 17m1982-03-24
The 1979 mayoral race in Muncie between a glad-handing Democrat named Jim Carey and a reserved Republican named Alan Wilson.
2
2
The Big Game
59m1982-03-31
The showdown basketball game between the Muncie Central Bearcats and the Anderson High Indians.
3
3
Community of Praise
1h 0m1982-04-07
A family of fundamentalist Christians.
4
4
Family Business
1h 26m1982-04-14
A family struggles to keep a faltering pizza franchise alive.
5
5
Second Time Around
59m1982-04-21
A couple, both divorced, face the uncertainties of their imminent marriage.
6
6
Seventeen
1h 57m
A group of high-school seniors prepare to graduate into adulthood. (not aired)
