Genres
Networks
CBS
Created By
Insight
Overview
Insight is an American religious-themed weekly anthology series that aired in syndication from October 1960 to 1983. Produced by Paulist Productions in Los Angeles, the series presented half-hour dramas illuminating the contemporary search for meaning, freedom, and love. Insight was an anthology series, using an eclectic set of storytelling forms including comedy, melodrama, and fantasy to explore moral dilemmas. The series was created by Roman Catholic priest Ellwood E. "Bud" Kieser, the founder of Paulist Productions. As a member of an evangelistic order of Catholic priests called the Paulist Fathers, he worked in the entertainment community in Hollywood as a priest-producer and occasional host, using television as a vehicle of spiritual enrichment. Many of the episodes of the series were videotaped at CBS Television City and then Metromedia Square.
Seasons
Season 1 (1960)
No overview available.
122 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Game Room
1960-10-02Episode 2: I Want to Die
Episode 3: The Sophomore
Episode 4: Is the 11:59 Late This Year?
Episode 5: Just Before Eve
Episode 6: Madam
Episode 7: Is Anybody Listening?
Episode 8: The Incredible Man
Episode 9: The Coming of the Clone
Episode 10: The Freak
Episode 11: Friends
Episode 12: Jesus B.C.
Episode 13: The King of the Penny Arcade
Episode 14: Cum Laude, Come Lonely
Episode 15: Eddie
Episode 16: Clay Feet
Episode 17: Grandpa's Day
Episode 18: Cleaning House
Episode 19: So Little Time
Episode 20: Little Miseries
Episode 21: God's Guerrillas
Episode 22: God in the Dock
Episode 23: The Breadwinner
Episode 24: A Decision to Love
Episode 25: The Bet
Episode 26: Trial by Fire
Episode 27: Rebirth of Packy Rowe
Episode 28: This Side of Eden
Episode 29: For the Love of Annie
Episode 30: Fat Hands and a Diamond Ring
Episode 31: The Last of the Great Male Chauvinists
Episode 32: Out of the Depths
Episode 33: When You See Arcturus
Episode 34: The One-Armed Man
Episode 35: And the Walls Came Tumblin' Down
Episode 36: Roommates on a Rainy Day
Episode 37: The Man From Inner Space
Episode 38: The War of the Eggs
Episode 39: Why Don't You Call Me Skipper Anymore?
Episode 40: The Bird on the Mast
Episode 41: A Woman of Principle
Episode 42: For Love or Money
Episode 43: The Poker Game
Episode 44: Some Talk About Pool Rooms and Gin Mills
Episode 45: The Dog That Bit You
Episode 46: The Killer
Episode 47: Every 90 Seconds
Episode 48: Resurrection
Episode 49: When, Jenny, When?
Episode 50: Religious Program
Episode 51: The Placement Service
Episode 52: Truck Stop
Episode 53: Death of an Elephant
Episode 54: The Wrinkle Squad
Episode 55: Consider the Zebra
Episode 56: Bourbon in Suburbia
Episode 57: The Hate Syndrome
Episode 58: The Fiddler
Episode 59: Second Chorus
Episode 60: A Slight Drinking Problem
Episode 61: The Theft
Episode 62: A Slight Change in Plans
Episode 63: Chipper
Episode 64: The White Star Garage
Episode 65: No Tears for Kelsey
Episode 66: Checkmate
Episode 67: Exit
Episode 68: Seed of Dissent
Episode 69: The Oleander Years
Episode 70: The Man in the Cast-Iron Suit
Episode 71: He Lived with Us, He Ate with Us...
Episode 72: Welcome Home
Episode 73: The Long Road Home
Episode 74: Teddy
Episode 75: Loyal Opposition
Episode 76: Leadfoot
Episode 77: The Prisoner
Episode 78: Boss Toad
Episode 79: Cry of Terror
Episode 80: The Whole Damn Human Race and One More
Episode 81: Holy Moses
Episode 82: The Great Chastity Experiment
Episode 83: Leroy
Episode 84: The Flawed Magi
Episode 85: The Clown of Freedom
Episode 86: Courage
Episode 87: Editor and Chief
Episode 88: Deadline
Episode 89: Thunder in Munich
Episode 90: Somewhere Before
Episode 91: Goodbye
Episode 92: Dutton's Choice
Episode 93: A Gun for Mandy
Episode 94: Happy Birthday Marvin
Episode 95: The Hit Man
Episode 96: The Highest Bidder
Episode 97: The Day God Died
Episode 98: Crime of Innocence
Episode 99: Unfinished Business
Episode 100: Mr. and Mrs. Bliss
Episode 101: 17 Going Nowhere
Episode 102: The Alleluia Kid
Episode 103: Celebration in Fresh Powder
Episode 104: Butterfly
Episode 105: Hunger Knows My Name
Episode 106: A Step Too Slow
Episode 107: Thea
Episode 108: The Man Who Mugged God
Episode 109: The Day Everything Went Wrong
Episode 110: Missing Persons Bureau
Episode 111: The Party
Episode 112: Confrontation
Episode 113: The Man Who Went Blue Sky
Episode 114: Man of the Year
Episode 115: The Late Great God
Episode 116: Intrusion
Episode 117: Locusts Have No King
Episode 118: The Love Song of the Cuckoo Birds
Episode 119: The Needle's Eye
Episode 120: Survivors Three
Episode 137: The Boy and the Bomb
During the threat of nuclear war, a family discuss the meaning of life, death, and religious belief.
Runtime: 29 minEpisode 159: Thunder in Munich
1966-12-18A Catholic priest struggles with anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany.
Runtime: 30 minSeason 7 ()
No overview available.
2 episodes
Season 9 (1969)
No overview available.
2 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Poker Game
1969-01-01A strange guest participates in a poker game that causes the truth to be brought out about the other participants.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 2: Consider the Zebra
1969-02-02Urged by a modernized ghetto priest and a Black nun, a parish council establishes a community center of Black culture headed by a local Black militant.
Runtime: 30 minSeason 10 ()
No overview available.
2 episodes
Season 11 (1970)
No overview available.
3 episodes
Season 16 (1975)
No overview available.
1 episodes
Season 18 ()
No overview available.
1 episodes
Season 20 ()
No overview available.
2 episodes
Season 22 (1981)
No overview available.
11 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: A Step Too Slow
1981-04-05A high-schooler becomes good friends with a new, shy classmate who has just come with her family from Vietnam. Through their tightly-knit friendship she opens up, and he realizes the struggles that she and her family face as they adapt to American culture. Inspired by her compassion, the circumstances of being an outcast and the pressures of high school, he writes a song he titles "A Step Too Slow" and pulls off an incredibly emotional performance in front of their class. Their silence after he finishes is eventually broken by a classmate who initiates a sing-along to the catchy, warm, and heartfelt chorus.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 2: Rendezvous
1981-04-16Episode 3: When Heroes Fall
1981-04-23Episode 4: The Domino Effect
1981-04-30Episode 5: Missing Persons Bureau
1981-05-07A man named Don goes to the Missing Persons Bureau to find God.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 6: God's Guerillas
1981-05-14Episode 7: Goodbye
1981-05-28A writer receives a visit from a familiar guest late at night, causing him to come to terms with the possibility of losing his cancer-stricken son.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 8: A Decision to Love
1981-06-18A couple attends a marriage-encounter weekend to learn the joys of intimacy that they lack.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 9: The Needle's Eye
1981-10-20Episode 10: The Sixth Day
1981-11-01Episode 11: Little Miseries
1981-11-15Aunt Carmella is very manipulative toward her nephew Frankie, who finally rebels.
Runtime: 30 minSeason 24 (1983)
No overview available.
1 episodes
