East Side/West Side

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American television drama series

East Side/West Side was a groundbreaking early-1960s American television drama series known for its gritty, socially conscious portrayal of urban life and controversial contemporary issues.

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Surface form Occurrences
East Side, West Side 1
East Side/West Side (television music) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American television drama series ⓘ
broadcastEra early 1960s ⓘ
character Jane Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ
Neil Brock NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator David Susskind NERFINISHED ⓘ
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
decadeOfRelease 1960s ⓘ
developer David Susskind NERFINISHED ⓘ
executiveProducer David Susskind NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingStyle single-camera ⓘ
firstAired 1963-09-23 ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
social problem drama ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
lastAired 1964-04-27 ⓘ
leadCharacterEmployer private social work agency in New York City ⓘ
leadCharacterOccupation social worker ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
notableFor gritty portrayal of urban life ⓘ
socially conscious storylines ⓘ
treatment of controversial contemporary issues ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 26 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 1 ⓘ
originalChannelSlot Monday 10:00 p.m. on CBS ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork CBS ⓘ
pictureFormat black-and-white ⓘ
portraysCharacter Cicely Tyson as Jane Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ
George C. Scott as Neil Brock NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany Talent Associates NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForCancellation low ratings ⓘ
reasonForControversy episodes dealing with race and poverty ⓘ
frank depiction of social problems ⓘ
runtimePerEpisode approximately 60 minutes ⓘ
setting New York City ⓘ
urban United States ⓘ
starring Cicely Tyson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Elizabeth Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ
George C. Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ
John McMartin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Linden Chiles NERFINISHED ⓘ
topic drug addiction ⓘ
labor issues ⓘ
mental illness ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
racism ⓘ
urban housing ⓘ

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David Susskind → notableWork → East Side/West Side ⓘ
Kenyon Hopkins → notableWork → East Side/West Side ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Side/West Side (television music)
Sam Zimbalist → produced → East Side/West Side ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Side, West Side