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Alcoa Premiere (also known as Premiere, Presented by Fred Astaire ) is an American Anthology series drama series sponsored by the Alcoa that aired from October 10, 1961, to September 12, 1963, on ABC. The series was hosted by Fred Astaire, who also starred in several of the episodes.
The premiere telecast, "People Need People" starred Lee Marvin and Arthur Kennedy. Alex Segal was its director.
Several Alcoa Premiere episodes were actually pilots for TV shows, often produced by other hands and picked up as anthology episodes by Alcoa. Most of these pilots went no further than their appearance on Alcoa Premiere, but three series ( Channing, Wide Country , and McHale's Navy) were developed from the pilot films shown on this anthology series.
One first-season episode ("The Jail") had been produced with the intention of airing as an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, but was shown on Alcoa Premiere instead. The episode was written by Ray Bradbury and produced by the AHP crew, with Hitchcock credited as executive producer of the aired episode.
| Outstanding Drama Program |
| Lee Marvin, Outstanding Single Performance by a Lead Actor |
| Alex Segal, Outstanding Directing in Drama |
| Henry F. Greenberg, Outstanding Writing in Drama |
| John Williams, Outstanding Music |
| Program of the Year |
| Outstanding Drama Program |
| Bradford Dillman, Outstanding Single Performance by a Leading Actor |
| Diana Hyland, Outstanding Single Performance by a Leading Actress |
| Robert Redford, Outstanding Supporting Actor |
| Robert Ellis Miller, Outstanding Directing in Drama |
| Halsted Welles, Outstanding Writing in Drama |
| John Williams, Outstanding Music |
| Richard Belding, Howard Epstein & Tony Martinelli, Outstanding Film Editing |
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