I'll Fly Away is an American drama television series set during the late 1950s and early 1960s, in an unspecified Southern U.S. state. It aired on NBC from 1991 to 1993 and starred Regina Taylor as Lilly Harper, a black housekeeper for the family of district attorney Forrest Bedford, whose name is an ironic reference to Nathan Bedford Forrest, the founder of the Ku Klux Klan. As the show progressed, Lilly became increasingly involved in the Civil Rights Movement, with events eventually drawing in Forrest as well.
I'll Fly Away won two 1992 Emmy Awards, and 23 nominations in total. It won three Humanitas Prizes, two Golden Globe Awards, two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Drama Series, and a Peabody Award. However, the series was never a ratings blockbuster, and it was canceled by NBC in 1993, despite widespread protests by critics and viewer organizations.
After the program's cancellation, a two-hour movie, I'll Fly Away: Then and Now, was produced, in order to resolve dangling storylines from Season 2, and provide the series with a true finale. The movie aired on October 11, 1993 on PBS. Its major storyline closely paralleled the true story of the 1955 murder of Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi. Thereafter, PBS began airing repeats of the original episodes, ceasing after one complete showing of the entire series.
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Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | (Pilot) | 1991-10-07 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | The Hat | 1991-10-08 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | Rules of the Game | 1991-10-15 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | Amazing Grace | 1991-10-22 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | All God's Children | 1991-10-29 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | Beyond Here Dar Be Dragons | 1991-11-05 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 7 | Parallel Lives | 1991-11-19 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 8 | Coming Home | 1991-11-26 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 9 | Some Desperate Glory | 1991-12-10 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 10 | Desire | 1991-12-17 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 11 | Alice Oakley Doesn't Live Here Anymore | 1992-01-07 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 12 | On the Road | 1992-02-28 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 13 | Master Magician | 1992-03-06 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 14 | Hard Lessons | 1992-03-13 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 15 | Cool Winter Blues | 1992-03-20 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 16 | The Way Things Are | 1992-03-27 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 17 | Slow Dark Coming | 1992-04-03 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 18 | Toy Soldiers | 1992-04-10 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 19 | The Kindness of Strangers | 1992-04-24 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 20 | Not Buried | 1992-05-01 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 21 | A Dangerous Comfort | 1992-05-15 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 22 | The Slightest Distance | 1992-05-15 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 1 | Hello and Goodbye | 1992-09-25 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 2 | Ruler of My Heart | 1992-10-02 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 3 | All in the Life | 1992-10-09 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 4 | Until Tomorrow | 1992-10-16 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 5 | Desperate Measure | 1992-10-30 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 6 | Freedom Bus | 1992-11-06 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 7 | Eighteen | 1992-11-13 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 8 | Fragile Truths | 1992-11-20 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 9 | Since Walter | 1992-11-27 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 10 | The Third Man | 1992-12-11 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 11 | Comfort and Joy | 1992-12-11 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 12 | Realpolitik | 1993-01-08 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 13 | Small Wishes | 1993-01-15 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 14 | What's in a Name? | 1993-01-22 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 15 | Commencement | 1993-01-29 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 16 | State | 1993-02-05 | 60 min |
Production | Joshua Brand | Executive Producer |
Production | David Chase | Executive Producer |
Production | Henry Bromell | Producer |
Production | Ian Sander | Producer |
Production | Barbara Hall | Executive Producer |
Production | John Falsey | Executive Producer |
Production | John Forrest Niss | Producer |