sentences:  For the 2016 series on WGN America also referred to as "The Outsiders", see Outsiders"
  The Outsiders is an American drama series that aired from March to July 1990 on Fox.Based on the characters from the 1967 novel of the same title by S. E. Hinton, the series' executive producer was the 1983 film's director Francis Ford Coppola.The 90-minute pilot episode directed by Sharron Miller served as a sequel to the film and began with a short scene from the original film of Dallas Winston (Matt Dillon) running from police and being shot.