Basic Info

First Air: September 22, 1969

Rating: ⭐ 5.7/10 (3 votes)

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 17

Last Episode

Name: On the Horizon

Season: 1, Episode: 17

Air Date: 1970-01-12

Runtime: 45 min

""The appearance of a distant fishing trawler raises the exciting hope of being rescued -- if the New People can agree that they want to signal the ship."" (TV Guide, January 12, 1970)

The New People

1969 ⭐ 5.7/10 3 votes

Overview

The New People is a short-lived 1969 American television series on ABC that focused on a group of young college students who were returning from a trip in Southeast Asia when their plane crashed on an island in the south Pacific Ocean. The crash killed several of the college students, and all but one of the adults, who was badly injured and later died. The surviving students were the only human life remaining on the island. The island was unusual in that it had been built up as a site for a potential above-ground nuclear test which never took place, leaving all of the buildings and supplies untouched and ready for use by the survivors.