ONE STEP BEYOND HERE

Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond was a Twilight Zone-like show that actually premiered months before its much more famous TV anthology series cousin. It was created and hosted by John Newland, a name known to many television watchers of that time and synonymous with the show.

Unfortunately, time has not been kind to One Step Beyond; not that production deficits of any kind have taken their toll, probably more to the fact that, for whatever reason, it did not get syndicated in the same way The Twilight Zone did. While Zone consisted of stories described most often as "fantasy", Beyond was more paranormal; someone sees into the future, or a place they've never been. Just the kind of story or event a lot of people experience at one point in their lives... that was the appeal of One Step Beyond. John Newland's on-camera segments would consist of him presenting the stories as having possibly happened, suggesting they might, in fact, be actually real.

One Step Beyond was a popular series even if it ran just three seasons, two less than Zone, and it became part of the North American culture for a time, even producing a soundtrack album of series composer Harry Lubin's trademarked spooky music. Many name or about to be known actors appeared, such as Charles Bronson, Warren Beatty, and Christopher Lee.

As for home video, things have not been much better than the lack of television screenings. Due to rights problems, as in copyright being allowed to lapse and fall into the "public domain", One Step Beyond survives as a DVD pulled from a few very worn 16mm prints which have been run through more than one telecine chain. Screening this rather limited disc reveals some good episodes, one of which stars Patty McCormick.

The news is, One Step Beyond (the first season) is getting a proper release on DVD...
http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Step-Season-1/12104