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Seasons: 3
Total Episodes: 76
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Networks: NBC
Status: Ended
First Air Date: Sep 20, 1968
Recent Air Date: Mar 19, 1971
Run Time: m
In Production: No
Original Language: English
Age Rating: NR
Website: Link
Production Companies: Universal Television
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Episodes
Episode 1
18 September 1970 - So Long Baby, and Amen
Dan Farrell (RS) reports his findings at a Congressional committee hearing on addictive drugs. Later he finds himself entangled with a self-destructive, drug-addicted young girl.
Episode 2
25 September 1970 - A Love To Remember
At his college class reunion, Howard (GB) meets a strange, beautiful woman who tells him how a crush she once had on him has ruined her life.
Episode 3
02 October 1970 - Cynthia Is Alive and Living in Avalon
Cynthia is a reclusive jet-setter who has of late become a political activist. She refuses all interviews and keeps hidden in a rambling house on the island of Avalon. At the urging of his pal, reporter Paul Tyler decides to make a name for himself by getting the exclusive story on Cynthia.
Episode 4
09 October 1970 - Battle at Gannon's Bridge
An ex-convict Eddie Gannon, who holds the lease on a converted church used as a halfway house for recently released prisoners,is endangered by a rash of unsolved crimes in the neighborhood. Gannon asks Crime magazine editor Dan Farrell (RS) to prove that none of his fellow ex-cons are responsible for the thefts.
Episode 5
16 October 1970 - The Enemy Before Us
Crime Magazine reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) is back in his old neighborhood in New York's ""Little Italy"", Dillon hopes to take a break from his hectic responsibilities and recapture ""something real"" from his younger days. Unfortunately, he is bombarded by pain and disillusionment from every side: his stepmother is gravely ill, and her son is deeply involved with drug dealing.
Episode 6
23 October 1970 - The Time Is Now
Howard (GB) investigates the death of a moderate black educator at a campus torn into a struggle between militants and moderates.
Episode 7
30 October 1970 - The War Merchants
Farrell (RS) investigates the death of an old friend and discovers an international weapons-smuggling operation.
Episode 8
06 November 1970 - Little Bear Died Running
When an Indian kills the friend of a reporter, Paul Tyler (RC) investigates.
Episode 9
13 November 1970 - All the Old Familar Faces
Howard (GB) tries to find out who is behind a series of death threats levelled against him. He interviews several likely suspects who, in flashback, explain just what might have prompted them to kill.
Episode 10
20 November 1970 - I Love You, Billy Baker (1)
Las Vegas superstar Billy Baker, who is known far and wide for his reluctance to grant interviews,is particularly close-mouthed on the subject of a beautiful young dancer with whom he'd once been in love--and who now is very much dead. Crime magazine reporter Jeff Dillon (TF) wants to know why.
Episode 11
27 November 1970 - I Love You, Billy Baker (2)
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Episode 12
04 December 1970 - Why I Blew Up Dakota
Dan Farrell (RS) looks into the strange bombing of an odd-ball artist.
Episode 13
11 December 1970 - Aquarius Descending
Glenn Howard (GB), who is instrumental in discrediting a corrupt politician. Seeking revenge, the politician orders a young hard-case to romance Howard's impressionable 17-year-old niece. The plan is to involve the girl in a scandal and ruin Howard and his magazine.
Episode 14
18 December 1970 - The Glory Shouter
A fire-and-brimstone tele-evangelist is plagued by gremlins from within his organization who are tapping his till. Dan Farrell (RS), investigates only to deduce that he may be the one siphoning from his own flock's donations.
Episode 15
08 January 1971 - A Sister From Napoli
A district attorney up for a judgeship is deemed unfit and an investigation ensues by Lewis Corbett(PF).
Episode 16
15 January 1971 - Los Angeles 2017
Glenn Howard finds himself suddenly plunged 46 years into the future only to learn that the people of Los Angeles are living underground to escape the pollution and under the thumb of a fascist government run by psychiatrists.
Episode 17
05 February 1971 - The Man Who Killed A Ghost
The real personality of a famous cowboy star is exposed by David Corey (RW).
Episode 18
05 February 1971 - Seek and Destroy
Dan Farrell (RS) runs into many dead ends as he endeavors to discover why an important scientist suddenly died.
Episode 19
12 February 1971 - A Capitol Affair
Howard Publications journalist intervenes when a misguided Washington gossip columnist tries to destroy the career of a promising government official who happens to be her boyfriend.
Episode 20
19 February 1971 - The Savage Eye
Dan Farrell (RS) looks into a conflict involving loggers and the filming of a documentary.
Episode 21
26 February 1971 - Appointment in Palermo
Howard (GB) goes to Italy to research a story, then finds himself mistaken for a Sicilian patriarch. He is kidnapped by one of the families involved in a centuries-old blood feud.
Episode 22
05 March 1971 - Beware of the Watchdog
Dan Farrell (RS) investigates a consumer advocate who is currently masterminding an expose of the fish-canning industry. When several attempts are made on his life, the advertisers are under suspect.
Episode 23
12 March 1971 - The Broken Puzzle
The governor of an unnamed state though popular with his constituents runs the state like a banana-republic dictatorship, complete with uniformed thugs. Glenn Howard (GB) finds that the source of his power may have bigger political stakes in mind.
Episode 24
19 March 1971 - The Showdown
Howard's (GB) ancestor, an old west gambler, tries to stay alive in the face of a showdown.
Crew
Department | Role | Name |
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Production | Executive Producer |
Richard Irving
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Producer |
Norman Lloyd
Leslie Stevens
David Victor
Dean Hargrove
Boris Sagal
George Eckstein
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