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Search(TV show/series, 1972-1973)

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 23 episodes

SearchRating: 3.5/5 (with 4 votes)
Search is an American science fiction fantasy series that aired on Wednesday nights on NBC at 10 pm ET, from September 1972 to August 1973. It ran for 23 episodes, not including the two-hour pilot film originally titled Probe. When picked up for series production, the title had to be changed because Probe was the name of an existing PBS series. In the UK the series aired on BBC1 under the title Search Control. In Spain the series aired on TVE 1 under the title Investigación (Investigation). In Italy the series aired under the title Search. It was called Operación Rescate (Rescue Operation) in Argentina. In Brazil the series aired on TV Globo under the title Controle Remoto (Remote Control). The show was created by Leslie Stevens, and produced by Stevens, Robert H. Justman, John Strong and Anthony Spinner. The high concept was described as "science fiction in today's world" and the episodes featured many high-tech elements which are now considered common in current science fiction shows. ()
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Search is an American science fiction series that aired on Wednesday nights on NBC at 10 pm ET, from September 1972 to August 1973. It ran for 23 episodes, not including the two-hour pilot film originally titled Probe. When picked up for series production, the title had to be changed because Probe was the name of an existing PBS series. In the UK the series aired on BBC 1 under the title Search Control. The show was created by Leslie Stevens, and produced by Leslie Stevens, Robert Justman, John Strong and Tony Spinner. The high concept was described as "science fiction in today's world" and the episodes featured many high-tech elements which are considered common in current science fiction shows.

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09/13/1972Season 1 - 23 episodes
#1 | 09/13/1972The Murrow Disappearance
Series Premiere. Lockwood investigates the disappearance of a State Department Official, which leads him to a private Country Club where the key to the operation may be a card game.
#2 | 09/20/1972One of Our Probes Is Missing
Tony Franciosa's first episode. Omega Probe Agent Nick Bianco travels to England to find a missing Probe agent who was investigating perfect counterfeit $100 bills.
#3 | 09/27/1972Short Circuit
Doug McClure's first episode. Stand-by Probe Agent C. R. Grover races against the clock to prevent an electronics expert from destroying Probe Control with a Mega-Trans Package...a device that makes anything carrying electricity self-destruct.
#4 | 10/04/1972Moonrock
Lockwood tracks down the man who stole a football-sized diamond brought back from the moon.
#5 | 10/11/1972Live Men Tell Tales
Bianco travels to the Adriatic to determine if a missing Probe Agent was kidnapped, killed or deserting his job and his wife.
#6 | 10/25/1972Operation Iceman
Bianco has to prevent the assassination of a diplomat by a hitman known only as ""The Iceman"".
#7 | 11/01/1972The Bullet
Lockwood travels to an iron curtain country to bring out the scientist who invented a new deadly toxin and has the only formula for the cure. In the process Lockwood becomes infected by the toxin.
#8 | 11/08/1972In Search of Midas
Grover sets out to find recluse billionaire J.R. Devlin, who has not been seen in public for 18 months.
#9 | 11/15/1972The Adonis File
Lockwood investigates threats against a talk-show host who is running for the U.S. Senate.
#10 | 11/22/1972Flight to Nowhere
Lockwood asks for Probe Control's help in finding a friend who disappeared, along with his plane, in the desert.
#11 | 12/20/1972The Gold Machine
Lockwood travels to San Francisco to find a gold mine that has been lost since the early 1900's.
#12 | 01/03/1973Let Us Prey
Bianco investigates the disappearance of a woman he was once involved with...only to find the whole thing was a trap set up by the woman's jealous fiance.
#13 | 01/10/1973A Honeymoon to Kill
Carla Lucchese, daughter of a billionaire industrialist, is shot at on her wedding day and promptly disappears. Her anxious husband hires Grover to track down his wife; however it soon emerges that other members of the Lucchese family are also on the trail-and will stop at nothing to prevent Carla from coming into her inheritance.
#14 | 01/24/1973The Twenty-Four Carat Hit
First episode with the new set and slightly revised format. Bianco tries to help a fellow Probe agent, who is injured and is out on his own to find the people who killed his wife and kidnapped his daughter.
#15 | 01/31/1973Numbered for Death
Grover travels to Switzerland to investigate the black-mailing of people who have secret numbered accounts in a Swiss Bank.
#16 | 02/07/1973Countdown to Panic
Lockwood has to track down a friend who was infected by a mysterious and highly contagious disease following a deep sea dive.
#17 | 02/14/1973The Clayton Lewis Document
Bianco goes to Washington to prevent the blackmailing of a friend who is the key to an upcoming international summit.
#18 | 02/21/1973Goddess of Destruction
Grover has to find a stolen statue, which may signal the revival of an ancient criminal order.
#19 | 02/28/1973The Mattson Papers
Bianco looks for a missing comptroller, whose journals could bring down an organized crime ring.
#20 | 03/14/1973Moment of Madness
Grover looks for Cameron, who was kidnapped from Probe Control by an old army trainee, who blames Cameron for his capture and torture during the Korean War.
#21 | 03/21/1973Ends of the Earth
Bianco's investigation of missing criminals leads him to a travel agency whose speciality is helping wanted criminals escape.
#22 | 03/28/1973Suffer My Child
Lockwood looks for the daughter of a financial wizard who was kiddnaped...or who arranged her own kiddnapping.
#23 | 04/11/1973The Packagers
Grover's search for a missing officer previously involved in a failed military coup carries him into the heart of a group planning a full-scale revolution.
02/21/1972Specials - 1 episode

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 2 languages: English (EN), Portuguese (PT)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 09/13/1972
Last episode released on: 04/11/1973

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