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The Name of the Game(TV show/series, 1968-1971)

TV-PG
| 1h 30min per episode | Genres: Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy

Scripted Reality in 3 seasons with 76 episodes

The Name of the GameRating: 3.4/5 (with 6 votes)
The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack, which aired from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes each. The show was a wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and The NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The program had the largest budget of any television series at that time. ()
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About The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.

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The Name of the Game Seasons and Episodes

09/18/1970Season 3 - 24 episodes
#1 | 09/18/1970So 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.
#2 | 09/25/1970A 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.
#3 | 10/02/1970Cynthia 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.
#4 | 10/09/1970Battle 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.
#5 | 10/16/1970The 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.
#6 | 10/23/1970The Time Is Now
Howard (GB) investigates the death of a moderate black educator at a campus torn into a struggle between militants and moderates.
#7 | 10/30/1970The War Merchants
Farrell (RS) investigates the death of an old friend and discovers an international weapons-smuggling operation.
#8 | 11/06/1970Little Bear Died Running
When an Indian kills the friend of a reporter, Paul Tyler (RC) investigates.
#9 | 11/13/1970All 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.
#10 | 11/20/1970I 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.
#11 | 11/27/1970I Love You, Billy Baker (2)
#12 | 12/04/1970Why I Blew Up Dakota
Dan Farrell (RS) looks into the strange bombing of an odd-ball artist.
#13 | 12/11/1970Aquarius 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.
#14 | 12/18/1970The 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.
#15 | 01/08/1971A Sister From Napoli
A district attorney up for a judgeship is deemed unfit and an investigation ensues by Lewis Corbett(PF).
#16 | 01/15/1971Los Angeles 2017
3.0/5 (with 2 votes)
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.
#17 | 02/05/1971The Man Who Killed A Ghost
The real personality of a famous cowboy star is exposed by David Corey (RW).
#18 | 02/05/1971Seek and Destroy
Dan Farrell (RS) runs into many dead ends as he endeavors to discover why an important scientist suddenly died.
#19 | 02/12/1971A 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.
#20 | 02/19/1971The Savage Eye
Dan Farrell (RS) looks into a conflict involving loggers and the filming of a documentary.
#21 | 02/26/1971Appointment 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.
#22 | 03/05/1971Beware 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.
#23 | 03/12/1971The 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.
#24 | 03/19/1971The Showdown
Howard's (GB) ancestor, an old west gambler, tries to stay alive in the face of a showdown.
09/19/1969Season 2 - 26 episodes
09/20/1968Season 1 - 26 episodes
11/26/1966Specials - 1 episode

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 4 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Italian (IT), Russian (RU)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 09/20/1968
Last episode released on: 03/19/1971
Keywords: journalist, magazine

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