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The White Shadow(TV show/series, 1978-1981)

1h per episode | Genres: Drama, Kids & Family

Scripted Reality in 3 seasons with 54 episodes

The White ShadowRating: 3.5/5 (with 6 votes)
The White Shadow is an American drama television series starring Ken Howard that ran on the CBS network from November 27, 1978, to March 16, 1981, about a white former professional basketball player who takes a job coaching basketball at an impoverished urban high school with a racially mixed basketball team. Although the lead actor Howard was white, the series broke new ground as the first television ensemble drama to feature a mostly African American cast, with African American actors playing the high school principal and vice-principal, the majority of the teenage basketball players, and other supporting roles. The White Shadow also dealt with controversial subject matter such as sexually transmitted disease and gay sexual orientation among high school students. Although The White Shadow was not a big ratings hit, it drew praise from critics and helped pave the way for later realistic dramas such as Hill Street Blues and My So-Called Life. It was the first series developed by executive producer Bruce Paltrow, who went on to create and produce the medical drama St. Elsewhere. The show also made popular TV stars of both Howard and Kevin Hooks, who portrayed high school basketball player Mor... ()
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About The White Shadow

The White Shadow is an American drama television series that ran on the CBS network from November 27 1978, to March 16 1981.

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The White Shadow Seasons and Episodes

10/16/1980Season 3 - 15 episodes
#1 | 10/16/1980Reunion (1)
The third season begins with Coach Reeves visiting the town where he grew up and reuniting with old friends, including an old high school teammate, an old girlfriend, and his father, whose health is failing.
#2 | 10/23/1980Reunion (2)
Coach Reeves heals his strained relationship with his dying father, breaks things off once and for all with Paula, and returns to Carver for the new school year, where some new players have joined the team: Wardell Stone, Mitchell, Rutherford, Paddy Falahey, and Eddie Franklin
#3 | 10/30/1980Georgia on My Mind
getting fed up with high school coolidge tries out for the harlem globetrotters
#4 | 12/16/1980If Your Number's Up, Get It Down
#5 | 12/23/1980Christmas Story
#6 | 12/30/1980No Blood, No Foul
Salami faces possible jail time after breaking an opposing team's player's jaw during an on court brawl.
#7 | 01/06/1981Vanity Fare
#8 | 01/13/1981Mister Hero
Stone saves an elderly woman's life by rescuing her from a burning car, and the experience goes to his head after he appears on the TV news and sensationalizes the story.
#9 | 02/02/1981B.M.O.C
Coolidge starts having problems stemming from his abnormal height and size, such as normal clothes not fitting. He gets self-conscious and defensive until Coach Reeves, who has dealt with the same problems, takes him under his wing and tries to let him know he's not alone. NBA Hall-of-Famer Bill Russell guest stars.
#10 | 02/09/1981Trial and Error
Coach Reeves threatens to kick Falahey off the team when he suspects that he is missing practices and faking injuries. However, the coach himself looks like a hypocrite when he is summoned for jury duty and he tries to lie his way out of it.
#11 | 02/16/1981Car Repo
Salami and Vitaglia take on a part-time job reposessing cars, but the ungodly work hours and the harassments from the car owners affect both their performances in school and on the basketball court.
#12 | 02/23/1981Psyched Out
A female teacher with a past history of mental illness and nervous breakdowns is tormented by a psychotic student.
#13 | 03/02/1981Cops
An elderly woman is mugged on the street at night by two big, tall black men, and the description she gives the police matches both Coolidge and Franklin, who happen to be out on the town that night. The police apprehend the two with Thorpe looking on. Thorpe observes what appears to be police brutality, reaches into his pocket to get a pen to write the cops' car number, and is shot by one of them.
#14 | 03/09/1981Burnout
Carver's baseball coach, who also teaches English, begins to experience teacher burnout. He begins handing out free grades, which hurts Rutherford, who works hard in his class. Vitaglia, too, is disappointed in his attitude because he wants to try out for the baseball team.
#15 | 03/16/1981A Day in the Life
Goldstein, Gomez, Hayward, and Reese all return for an ""alumni"" exhibition game, amid all the troubles the four have encountered in ""real life"" since graduating. Hayward is in college and wants to go to law school, but doesn't believe he'll be given the chance because of his skin color. Goldstein, after a year in the Marines, now believes he has the confidence to ask out a girl he admired while at Carver. Gomez is struggling to make ends meet as a car mechanic with a pregnant wife. And, finally, Reese is bouncing from job to job until he finally finds his niche as a phone counselor at a suicide prevention center.
09/17/1979Season 2 - 24 episodes
11/27/1978Season 1 - 15 episodes
?Specials - 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), French (FR)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 11/27/1978
Last episode released on: 03/16/1981
Creator: Bruce Paltrow

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:3689, Added: 05/12/2018, Last updated: 04/09/2024