After losing his job, a man relocates and begins life as the city editor of a newspaper. (Learn more)
Starring: Ed Asner, Linda Kelsey, Robert Walden (View All)
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(Airdate: 9/13/82)Staffers' demands overwhelm Charlie; Lance overdoes it on an out-of-town assignment; guest Joanna... |
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(Airdate: 8/30/82)Rossi investigates the treatment of Japanese-Americans during World War II; guests Pat Morita, Clint... |
Unknown | 8/30/82 | (Airdate: 5/24/82)Lou is in hot water over the Trib's story on rival surfing gangs; Billie and Ted get in a... |
Unknown | 5/24/82 | (Airdate: 5/17/82)Cub reporter Lance (Lance Guest) digs up dangerous information on a hit-and-run victim; guests Dixie... |
Unknown | 5/17/82 | (Airdate: 5/3/82)A Middle East crisis has the staff gearing up to cover a nuclear war; guest Bonnie Bartlett. |
Unknown | 5/3/82 | (Airdate: 4/19/82)Billie's lobbyist ex-husband undermines her; Lou finds shocking news about a respected foundation;... |
Unknown | 4/19/82 | (Airdate: 4/12/82)A councilman uses one of Animal's photos in a revenge lawsuit; Lou has home-repair difficulties. |
Unknown | 4/12/82 | (Airdate: 4/5/82)A frank sex column causes attacks on the Trib; a staffer may once have been an FBI informant. |
Unknown | 4/5/82 | (Airdate: 3/22/82)Tragedy hits the city room; Rossi joins Animal's fight for an endangered species. |
Unknown | 3/22/82 | (Airdate: 3/8/82)A police officer shoots a thief during an armed holdup in which Lou was injured; guest Barry Primus. |
Unknown | 3/8/82 | (Airdate: 3/1/82)Impelled by Lou's dare, Rossi devotes himself to a story about mass starvation in Third World... |
Unknown | 3/1/82 | (Airdate: 2/15/82)The refugee plight comes to light when the Trib hires a Vietnamese photographer; a tip leads Rossi... |
Unknown | 2/15/82 | (Airdate: 2/8/82)A complaint against the Trib comes before a news review board with a hostile chairperson; guest... |
Unknown | 2/8/82 | (Airdate: 1/25/82)Billie is a defense witness when a woman claims her son was injured in a hostage case; guest John... |
Unknown | 1/25/82 | (Airdate: 1/11/82)After a murder suspect blames ghosts, skeptical Billie joins scientists holding a seance in a... |
Unknown | 1/11/82 | (Airdate: 1/4/82)Rossi reunites Sonny Goodwin's (Joe Williams) famous jazz quartet; retirement splits a top news... |
Unknown | 1/4/82 | (Airdate: 12/28/81)Rossi becomes involved in a friend's election campaign; Donovan tussles with the health editor. |
Unknown | 12/28/81 | (Airdate: 12/14/81)Charlie's troubled nephew (W.K. Stratton) wants a job; a hunt begins for an escaped bear; with... |
Unknown | 12/14/81 | (Airdate: 12/7/81)A wealthy man donates a time capsule to the public, with a mysterious jeweled cross inside. |
Unknown | 12/7/81 | (Airdate: 11/30/81)Sharon conceals her source in a child-pornography story; Donovan accompanies a rescue volunteer. |
Unknown | 11/30/81 | (Airdate: 11/23/81)In his hometown, Lou covers a troubling story and meets an old flame; with Robert Prosky, Thom Bray. |
Unknown | 11/23/81 | (Airdate: 11/16/81)Lou and Billie take a drunken-driving test; Charlie's hot line creates headlines. |
Unknown | 11/16/81 | (Airdate: 11/9/81)A publisher (Christopher Cazenove) sees profit in the story of a condemned killer (Terri Nunn) who... |
Unknown | 11/9/81 | (Airdate: 11/2/81)Ted (Cliff Potts) proposes to Billie, but her work on a story distracts her. |
Unknown | 11/2/81 | (Airdate: 5/4/81)With Mrs. Pynchon hospitalized, the editors clash with her nephew over control of the paper. |
Unknown | 5/4/81 | (Airdate: 4/13/81)A police reporter has a midlife crisis; Mrs. Pynchon orders Charlie to hire a new executive editor. |
Unknown | 4/13/81 | (Airdate: 4/6/81)Billie probes sports violence; Lou goes along with the paper's film critic; with Fred Williamson,... |
Unknown | 4/6/81 | (Airdate: 3/23/81)Coverage of a factory fire raises accusations of anti-business bias; with Edward Winter, David... |
Unknown | 3/23/81 | Unknown | 3/16/81 | (Airdate: 3/9/81)Animal investigates a dead girl's background; a salary dispute plagues the Trib; with Trinidad... |
Unknown | 3/9/81 | (Airdate: 2/23/81)Caught in a storm, Lou and Rossi encounter survivalists; with Keene Curtis, Ed Harris, Lance Guest. |
Unknown | 2/23/81 | (Airdate: 2/16/81)Lou confronts his staff during a bitter strike by the printers over jobs lost to automation. |
Unknown | 2/16/81 | (Airdate: 2/9/81)Rossi helps a worker seek her birth mother; the gossip columnist wants Lou's secret. |
Unknown | 2/9/81 | (Airdate: 1/26/81)Children harass an elderly man; Charlie's bored father shoplifts; a retiree (Whitman Mayo) dispenses... |
Unknown | 1/26/81 | (Airdate: 1/19/81)Rossi and Billie drop all to help a columnist (Michael Constantine) with a potentially sensational... |
Unknown | 1/19/81 | Unknown | 1/12/81 | (Airdate: 1/5/81)Billie falls for her news source, baseball player Ted McCovey (Cliff Potts); strange computer... |
Unknown | 1/5/81 | (Airdate: 12/15/80)Rossi's style irritates a reporter (Carl Franklin) investigating a ghetto killing with him. |
Unknown | 12/15/80 | (Airdate: 12/8/80)A tabloid publisher sues the paper over an expose; with Bernard Fox, James Van Patten. |
Unknown | 12/8/80 | (Airdate: 11/24/80)Billie and Rossi investigate a dump site; Lou and Charlie debate sending someone under cover at a... |
Unknown | 11/24/80 | (Airdate: 11/17/80)A strange couple renting Charlie's house makes changes; with Larry Linville. |
Unknown | 11/17/80 | (Airdate: 10/27/80)Billie gets a rough welcome covering a politician's road campaign; with Eileen Heckart, Ed Nelson,... |
Unknown | 10/27/80 | (Airdate: 9/29/80)Billie uses office events in an article on sexual harassment; with David Spielberg. |
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(Airdate: 3/24/80)A source demands payment for providing information; guests Ed Harris, Carl Lumbly. |
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(Airdate: 3/17/80)Lou connects a bar owner (Rue McClanahan) and Americans sending money and weapons to Ireland. |
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(Airdate: 3/10/80)Mrs. Pynchon backs a controversial airport proposal; Lou protects an alcoholic financial editor;... |
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(Airdate: 3/3/80)The search for Mrs. Pynchon's missing Yorkshire terrier leads Rossi to dogfight promoters; guest... |
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(Airdate: 2/18/80)An earthquake causes damage, vandalism and a blackout that cripples the Tribune. |
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(Airdate: 2/11/80)Lou deals with a nuclear protest rally, a possibly libelous column and a persistent writer; guest... |
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(Airdate: 2/4/80)The Trib decries book-burning in a farm community, but pulls a controversial comic strip. |
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(Airdate: 1/28/80)Billie may be the victim of a carcinogen; Animal uncovers a historic feud that threatens a wedding. |
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(Airdate: 1/21/80)Rossi suspects a cover-up around a troubled private-school teacher; Lou reveals movie kickbacks. |
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(Airdate: 1/14/80)A runaway boy inspires Rossi and Animal to delve into American Indian culture. |
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(Airdate: 1/7/80)A brush fire threatens Charlie's neighborhood; Billie's father (Marshall Thompson) watches her at... |
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(Airdate: 12/24/79)Rossi interviews a child TV-star but can't use the story; guests Matthew Laborteaux, Michael J. Fox. |
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(Airdate: 12/17/79)The Trib probes an unsolved murder involving old-time Hollywood stars; guests Howard Duff, Margaret... |
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(Airdate: 12/10/79)Donovan's disturbed cousin (Bruce Davison) is tried for murder; guest Barbara Barrie. |
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(Airdate: 12/3/79)Donovan's cousin (Bruce Davison), a mental patient, becomes increasingly hostile; guest Barbara... |
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(Airdate: 11/12/79)Billie has police protection in a grand jury case involving a game-show host; good Samaritan Lou is... |
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(Airdate: 11/5/79)Lou has a tip on a long shot; Billie's boyfriend borrows to cover gambling losses. |
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(Airdate: 10/29/79)An administrator (Harold Gould) pressures a scientist to speed up research; Lou meets a human guinea... |
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(Airdate: 10/22/79)Billie's story about a corporation's air-pollution standards causes the firm to sue. |
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(Airdate: 10/15/79)Rossi investigates a nude man on a church steeple; Lou defends a pornography publisher; guest Ellen... |
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(Airdate: 10/1/79)Lou helps prison inmates whose newspaper has been shut down; guests Kene Holliday, Alan Fudge, Danny... |
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(Airdate: 9/24/79)The Trib uncovers a politician's alcoholic husband, then becomes the target of a gossip magazine. |
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(Airdate: 9/17/79)Lou witnesses a murder; Lou questions publishing names of victims of a fire in a gay bar; guest Joe... |
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(Airdate: 5/7/79)Susan (Frances Lee McCain) makes an offer to Lou; Billie talks to teens who became pregnant to... |
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(Airdate: 4/2/79)Rossi and Lou find personal connections in Skid Row stranglings; guests Andrew Duggan, Scoey... |
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(Airdate: 3/26/79)A terrorist threatens to detonate a homemade nuclear device; guests Dinah Manoff, Joe Spano. |
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(Airdate: 3/19/79)Harried Lou copes with a hectic news day and city-room upheaval; guest Michael Warren. |
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(Airdate: 3/5/79)Radicals threaten to kidnap a VIP during a publishers' convention; guest Kenneth McMillan. |
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(Airdate: 2/26/79)Billie goes under cover in a shoddy nursing home; Lou looks into other problems of the elderly;... |
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(Airdate: 2/19/79)Rossi and a distraught mother seek her son's hit-and-run killer; Billie explores cars as weapons;... |
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(Airdate: 2/12/79)Lou fears a Tribune column could cause a six-time killer to strike again. |
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(Airdate: 2/5/79)Lou deals with a new copygirl, Mrs. Pynchon's spoiled niece, while investigating illegal aliens;... |
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(Airdate: 1/22/79)Investor Lou uncovers a con game, but can't convince anyone; guest J. Pat O'Malley. |
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(Airdate: 1/15/79)While trying to help Animal, Lou learns about Vietnam veterans; guests Charlie Robinson, Joe Spano. |
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(Airdate: 1/8/79)Animal's building is the next target of arsonists Lou is investigating; guest G.W. Bailey. |
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(Airdate: 12/18/78)Mrs. Pynchon assigns Rossi as staff ``watchdog,'' causing repercussions. |
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(Airdate: 12/11/78)Rossi and Billie pose as husband and wife to expose a baby-selling racket; guest Joseph Mascolo. |
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(Airdate: 12/4/78)A newspaper expert's plans for the Trib include an in-depth piece on single people, sex and computer... |
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(Airdate: 11/27/78)Vacationing Lou clashes with his old boss (Stephen Elliott), a crusty rural newspaper editor, over... |
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(Airdate: 11/20/78)A high-school counselor gives Lou a crash course on violence and drug abuse; guests the Rev. Jesse... |
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(Airdate: 11/6/78)Billie gets an unusual assignment when Donovan cannot deal with his mother's (Geraldine Fitzgerald)... |
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(Airdate: 10/23/78)Lou and Rossi wonder why an old-time mobster has appeared at a posh resort; guest Nicholas... |
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(Airdate: 10/16/78)Billie's investigation of a prostitute's murder causes her to question some beliefs; guest Dee... |
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(Airdate: 10/2/78)Lou puzzles over Charlie's irrational reaction to an expose of political torture. |
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(Airdate: 3/6/78)Rossi's investigation of radiation leaks at a chemical plant leads to a friend's death and personal... |
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(Airdate: 2/27/78)The CIA asks Lou to abandon a local espionage story; he refuses; guest Laurette Spang. |
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(Airdate: 2/13/78)Rossi thinks a woman reporter is trading personal favors for political information; guests Gail... |
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(Airdate: 2/6/78)Lou investigates when Charlie fears he has lost his son to the Hare Krishna movement. |
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(Airdate: 1/30/78)Lou tries to prevent the destruction of his friend's artwork; guest Robert Earl Jones. |
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(Airdate: 1/17/78)Lou seeks a man who foiled an assassination, then feels responsible for the resultant tragedy. |
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(Airdate: 1/10/78)The Tribune courts public outrage by exposing a college-football cheating scandal; guests David... |
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(Airdate: 1/3/78)Charlie's daughter is a passenger on a jumbo jet in trouble above Los Angeles. |
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(Airdate: 12/13/77)Two stories -- one on a homeless family, and one on a politician -- take unexpected turns; guest Tim... |
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(Airdate: 12/6/77)Lou and Charlie suspect that Mrs. Pynchon's beau, a publisher, covets the Tribune; guest John... |
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(Airdate: 11/29/77)Billie writes a series on wife abuse then finds it in the city room; guests Julie Kavner, Edward... |
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(Airdate: 11/22/77)Lou suspects he forced Rossi to take unnecessary risks in an in-depth story on a mental hospital. |
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(Airdate: 11/15/77)Lou's observation of a manslaughter trial leads him to question an elderly judge's (Barnard Hughes)... |
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(Airdate: 11/8/77)Billie's accuracy causes her to miss a deadline; Rossi's speedy reporting yields errors. |
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(Airdate: 11/1/77)Billie gets involved in a story about a gang-related barrio shooting; guest Joe Santos. |
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(Airdate: 10/25/77)Lou has trouble ending his relationship with a Tribune reporter's widow; guest Joyce Van Patten. |
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(Airdate: 10/18/77)Billie probes anti-Semitic activities of an American fascist group; guests Brian Dennehy, Peter... |
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(Airdate: 10/4/77)Lou's con-artist pal (Eugene Roche) offers him an exclusive interview with a missing tycoon. |
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(Airdate: 9/27/77)A dead thief's brother orders hostage Rossi to rewrite a story about a shooting; guest John... |
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(Airdate: 9/20/77)Lou, fired from his TV job, leaves Minneapolis and becomes city editor on the faltering Los Angeles... |
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