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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.
Apr 14, 2024 · Adventures of a publisher and investigative reporters for two of his magazines, in a rotating lead format. Show Details: Start date: Sep 1968. End date: Mar 1971. Status: cancelled/ended. Network (s): NBC ( US) Run time: 90 min. Episodes: 76 eps & pilot movie. Genre (s): Drama.
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.
Based on a popular TV-movie from 1966 ("Fame is the Name of the Game"), this 90-minute series was touted as NBC's 'quality' series of 1968, with three high-caliber stars (Gene Barry, Anthony Franciosa, and Robert Stack), movie-quality scripts, and first-class production values.
Jan 27, 2022 · The Name of the Game (1968–1971) TV-PG | 75 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery. Five years after his wife was shot dead in front of him, Dan Farrell has a chance to bring her killers to justice. Director: Alvin Ganzer | Stars: Robert Stack, Martin Balsam, Steve Ihnat, Troy Donahue.
In 1969 TV Guide reported that the show's budget of $400,000 per episode made The Name of the Game the most expensive television program in history. The series also functioned as a kind of apprentice field for writers and directors who later achieved great success, including Steven Bochco, Marvin Chomsky, Leo Penn and Steven Spielberg.
Oct 20, 2022 · “The Name of the Game” was turned out with workmanlike precision by Universal, which produced many, many crime TV shows for NBC in the 1960s and 1970s, including the “NBC Mystery Movie” and all of its subsequent spinoffs like “Columbo.” Heck, individual titles of these shows for the most part used the same fonts.
