List of The Name of the Game episodes
This is a list of episodes for the NBC television series The Name of the Game. The star of almost every episode of this rotating series was either Gene Barry as Glenn Howard, Anthony Franciosa (credited as Tony Franciosa) as Jeff Dillon, or Robert Stack as Dan Farrell. After Franciosa was fired during the third season, the four remaining episodes for which he was contracted starred different actors (Robert Culp, Peter Falk, Robert Wagner) as other characters.
The pilot for this series was the 1966 TV-movie Fame Is the Name of the Game starring Franciosa, along with Susan Saint James (making her debut) and guest stars Jill St. John, Jack Klugman and Robert Duvall.
Series overview
[edit]At present, this series has not been released on home video.
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 26 | September 20, 1968 | March 20, 1969 | |
| 2 | 26 | September 19, 1969 | April 10, 1970 | |
| 3 | 24 | September 18, 1970 | March 19, 1971 | |
The first-season episode "Pineapple Rose" starred actor Cliff Potts rather than one of the usual leads; produced by the Tony Franciosa segment team it was allocated to Gene Barry segment due to his cameo appearances. Second-season episodes "Goodbye Harry" starred Darren McGavin and "Man of The People" starred Vera Miles. Each included Gene Barry in a cameo appearance and was featured as one of Barry's regular rotating segments.
The second-season episode "The King of Denmark" co-starred Tony Franciosa and Susan Saint James (who was given the bigger role in this one episode).
In the third season, Robert Culp (two episodes), Peter Falk and Robert Wagner substituted as "special guest leads" for four episodes in Franciosa's place. The episode "A Capitol Affair" featured guest lead Suzanne Pleshette with Gene Barry providing cameos.
Episodes
[edit]Season 1 (1968–69)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Starring | Directed by | Written by | Recurring cast | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Fear of High Places" | Anthony Franciosa | William A. Graham | Mark Rodgers | Susan Saint James, Gene Barry | September 20, 1968 |
| 2 | 2 | "Witness" | Robert Stack | Lamont Johnson | Dick Nelson (teleplay), Robert E. Thompson (story) | Susan Saint James, Gene Barry, Ben Murphy | September 27, 1968 |
| 3 | 3 | "The Taker" | Gene Barry | Harvey Hart | Richard Levinson & William Link | Anthony Franciosa, Cliff Potts | October 4, 1968 |
| 4 | 4 | "Collector's Edition" | Anthony Franciosa | Leslie Stevens | Eric Peters & Leslie Stevens (teleplay), Eric Peters (story) | Susan Saint James, Gene Barry | October 11, 1968 |
| 5 | 5 | "Nightmare" | Robert Stack | Alvin Ganzer | Ed Adamson | Gene Barry, Ben Murphy | October 18, 1968 |
| 6 | 6 | "Incident in Berlin" | Gene Barry | Seymour Robbie | Richard Levinson & William Link | Cliff Potts | October 25, 1968 |
| 7 | 7 | "Shine On, Shine On, Jesse Gil" | Anthony Franciosa | Leslie Stevens | James M. Miller | Susan Saint James, Gene Barry | November 1, 1968 |
| 8 | 8 | "Lola in Lipstick" | Gene Barry | Don Taylor | Peter Penduik | -- | November 8, 1968 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Protector" | Gene Barry | Richard Irving | Jack Miller | Susan Saint James, Cliff Potts | November 15, 1968 |
| 10 | 10 | "The Ordeal" | Robert Stack | Ralph Senensky | Alvin Sapinsley | Susan Saint James, Ben Murphy | November 22, 1968 |
| 11 | 11 | "The White Birch" | Gene Barry | Lamont Johnson | Dean Hargrove and Luther Davis (teleplay), Robert Soderberg (story) | Susan Saint James | November 29, 1968 |
| 12 | 12 | "High on a Rainbow" | Robert Stack | Richard A. Colla | Irving Pearlberg & Robert L. Collins (teleplay), Bill Davidson (story) | Gene Barry, Susan Saint James, Ben Murphy | December 6, 1968 |
| 13 | 13 | "The Black Answer" | Anthony Franciosa | Leslie Stevens | Leslie Stevens | Susan Saint James | December 13, 1968 |
| 14 | 14 | "Pineapple Rose" | +Cliff Potts | Nicholas Colasanto | Richard Neubert | Susan Saint James, Gene Barry | December 20, 1968 |
| 15 | 15 | "The Revolutionary" | Gene Barry | Unknown | Unknown | -- | December 27, 1968 |
| 16 | 16 | "Swingers Only" | Robert Stack | Barry Shear | Anthony Spinner (teleplay), Mark Rodgers (story) | Ben Murphy | January 10, 1969 |
| 17 | 17 | "The Inquiry" | Gene Barry | Sutton Roley | Harold Livingston | -- | January 17, 1969 |
| 18 | 18 | "The Incomparable Connie Walker" | Anthony Franciosa | Abner Biberman | Leslie Stevens | Susan Saint James, Gene Barry | January 24, 1969 |
| 19 | 19 | "Love-In at Ground Zero" | Gene Barry | Richard Irving | Shimon Wincelberg and Dean Hargrove (teleplay), Shimon Wincelberg (story) | Cliff Potts | January 31, 1969 |
| 20 | 20 | "The Suntan Mob" | Robert Stack | Alexander Singer | Robert Buckner and Dick Nelson (teleplay), Robert Buckner (story) | -- | February 7, 1969 |
| 21 | 21 | "Keep the Doctor Away" | Anthony Franciosa | Barry Shear | Robert Malcolm Young | Susan Saint James | February 14, 1969 |
| 22 | 22 | "The Bobby Currier Story" | Robert Stack | Lamont Johnson | Robert Collins | Susan Saint James, Gene Barry | February 21, 1969 |
| 23 | 23 | "A Wrath of Angels" | Robert Stack | Alvin Ganzer | Dick Nelson & Gilbert Ralston (teleplay), Anthony Spinner (story) | Ben Murphy | February 28, 1969 |
| 24 | 24 | "The Third Choice" | Gene Barry | Seymour Robbie | Jack Miller | Cliff Potts | March 7, 1969 |
| 25 | 25 | "Breakout to a Fast Buck" | Robert Stack | Michael Caffey | Sy Salkowitz | Susan Saint James, Ben Murphy | March 14, 1969 |
| 26 | 26 | "An Agent of the Plaintiff" | Gene Barry | John Llewellyn Moxey | Marion Hargrove & Dean Hargrove (teleplay), Gerry Day (story) | Susan Saint James | March 20, 1969 |
- + A recurring cast member stars in this episode.
Season 2 (1969–70)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Starring | Directed by | Written by | Recurring cast | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "Lady on the Rocks" | Gene Barry | John Llewellyn Moxey | Phyllis White & Robert White | -- | September 19, 1969 |
| 28 | 2 | "A Hard Case of the Blues" | Robert Stack | Barry Shear | Philip DeGuere Jr. | Ben Murphy | September 26, 1969 |
| 29 | 3 | "Blind Man's Bluff" | Anthony Franciosa | James Neilson | Henry Slesar | Susan Saint James | October 3, 1969 |
| 30 | 4 | "The Emissary" | Gene Barry | John Llewellyn Moxey | Margaret Armen and Dean Hargrove | Susan Saint James | October 10, 1969 |
| 31 | 5 | "Chains of Command" | Robert Stack | Robert Day | Carol Sobieski | Ben Murphy | October 17, 1969 |
| 32 | 6 | "Good-bye Harry" | *Darren McGavin | Barry Shear | Gene L. Coon | Susan Saint James, Gene Barry | October 24, 1969 |
| 33 | 7 | "Give Till It Hurts" | Robert Stack | Marc Daniels | William D. Gordon (teleplay), Walter Brough (story) | Ben Murphy | October 31, 1969 |
| 34 | 8 | "The Perfect Image" | Gene Barry | Sutton Roley | David P. Harmon (teleplay), Anthony Spinner (story) | Susan Saint James | November 7, 1969 |
| 35 | 9 | "The Prisoner Within" | Anthony Franciosa | Oscar Rudolph | Richard Landau (written by) | Susan Saint James | November 14, 1969 |
| 36 | 10 | "The Civilized Men" | Robert Stack | Unknown | Unknown | -- | November 28, 1969 |
| 37 | 11 | "High Card" | Gene Barry | Sutton Roley | Herman Groves, Dean Hargrove and Mitch Lindemann | Cliff Potter | December 5, 1969 |
| 38 | 12 | "The Power" | Robert Stack | Lawrence Dobkin | Arthur Weingarten | -- | December 12, 1969 |
| 39 | 13 | "Laurie Marie" | Anthony Franciosa | Harvey Hart | David P. Harmon and Henry Slesar (teleplay), Henry Slesar (story) | Susan Saint James | December 19, 1969 |
| 40 | 14 | "The Tradition" | Gene Barry | John Llewellyn Moxey | Tim Kelly and Dean Hargrove (teleplay), Tim Kelly (story) | Susan Saint James | January 2, 1970 |
| 41 | 15 | "The Brass Ring" | Robert Stack | Barry Shear | Barry Oringer | -- | January 9, 1970 |
| 42 | 16 | "Island of Gold and Precious Stones" | Anthony Franciosa | John Newland | Anthony Skene | Susan Saint James | January 16, 1970 |
| 43 | 17 | "The Takeover" | Gene Barry | Herb Kenwith | John McGreevey and Ernestine Barton (teleplay), John McGreevey (story) | -- | January 23, 1970 |
| 44 | 18 | "The Garden" | Robert Stack | Seymour Robbie | Charles McDaniel | -- | January 30, 1970 |
| 45 | 19 | "Tarot" | Gene Barry | Nicholas Colasanato | Dick Nelson (teleplay), Blake Lund & Phil Hargrove (story) | Susan Saint James | February 13, 1970 |
| 46 | 20 | "The King of Denmark" | +Susan Saint James | Leo Penn | Anthony Skene | Anthony Franciosa | February 20, 1970 |
| 47 | 21 | "The Skin Game" | Robert Stack | Unknown | Unknown | Ben Murphy | February 27, 1970 |
| 48 | 22 | "Man of the People" | *Vera Miles | Unknown | Elinor Karpf | Gene Barry | March 6, 1970 |
| 49 | 23 | "Echo of a Nightmare" | Robert Stack | John Newland | Don Brinkley | Susan Saint James, Ben Murphy | March 20, 1970 |
| 50 | 24 | "Jenny Wilde Is Drowning" | Anthony Franciosa | Boris Sagal | Henry Slesar and Stanford Whitmore (teleplay), Henry Slesar (story) | Susan Saint James | March 27, 1970 |
| 51 | 25 | "One of the Girls in Research" | Gene Barry | Sutton Roley | Marion Hargrove | -- | April 3, 1970 |
| 52 | 26 | "The Other Kind of Spy" | Anthony Franciosa | Boris Sagal | Chester Krumholz | Susan Saint James | April 10, 1970 |
- + A recurring cast member stars in this episode.
- * A special guest is the star of this episode.
Season 3 (1970–71)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Starring | Directed by | Written by | Recurring cast | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 1 | "So Long, Baby, and Amen" | Robert Stack | Marvin Chomsky | Steven Bochco | Mark Miller | September 18, 1970 |
| 54 | 2 | "A Love to Remember" | Gene Barry | Nicholas Colasanto | Dick Nelson (teleplay), Richard M. Bluel (story) | Susan Saint James | September 25, 1970 |
| 55 | 3 | "Cynthia Is Alive and Living in Avalon" | *Robert Culp | Gene Levitt | Ben Masselink | Gene Barry, Susan Saint James | October 2, 1970 |
| 56 | 4 | "Battle at Gannon's Bridge" | Robert Stack | Robert Day | Herb Meadow | -- | October 9, 1970 |
| 57 | 5 | "The Enemy Before Us" | Anthony Franciosa | Barry Shear | Joseph Calvelli | Susan Saint James | October 16, 1970 |
| 58 | 6 | "The Time Is Now" | Gene Barry | Nicholas Colasanto | Wanda Coleman | -- | October 23, 1970 |
| 59 | 7 | "The War Merchants" | Robert Stack | Boris Sagal | William D. Gordon | Susan Saint James | October 30, 1970 |
| 60 | 8 | "Little Bear Died Running" | *Robert Culp | Gene Levitt | Edward J. Lakso | Susan Saint James | November 6, 1970 |
| 61 | 9 | "All the Old Familiar Faces" | Gene Barry | Seymour Robbie | Phil Hargrove | Susan Saint James, Mark Miller | November 13, 1970 |
| 62 | 10 | "I Love You, Billy Baker: Part 1" | Anthony Franciosa | Barry Shear | Richard DeRoy | Susan Saint James | November 20, 1970 |
| 63 | 11 | "I Love You, Billy Baker: Part 2" | Anthony Franciosa | Barry Shear | Richard DeRoy | Susan Saint James | November 27, 1970 |
| 64 | 12 | "Why I Blew Up Dakota" | Robert Stack | John Newland | Ken Trevey | Susan Saint James, Mark Miller | December 4, 1970 |
| 65 | 13 | "Aquarius Descending" | Gene Barry | Nicholas Colasanto | Dick Nelson (teleplay) Dick Nelson (story) Barry Oringer (teleplay) | -- | December 11, 1970 |
| 66 | 14 | "The Glory Shouter" | Robert Stack | Joseph Pevney | Harry Kronman (teleplay) Edward DeBlasio (teleplay) Harry Kronman (story) | Susan Saint James | December 18, 1970 |
| 67 | 15 | "A Sister from Napoli" | *Peter Falk | Barry Shear | Stanley Adams, Peter Allan Fields and George F. Slavin | Gene Barry | January 8, 1971 |
| 68 | 16 | "LA 2017" | Gene Barry | Steven Spielberg | Philip Wylie | -- | January 15, 1971 |
| 69 | 17 | "The Man Who Killed a Ghost" | *Robert Wagner | Barry Shear | Ken Trevey (written by) | Gene Barry | January 29, 1971 |
| 70 | 18 | "Seek and Destroy" | Robert Stack | Robert Day | Richard Landau (written by) | -- | February 5, 1971 |
| 71 | 19 | "A Capitol Affair" | *Suzanne Pleshette | Marvin J. Chomsky | Richard DeRoy | Gene Barry | February 12, 1971 |
| 72 | 20 | "The Savage Eye" | Robert Stack | Leo Penn | Leon Tokatyan | Susan Saint James | February 19, 1971 |
| 73 | 21 | "Appointment in Palermo" | Gene Barry | Ben Gazzara | Joseph Calvelli | -- | February 26, 1971 |
| 74 | 22 | "Beware of the Watchdog" | Robert Stack | Marvin J. Chomsky | Jack Turley (teleplay), James M. Miller & Jack Turley (story) | Susan Saint James, Mark Miller | March 5, 1971 |
| 75 | 23 | "The Broken Puzzle" | Gene Barry | []Alvin Ganzer]] | Pat Fielder (teleplay)Barry Oringer (story) | -- | March 12, 1971 |
| 76 | 24 | "The Showdown" | Gene Barry | Daniel Petrie | Dick Nelson (teleplay), Robert Sabaroff (story) | -- | March 19, 1971 |
- * A special guest is the star of this episode.