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26 Episodes 1969 - 1970
Episode 1
Fri, Sep 19, 196960 mins
Opening episode. Tom Hudson tries to get into the acting school. Paulette Douglas refuses to take her clothes off for a photo shoot despite her mother Grace implying it's okay. Kevin Grant has an unhappy marriage with Marjorie. Kevin gives Rachel Holt the part in his movie instead of Diane Waring and explains why.
Episode 2
Fri, Sep 26, 196960 mins
Diane and Karen compete for a role that requires horseback riding. This leads to an accident.
Episode 3
Fri, Oct 3, 196960 mins
An aging actress, while making a "comeback" at Century Studios, uses the job to get some retribution against the former Studio Head, who is Sylvia's father.
Episode 4
Fri, Oct 10, 196960 mins
A young actress loses a part to Diane Waring, but agrees to stay on and work for Diane.
Episode 5
Fri, Oct 17, 196960 mins
The studio budget must be reduced, so says Johnny Churchill (played by Time Tunnel's Robert Colbert), and the acting school is an unfortunate prime target.
Episode 6
Fri, Oct 24, 196960 mins
A director who is arrogant and pompous comes to the studio to direct a movie. And he rubs some people the wrong way like Tom who wants to audition for him but the man doesn't like his look. And Davey whom he wants to be in the movie even though he has no desire to act. But when the man is shot, the police investigate and go through everyone who may have had a grudge against him.
Episode 7
Fri, Oct 31, 196960 mins
A famous director is coaxed out of retirement.
Episode 8
Fri, Nov 7, 196960 mins
The star actor of the movie is making his move on Paulette, to the chagrin of her boyfriend. Meanwhile, there is real doubt as to whether a desired stunt in the movie can be safely executed.
Episode 9
Fri, Nov 14, 196960 mins
A famous actor is hired. He has a past with Laura Deane. He tries to convince her first to return to NY with him, then to return to acting.
Episode 10
Fri, Nov 28, 196960 mins
A major studio star will only make Bracken's new movie if his daughter, a beautiful unknown also stars in it as well. As Kevin reluctantly takes the "package deal" - the film runs anything but smoothly.
Episode 11
Fri, Dec 5, 196960 mins
Young promising black director Floyd Emmons starts seeing Rachel Holt. But this could come at a cost neither is willing to pay.
Episode 12
Fri, Dec 12, 196960 mins
Kevin Grant's wife Marjorie takes a job in the film industry, leading to all sots of problems for the Grants.
Episode 13
Fri, Dec 19, 196960 mins
Episode 14
Fri, Dec 26, 196960 mins
Tragedy results when Davey permits another stuntman, suffering from a hangover, to perform a dangerous stunt.
Episode 15
Fri, Jan 2, 197060 mins
Diane Waring is playing with fire, romancing a gangster (Joe Don Baker).
Episode 16
Fri, Jan 9, 197060 mins
Bracken is heading off a "hostile takeover", while Sylvia prepares to marry and leave her job as his assistant. This was Eleanor Parker's last episode.
Episode 17
Fri, Jan 16, 197060 mins
Kevin Grant has a devil of a time getting a film underway given a hypersensitive Native American.
Episode 18
Fri, Jan 30, 197060 mins
An actor portrays a murderer, and gets too into the role.
Episode 19
Fri, Feb 6, 197060 mins
A super-star football player (Lee Majors) with no movie experience is cast in a major picture. The director has his doubts.
Episode 20
Fri, Feb 13, 197060 mins
A Hollywood columnist uses a free-thinking young actress to make things difficult for Kevin Grant.
Episode 21
Fri, Feb 20, 197060 mins
Starlet Rachel Holt (Jensen) is kidnapped and held captive in a hidden place on the studio lot by an obsessed fan (Thomas).
Episode 22
Fri, Feb 27, 197060 mins
Martin Sheen portrays a comedian trying to play a serious role in a movie. His father (Jack Albertson) shows up on the set, creating additional complications.
Episode 23
Fri, Mar 6, 197060 mins
The studio is adapting the novel of a famous author, Samson Wilkes, but Kevin soon finds himself clashing with the author when he tries to change the ending.
Episode 24
Fri, Mar 13, 197060 mins
An aging actress is seriously uncomfortable with her looks while filming a movie.
Episode 25
Fri, Mar 20, 197060 mins
Rachel Holt's foster parents, who she thought were dead, suddenly show up in her life.
Episode 26
Fri, Mar 27, 197060 mins
Paulette is having trouble getting acting jobs from the studio, so she hires a coach (Barry Sullivan), who has a reputation for thinking of more than acting.