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24 Episodes 1981 - 1982
Episode 1
Mon, Nov 2, 1981 60 mins
Billie ponders a marriage offer from a baseball scout (Cliff Potts). Linda Kelsey, Edward Asner. Janie: Barbara Dirickson.
Episode 2
Mon, Nov 9, 1981 60 mins
Rossi becomes engrossed in a murderer who refuses to appeal her death sentence. Kitty Larsen: Terri Nunn. Rossi: Robert Walden. Lou: Edward Asner.
Episode 3
Mon, Nov 16, 1981 60 mins
Charlie implements a news-tip hotline, while Lou takes part in a drunken-driving experiment. Mason Adams, Edward Asner. Bob Jurgenson: William Schilling. Sandler: Michael McGuire. Marvin: Michael Tucci.
Episode 4
Mon, Nov 23, 1981 60 mins
Lou returns to his boyhood town and finds a community struggling with economic blight and a declining population. Paul: Robert Prosky. Howard: Kenneth Kimmins. Lou: Edward Asner.
Episode 5
Mon, Nov 30, 1981 60 mins
A Trib reporter refuses to reveal her source for a story on child pornography. Robert Walden, Edward Asner. McPhee: Michael Alldredge. Gloria: Sandy Martin. Larry Hockney: Ken Smolka.
Episode 6
Mon, Dec 7, 1981 60 mins
Billie learns that a gold cross contained in a time capsule is a fake. Shepherd: Nigel Bullard. Alex Matheson Sr.: Linwood McCarthy. Billie: Linda Kelsey.
Episode 7
Mon, Dec 14, 1981 60 mins
Charlie takes in his disturbed nephew, unaware of the extent of his illness. Mason Adams, Edward Asner. Steve Hume: James Callahan. Dr. Sorenson: Tom Atkins.
Episode 8
Mon, Dec 28, 1981 60 mins
Tests of friendship emerge from Rossi's relationship with a politician, and an altercation involving Donovan and a reporter. Cary: Larry Breeding. Rossi: Robert Walden. Donovan: Jack Bannon.
Episode 9
Mon, Jan 4, 1982 60 mins
Rossi tracks down a once-famous jazz quartet played by jazz greats Ray Brown, Joe Williams, Louie Bellson, Med Flory. Robert Walden, Edward Asner.
Episode 10
Mon, Jan 11, 1982 60 mins
Billie investigates a death in a "haunted" house. Josephine: Penelope Windust. Claude Cunningham: Milton Selzer. Billie: Linda Kelsey. Lou: Edward Asner.
Episode 11
Mon, Jan 25, 1982 60 mins
A story about a robbery and kidnapping assays the influence of live-TV coverage on volatile situations and trials. Mrs. Hamlin: Marcia Rodd. Peggy Daye: Robin Rose. Billie: Linda Kelsey.
Episode 12
Mon, Feb 8, 1982 60 mins
Rossi might cause the Trib to be censured; Billie ghostwrites an autobiographical piece for Mrs. Pynchon. Robert Walden, Linda Kelsey, Nancy Marchand, Edward Asner, Jack Bannon. Thea Taft: Margaret Hamilton.
Episode 13
Mon, Feb 15, 1982 60 mins
A story involving black-market food stamps explores the plight of Vietnamese refugees. Tam: Le Tuan. Lou: Edward Asner. Animal: Daryl Anderson. Cy Wood: Raleigh Bond. Anh: Kieu Chinh.
Episode 14
Mon, Mar 1, 1982 60 mins
Rossi becomes obsessed with his story on world hunger. Sister Louise: Uta Hagen. Rossi: Robert Walden. Lou: Edward Asner. Springerman: Ivan Bonar.
Episode 15
Mon, Mar 8, 1982 60 mins
Mrs. Pynchon is questioned about her late husband's dealings with Japanese-Americans during World War II. Edward Asner, Nancy Marchand. Ken Watanabe: Clyde Kusatsu. Iris Rooney: Eunice Christopher.
Episode 16
Mon, Mar 22, 1982 60 mins
Billie is called back to the office just before boarding a plane that crashes, killing all aboard. Linda Kelsey, Edward Asner, Daryl Anderson. Pomeroy: William Jordan.
Episode 17
Mon, Apr 5, 1982 60 mins
Rossi researches a story about a scientist who was blacklisted, and learns his girlfriend's father suffered the same fate. Abby: Freddye Chapman. Obler: William Schallert. Rossi: Robert Walden.
Episode 18
Mon, Apr 12, 1982 60 mins
Mrs. Pynchon, Lou and Billie are plagued with legal hassles. Edward Asner, Nancy Marchand, Linda Kelsey. Gruber: Harold J. Stone. Garbers: Charles Cioffi.
Episode 19
Mon, Apr 19, 1982 60 mins
An assignment in the state capital reunites Billie with her ex-husband---a shrewd lobbyist. Greg: Vincent Baggetta. Ray: Parley Baer. Lou: Edward Asner.
Episode 20
Mon, May 3, 1982 60 mins
The threat of nuclear war looms as a revolution in the Middle East signals hostilities between the U.S. and the USSR. Edward Asner. Claire: Bonnie Bartlett. Dr. Lawrence: Lane Smith. Billie: Linda Kelsey.
Episode 21
Mon, May 17, 1982 60 mins
A reporter's life is threatened when he investigates the hit-and-run of a noted ecologist; Lou is involved with a woman who's also dating a married man. Edward Asner.
Episode 22
Mon, May 24, 1982 60 mins
A story on rival surfer turfs touches off gang fights; Billie and Ted discover their home is near a house for mental patients. Linda Kelsey, Edward Asner. Lombardi: Michael Constantine.
Episode 23
Mon, Aug 30, 1982 60 mins
A holdup in the Tribune parking lot leaves Lou a victim and a policeman tormented by guilt. Edward Asner. Vince DeMayo: Steve Marachuk. Shackley: Bruce Kirby.
Episode 24
Mon, Sep 13, 1982 60 mins
Firing incompetents, considering assignments and lending a sympathetic ear constitute a day for Charlie, but a cub reporter's current assignment is anything but routine. Mason Adams, Jack Bannon.