The Reporter

Episode 1

Extension Seven

Fri, Sep 25, 1964 60 mins

Novelist-playwright Jerome Weidman is the creator of this series about New York reporter Danny Taylor (Harry Guardino) who works on open assignment under city editor Lou Sheldon (Gary Merrill). Weidman describes his character: "Danny Taylor cares about people. He is not a man standing about with a notebook and jotting down facts. He is a man standing up to his armpits in the facts." Standing by to whisk Danny to the action is driver Artie Burns (George O'Hanlon), and standing behind the newsman's favorite bar is Ike Dawson (Remo Pisani).

Episode 2

Hideout

Fri, Oct 2, 1964 60 mins

To get an exclusive story, Danny offers to hide an informer from the gunmen who are seeking revenge.

Episode 3

How Much for a Prince?

Fri, Oct 9, 1964

A psychopath kidnaps the 14-year-old son of a baseball player who Danny is doing a series on.

Episode 4

Rope's End

Fri, Oct 16, 1964 60 mins

While the police attempt to prevent a girl from jumping off the window ledge of a Park Avenue hotel, Danny tries to find her husband who might be able to talk her into coming inside.

Episode 5

Rachel's Mother

Fri, Oct 23, 1964

After a fire escape falls from a Harlem tenement and kills three people, Danny seeks to find the landlord of the building, but finds it's owned by a shadow company that has ties to a southeast Asian dictator helped by the CIA, and enriched by US government money.

Episode 6

No Comment

Fri, Oct 30, 1964

The police are preparing for something, but inquiries from the press receive only a terse "No comment." Taylor and Sheldon are able to follow enough leads to conclude that an escaped criminal is going to attempt to kill the policeman who arrested him. Then Taylor's investigation results in his being taken hostage by the criminal, and used as a human shield as they proceed to the policeman's home.

Episode 7

The Man Behind the Badge

Fri, Nov 6, 1964

Danny becomes interested in the story of a World War Ii naval; hero who is now head of a hate organization called Americans for America.

Episode 8

He Stuck in His Thumb

Fri, Nov 13, 1964

Episode 9

Super-Star

Fri, Nov 20, 1964 60 mins

Danny is covering a neurotic movie star's comeback, and finds he's falling in love with her, but at the same time he's aware he's being used.

Episode 10

Murder by Scandal

Fri, Nov 27, 1964

A jurist is driven to suicide after an item appears in a scandal sheet and Danny crusades against the publisher.

Episode 11

A Time to Be Silent

Fri, Dec 4, 1964

Danny Taylor attempts to get a 78-year-old former governor, senator and ambassador, to run against a corrupt politician.

Episode 12

The Lost Lady Blues

Fri, Dec 11, 1964

A talent organization that is being run by a crime syndicate attempts to blackmail an accomplished singer, but Danny urges her to fight back.

Episode 13

Vote for Murder

Fri, Dec 18, 1964 60 mins

Danny Taylor becomes involved in a congressional race between a machine politician and a wealthy Ivy Leaguer.