• Premiered: Sep 1977
  • Episodes: 114
  • Followers: 3
  • Ended
  • CBS
  • Unknown
  • Crime Drama

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Season 3
Air date
Sep 17, 1979
Lou is the only witness to a neighborhood murder and is mystified by the way the police handle the case, thereby discovering a touchy area of crime. At the same time, a fatal fire in a .. show full overview
3x2
Expose
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Air date
Sep 24, 1979
The hard drinking husband of a popular female politician makes headlines while the Trib staff makes news itself in a gossip magazine. The Trib learns a hard lesson about what happens .. show full overview
3x3
Slammer
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Air date
Oct 01, 1979
After agreeing to be guest speaker at Rossi's journalism class, Lou learns his "students" are tough state prison inmates who are angered by the shutdown of their newspaper. While Lou .. show full overview
3x4
Charlatan
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 15, 1979
A naked man on a church steeple and the editor of a sleazy porno magazine put Lou in hot water on two fronts with a common bond. The Trib's religious editor, Marcus Prescott, warns Lou .. show full overview
3x5
Frame-Up
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Air date
Oct 22, 1979
Billie gets into the headlines when her stories questioning a big company's clean air standards brings on a costly damage suit to the Trib. Corporation Chief, Curtis Folger, may have .. show full overview
3x6
Hype
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Air date
Oct 29, 1979
While helping test a new drug, Lou learns about the "publish or perish" research at a medical center with a publicity seeking director. Eager for new grants and honors, Dr. Duncan puts .. show full overview
3x7
Gambling
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 05, 1979
To help with a story on the legalization of gambling, Lou befriends an elderly man who has inside tips for betting on the horses. Billie's new boyfriend uses her to feed his gambling addiction.
3x8
Witness
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 12, 1979
The unwilling Billie finds herself in the protective custody of a male chauvinist policeman because of what she knows in a grand jury case involving a popular game show host. Lou also .. show full overview
3x9
Kidnap
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Air date
Nov 26, 1979
When a plane carrying a high school basketball team is believed to be missing, members of the paper travel to a small desert town to investigate.
3x10
Andrew, Part 1: Premonition
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 03, 1979
Art's cousin Andrew displays violent feelings against women. His mother wants him to check into a mental institution, which Andrew accepts. Meanwhile, parts of an erotic novel keep popping up on the Tribune's computer monitors.
3x11
Andrew, Part 2: Trial
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 10, 1979
Andrew is put on trial for the murder of a young woman who lived in his mother's flat. Art wants to protect his cousin but realizes that the Tribune's coverage may work against the case.
3x12
Hollywood
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 17, 1979
Lou is intrigued by the closed restaurant down the street, which turns out to have been the scene of a famous murder 25 years earlier. Animal is sent in for pictures, and becomes friends .. show full overview
3x13
Kids
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 24, 1979
Rossi does a story on a child actress who is secretly unhappy about being deprived of a normal childhood and decides to run away. Lou tries to spend more time with a kid from his baseball team who is neglected by his divorced parents.
3x14
Brushfire
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 07, 1980
The paper is on the scene of a series of brush fires in the California Valley. Charlie, who is on the verge of separating from his wife, makes a last ditch effort to save his home from the fires as well as his marriage.
3x15
Indians
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 14, 1980
The paper does a series of articles on Native Americans. Animal tries to reunite a kid who ran away from a reservation with his uncle. Billie and Lou work on a story about a Native American couple who have different ideas about family.
3x16
Cover-Up
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Air date
Jan 21, 1980
When a well-liked teacher at a private school is accused of molesting a child in his class, Mrs. Pynchon feels that he is not getting a fair trial.
3x17
Inheritance
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Air date
Jan 28, 1980
When Billie investigates claims that drug companies manufactured a drug that caused cancer, she finds out that her mother may have taken that drug several years ago.
3x18
Censored
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 04, 1980
Rossi visits a small town where book burnings are back in fashion and a young teacher loses her job for teaching too radical ideas. Back at the Trib', Charlie refuses to publish a satirical comic strip in lieu of being sued.
3x19
Lou
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 11, 1980
Lou faces a burn-out on a particularly stressful day when everybody has something to complain about, one staffer quits, another is fired and on top of it all a 24 year old woman shows romantic interest in him.
3x20
Blackout
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 18, 1980
The paper's long standing streak of having a daily newspaper published is threatened by a blackout.
3x21
Dogs
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Air date
Mar 03, 1980
The disappearance of Mrs. Pynchon's dog leads Rossi to the discovery of an underground dog-fighting ring.
3x22
Influence
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Air date
Mar 10, 1980
Lou sticks his neck out to try and help Adam, who develops a serious drinking problem. However, when Adam's drinking problems gets worse and he expects Lou to keep covering for him, Lou regrets getting involved.
3x23
Guns
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 17, 1980
While the paper investigates a story on stolen guns, Lou himself becomes the victim of an Irish gun dealer who steals his identity to obtain weapons.
3x24 Season finale
Hazard
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 24, 1980
Checkbook journalism - payment for a new story- becomes an issue when a source wants money to document a dangerous motorbike scandal. Cold financial facts are also brought home to the .. show full overview

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