Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: September 20, 1968
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 76
Networks: NBC
Genres: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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The Name of the Game(1968)

TMDB Rating: 6.8 (12 votes)

Overview

The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.

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Season 1

26 episodes • 1968

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Fear of High Places	Sep 20, 1968
2	The Witness	Sep 27, 1968
3	The Taker	Oct 4, 1968
4	Collector's Edition	Oct 11, 1968
5	Nightmare	Oct 18, 1968
6	Incident in Berlin	Oct 25, 1968
7	Shine On, Shine On, Jesse Gil	Nov 1, 1968
8	Lola in Lipstick	Nov 8, 1968
9	The Protector	Nov 15, 1968
10	Ordeal	Nov 22, 1968
11	The White Birch	Nov 29, 1968
12	High On A Rainbow	Dec 6, 1968
13	The Black Answer	Dec 13, 1968
14	Pineapple Rose	Dec 20, 1968
15	The Revolutionary	Dec 27, 1968
16	Swinger's Only	Jan 10, 1969
17	The Inquiry	Jan 17, 1969
18	The Incomparable Connie Walker	Jan 24, 1968
19	Love-In At Ground Zero	Jan 31, 1968
20	The Suntan Mob	Feb 7, 1969
21	Keep the Doctor Away	Feb 14, 1969
22	The Bobby Currier Story	Feb 21, 1969
23	A Wrath of Angels	Feb 28, 1969
24	The Third Choice	Mar 7, 1969
25	Breakout To A Fast Buck	Mar 14, 1969
26	An Agent of the Plaintiff	Mar 21, 1969

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Season 2

26 episodes • 1969

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Lady On the Rocks	Sep 19, 1969
2	A Hard Case of the Blues	Sep 26, 1969
3	Blind Man's Bluff	Oct 3, 1969
4	The Emissary	Oct 10, 1969
5	Chains of Command	Oct 17, 1969
6	Goodbye Harry	Oct 24, 1969
7	Give Till It Hurts	Oct 31, 1969
8	The Perfect Image	Nov 7, 1969
9	The Prisoner Within	Nov 14, 1969
10	The Civilized Men	Nov 28, 1969
11	High Card	Dec 5, 1969
12	The Power	Dec 12, 1969
13	Laurie Marie	Dec 19, 1969
14	The Tradition	Jan 2, 1970
15	The Brass Ring	Jan 9, 1970
16	Island of Gold and Precious Stones	Jan 16, 1969
17	The Takeover	Jan 23, 1970
18	The Garden	Jan 30, 1970
19	Tarot	Feb 13, 1970
20	The King of Denmark	Feb 20, 1970
21	The Skin Game	Feb 27, 1970
22	Man of the People	Mar 6, 1970
23	Echo of a Nightmare	Mar 20, 1970
24	Jenny Wilde Is Drowning	Mar 27, 1970
25	One of the Girls in Research	Apr 3, 1970
26	The Other Kind of Spy	Apr 10, 1970

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Season 3

24 episodes • 1970Avg: 6.0Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	So Long Baby, and Amen	Sep 18, 1970	0.0
2	A Love To Remember	Sep 25, 1970	0.0
3	Cynthia Is Alive and Living in Avalon	Oct 2, 1970	0.0
4	Battle at Gannon's Bridge	Oct 9, 1970	0.0
5	The Enemy Before Us	Oct 16, 1970	0.0
6	The Time Is Now	Oct 23, 1970	0.0
7	The War Merchants	Oct 30, 1970	0.0
8	Little Bear Died Running	Nov 6, 1970	0.0
9	All the Old Familar Faces	Nov 13, 1970	0.0
10	I Love You, Billy Baker (1)	Nov 20, 1970	0.0
11	I Love You, Billy Baker (2)	Nov 27, 1970	0.0
12	Why I Blew Up Dakota	Dec 4, 1970	0.0
13	Aquarius Descending	Dec 11, 1970	0.0
14	The Glory Shouter	Dec 18, 1970	0.0
15	A Sister From Napoli	Jan 8, 1971	0.0
16	Los Angeles 2017	Jan 15, 1971	6.0
17	The Man Who Killed A Ghost	Feb 5, 1971	0.0
18	Seek and Destroy	Feb 5, 1971	0.0
19	A Capitol Affair	Feb 12, 1971	0.0
20	The Savage Eye	Feb 19, 1971	0.0
21	Appointment in Palermo	Feb 26, 1971	0.0
22	Beware of the Watchdog	Mar 5, 1971	0.0
23	The Broken Puzzle	Mar 12, 1971	0.0
24	The Showdown	Mar 19, 1971	0.0

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