Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: September 20, 1978
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 68
Networks: ABC
Genres: Drama, Crime

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Vega$(1978)

TMDB Rating: 7.0 (22 votes)

Overview

Vega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981. It was produced by Aaron Spelling. The series was filmed in its entirety in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is believed to be the first television series produced entirely in Las Vegas. The show stars Robert Urich as private detective Dan Tanna, who drove around the streets of Las Vegas in a red 1957 Ford Thunderbird solving crimes and making Las Vegas a better place for residents and tourists alike.

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Season 1

22 episodes • 1978Avg: 10.0Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Centerfold	Sep 20, 1978	0.0
2	The Games Girls Play	Sep 27, 1978	0.0
3	Mother Mishkin	Oct 11, 1978	0.0
4	Love, Laugh and Die	Oct 18, 1978	0.0
5	Yes, My Darling Daughter	Oct 25, 1978	0.0
6	Lady Ice	Nov 1, 1978	0.0
7	Milliken's Stash	Nov 8, 1978	0.0
8	The Pageant	Nov 15, 1978	0.0
9	Lost Women	Nov 22, 1978	0.0
10	Second Stanza	Dec 6, 1978	0.0
11	Serve, Volley and Kill	Dec 20, 1978	0.0
12	Ghost of the Ripper	Jan 10, 1979	0.0
13	The Eleventh Event	Jan 17, 1979	0.0
14	Kill Dan Tanna	Jan 24, 1979	0.0
15	Death Mountain	Jan 31, 1979	0.0
16	Best Friends	Feb 7, 1979	0.0
17	Demand and Supply	Feb 14, 1979	0.0
18	Everything I Touch	Feb 28, 1979	0.0
19	Doubtful Target	Mar 7, 1979	0.0
20	Touch of Death	Mar 14, 1979	0.0
21	The Way to Live	May 2, 1979	10.0
22	The Visitor	May 9, 1979	0.0

Season 2

23 episodes • 1979

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Redhanded	Sep 19, 1979
2	The Usurper	Sep 26, 1979
3	Mixed Blessing	Oct 3, 1979
4	Runaway	Oct 24, 1979
5	Design for Death	Oct 31, 1979
6	Shadow on a Star	Nov 14, 1979
7	Dan Tanna Is Dead	Nov 21, 1979
8	The Macho Murders	Nov 28, 1979
9	The Day the Gambling Stopped	Dec 12, 1979
10	Classic Connection	Dec 19, 1979
11	Night of a Thousand Eyes	Jan 2, 1980
12	Lost Monday	Jan 9, 1980
13	Comeback	Jan 16, 1980
14	All Kinds of Love	Jan 23, 1980
15	The Magic Sister Slayings	Jan 30, 1980
16	The Lido Girls	Feb 6, 1980
17	Consortium	Feb 27, 1980
18	The Hunter Hunted	Mar 5, 1980
19	The Man Who Was Twice	May 12, 1980
20	The Golden Gate Cop Killer (1)	Mar 19, 1980
21	The Golden Gate Cop Killer (2)	Mar 19, 1980
22	Siege of the Desert Inn	Apr 30, 1980
23	Vendetta	May 7, 1980

Season 3

23 episodes • 1980

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Aloha, You're Dead (1)	Nov 5, 1980
2	Aloha, You're Dead (2)	Nov 5, 1980
3	The Black Cat Killer	Nov 12, 1980
4	Sudden Death	Nov 19, 1980
5	Love Affair	Nov 26, 1980
6	A Deadly Victim	Dec 3, 1980
7	Deadly Blessing	Dec 10, 1980
8	Christmas Story	Dec 17, 1980
9	The Andreas Addiction	Jan 7, 1981
10	Sourdough Suite	Jan 14, 1981
11	Murder by Mirrors	Jan 21, 1981
12	Backlash	Feb 18, 1981
13	Heist	Feb 25, 1981
14	No Way to Treat a Victim	Mar 4, 1981
15	Time Bomb	Mar 11, 1981
16	Out of Sight	Mar 18, 1981
17	Set Up	Mar 25, 1981
18	The Killing	Apr 15, 1981
19	Seek and Destroy	Apr 22, 1981
20	Dead Ringer	Apr 29, 1981
21	French Twist	May 6, 1981
22	Judgement Pronounced	Jun 10, 1981
23	Nightmare Come True	Jun 3, 1981

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