The Name of the Game (TV series) / Episode list

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This episode list contains all episodes of the US television series The Name of the Game , sorted by the US American first broadcast. The first broadcast was between September 20, 1968 and March 19, 1971 on the US broadcaster NBC .

Pilot film

Fame Is the Name of the Game premiered on November 26, 1966 on NBC . Stuart Rosenberg directed. Ranald MacDougall adapted the novel One Woman by Tiffany Thayer for the script .

Seasons

Season Number of episodes First broadcast in the USA
Season premiere Season finale
1 26th 20th September 1968 March 20, 1969
2 26th 19th September 1969 April 10, 1970
3 24 September 18, 1970 March 19, 1971

season 1

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		Original title First broadcast in the United States Director script Main character Guest actor
1 1 Fear of High Places Sep 20 1968 William A. Graham Mark Rodgers Jeff Dillon Robert Webber , Claudine Longet , Jeanne Crain , John Payne , Zsa Zsa Gabor
2 2 Witness 27 Sep 1968 Lamont Johnson Dick Nelson Dan Farrell Joan Hackett , Ruth Roman , Joseph Campanella , Victor Jory
3 3 The taker Oct 4, 1968 Harvey Hart Richard Levinson , William Link Glenn Howard Cliff Potts , Burl Ives , Bradford Dillman
4th 4th Collectors' Edition Oct 11, 1968 Leslie Stevens Eric Peters , Leslie Stevens Jeff Dillon John Saxon , Nina Foch , Robert Loggia , Senta Berger
5 5 Nightmare Oct 18, 1968 Alvin Ganzer Ed Adamson Dan Farrell Martin Balsam , Steve Ihnat , Troy Donahue , Cloris Leachman
6th 6th Incident in Berlin Oct 25, 1968 Seymour Robbie Richard Levinson, William Link Glenn Howard Anne Francis , Kevin McCarthy , Geraldine Brooks
7th 7th Shine On, Shine On, Jesse Gil Nov 1, 1968 Leslie Stevens James M. Miller Jeff Dillon Darren McGavin , Juliet Prowse , Gypsy Rose Lee
8th 8th Lola in lipstick Nov 8, 1968 Don Taylor Peter Penduik Glenn Howard Ed Begley , Kathie Browne , Cesare Danova , Louis Jourdan
9 9 The Protector Nov 15, 1968 Richard Irving Jack Miller Glenn Howard Robert Young , Anne Baxter , Ralph Meeker , Stephen McNally
10 10 Ordeal Nov 22, 1968 Ralph Senensky Alvin Sapinsley Dan Farrell Jessica Walter , Farley Granger , Martha Hyer
11 11 The White Birch Nov 29, 1968 Lamont Johnson Dean Hargrove , Luther Davis Glenn Howard Jean-Pierre Aumont , Pete Duel , Roddy McDowall , Susan Oliver , Boris Karloff
12 12 High on a rainbow Dec 6, 1968 Richard A. Colla Irv Pearlberg , Robert L. Collins Dan Farrell Van Johnson , June Allyson , Broderick Crawford , Veronica Cartwright
13 13 The Black Answer Dec 13, 1968 Leslie Stevens Leslie Stevens Jeff Dillon Susan Saint James , Ivan Dixon , Raymond St. Jacques
14th 14th Pineapple Rose Dec 20, 1968 Nicholas Colasanto Richard Neubert Andy Hill Susan Strasberg , Andrew Prine , Don Stroud
15th 15th The Revolutionary Dec. 27, 1968 ? ? Glenn Howard Vera Miles , Harry Guardino , Simon Oakland
16 16 Swingers Only Jan. 10, 1969 Barry Shear Anthony Spinner Dan Farrell Robert Lansing , Jack Klugman , Clu Gulager , Ann Blyth
17th 17th The Inquiry Jan. 17, 1969 Sutton Roley Harold Livingston Glenn Howard Barry Sullivan , Jack Kelly , Fritz Weaver , Gia Scala
18th 18th The Incomparable Connie Walker Jan. 24, 1969 Abner Biberman Leslie Stevens Jeff Dillon Ivan Dixon, Jay C. Flippen , Dina Merrill
19th 19th Love-In at Ground Zero Jan. 31, 1969 Richard Irving Shimon Wincelberg , Dean Hargrove Glenn Howard Keenan Wynn , Tisha Sterling , Henry Jones
20th 20th The Suntan Mob Feb. 7, 1969 Alexander Singer Robert Buckner , Dick Nelson Dan Farrell Donald Sutherland , Suzanne Pleshette , Wilfrid Hyde-White
21st 21st Keep the Doctor Away Feb. 14, 1969 Barry Shear Robert Malcolm Young Jeff Dillon Robert Goulet , Carol Lawrence , Vera Miles
22nd 22nd The Bobby Currier Story Feb. 21, 1969 Lamont Johnson Robert L. Collins Dan Farrell Steve Forrest , Brandon De Wilde , Julie Harris , Anne Baxter
23 23 A Wrath of Angels Feb. 28, 1969 Alvin Ganzer Dick Nelson, Gilbert Ralston Dan Farrell Ricardo Montalbán , John Kerr , Edward Andrews
24 24 The third choice March 7, 1969 Seymour Robbie Jack Miller Glenn Howard Shirley Jones , Roscoe Lee Browne , Ossie Davis
25th 25th Breakout to a Fast Buck March 14, 1969 Michael Caffey Sy Salkowitz Dan Farrell Barry Nelson , Arthur O'Connell , Lorraine Gary
26th 26th To Agent on the Plaintiff March 20, 1969 John Llewellyn Moxey Marion Hargrove , Dean Hargrove Glenn Howard Honor Blackman , Maurice Evans , Brian Bedford

season 2

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		Original title First broadcast in the United States Director script Main character Guest actor
27 1 Lady on the Rocks 19 Sep 1969 John Llewellin Moxey Robert White , Phyllis White Glenn Howard Nigel Davenport , Laurence Naismith , James Robertson Justice , Janice Rule
28 2 A hard case of the blues 26 Sep 1969 Barry Shear Philip DeGuere Dan Farrell Sharon Farrell , Michael Anderson, Jr. , Russ Tamblyn , Keenan Wynn
29 3 Blind Man's Bluff Oct 3, 1969 James Neilson Henry Slesar Jeff Dillon Jack Klugman, Michele Carey , Broderick Crawford, Coleen Gray
30th 4th The Emissary Oct 10, 1969 John Llewellin Moxey Margaret Armen , Dean Hargrove Glenn Howard Charles Boyer , Zvonimir Črnko , Vernon Dobtcheff
31 5 Chains of Command Oct 17, 1969 Robert Day Carol Sobieski Dan Farrell Pernell Roberts , Steve Ihnat, Jay C. Flippen, Dorothy Lamour
32 6th Goodbye Harry Oct. 24, 1969 Barry Shear Gene L. Coon Sam Hardy James Whitmore , Dane Clark , Strother Martin , Marsha Hunt
33 7th Give Till It Hurts Oct. 31, 1969 Marc Daniels William D. Gordon Dan Farrell Dennis Weaver , Diane Baker , Larry Storch , Karen Black
34 8th The perfect image Nov 7, 1969 Sutton Roley David P. Harmon Glenn Howard Hal Holbrook , Diana Hyland , Clu Gulager, Joanna Barnes , Ida Lupino
35 9 The Prisoner Within Nov 14, 1969 ? ? Jeff Dillon Susan Saint James, Steve Forrest, George Murdock , Robert DoQui
36 10 The Civilized Men Nov 28, 1969 ? ? Dan Farrell Jack Kelly, Jill St. John , Rod Cameron
37 11 High card Dec 5, 1969 Sutton Roley Herman Groves , Dean Hargrove, Mitch Lindemann Glenn Howard Barry Sullivan, John Colicos , Martine Beswick
38 12 The Power Dec 12, 1969 Lawrence Dobkin Arthur Weingarten Dan Farrell William Conrad , Broderick Crawford, John Ireland
39 13 Laurie Marie Dec. 19, 1969 Harvey Hart David P. Harmon, Henry Slesar Jeff Dillon Peter Mark Richman , Antoinette Bower , John Kerr, Barry Atwater
40 14th The tradition Jan. 2, 1970 John Llewellin Moxey Tim Kelly , Dean Hargrove Glenn Howard Ina Balin , Nico Minardos
41 15th Brass ring Jan. 9, 1970 Barry Shear Barry Oringer Dan Farrell Van Johnson, Tim O'Connor , Celeste Holm
42 16 Island of Gold and Precious Stones Jan. 16, 1970 John Newland Anthony Skene Jeff Dillon Lee Meriwether , Henry Jones, Hazel Court , Yvonne De Carlo , Rudy Vallée
43 17th The takeover Jan. 23, 1970 Herbert Kenwith John McGreevey , Ernestine Barton Glenn Howard Anne Baxter, David Sheiner , Michael Ansara , Gloria Grahame
44 18th The Garden Jan. 30, 1970 Seymour Robbie Charles McDaniel Dan Ferrell Richard Kiley , Anne Francis, Brenda Scott , Woodrow Parfrey
45 19th Tarot Feb 13, 1970 Nicholas Colasanto Dick Nelson Glenn Howard José Ferrer , Bethel Leslie , David Carradine , William Shatner
46 20th The King of Denmark Feb 20, 1970 Leo Penn Anthony Skene Jeff Dillon Joseph Cotten , Noel Harrison , Louise Latham , Charles McGraw
47 21st The Skim Game Feb. 27, 1970 ? ? Dan Farrell Ben Murphy , Rossano Brazzi , Charles Drake , Suzanne Pleshette
48 22nd Man of the People March 6, 1970 ? Elinor Karpf Hilary Vanderman Fernando Lamas , James Gregory , Jackie Coogan , Robert Alda
49 23 Echo of a Nightmare March 20, 1970 John Newland Don Brinkley Dan Farrell Arthur Hill , Andrew Prine, Hoagy Carmichael , Ricardo Montalbán
50 24 Jenny Wilde Is Drowning March 27, 1970 Boris Sagal Henry Slesar, Stanford Whitmore Jeff Dillon Pamela Franklin , Gavin MacLeod , Frank Gorshin
51 25th One of the Girls in Research 3rd April 1970 ? Marion Hargrove Glenn Howard Will Geer , Brenda Vaccaro , Stephen McNally, George Chandler , Sheree North , Woodrow Parfrey
52 26th The Other Kind of Spy April 10, 1970 Boris Sagal Chester Krumholz Jeff Dillon Leslie Nielsen , Joseph Campanella, Jeanette Nolan , Robert Lipton , Edward Andrews

season 3

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		Original title First broadcast in the United States Director script Main character Guest actor
53 1 So Long, Baby, and Amen Sep 18 1970 Marvin J. Chomsky Steven Bochco Dan Farrell Julie Harris, James Gregory, Harold J. Stone , Sal Mineo
54 2 A love to remember 25 Sep 1970 Nicholas Colasanto Dick Nelson Glenn Howard Ray Milland , JD Cannon , Tom Bosley , Lee Grant
55 3 Cynthia Is Alive and Living in Avalon Oct 2, 1970 Gene Levitt Benjamin Masselink Paul Tyler Barbara Feldon , Tom Skerritt , Mickey Rooney , Alan Oppenheimer
56 4th Battle at Gannon's Bridge Oct 9, 1970 Robert Day Herb Meadow Dan Farrell Darren McGavin, Joan Blondell , Keenan Wynn
57 5 The Enemy Before Us Oct 16, 1970 Barry Shear Joseph Calvelli Jeff Dillon Martin Balsam, Richard Conte , Katina Paxinou
58 6th The Time Is Now Oct 23, 1970 Nicholas Colasanto Wanda Coleman Glenn Howard Jack Klugman, Yaphet Kotto , Roscoe Lee Browne, Dana Andrews
59 7th The War Merchants Oct. 30, 1970 Boris Sagal William D. Gordon Dan Farrell Robert Wagner , Scott Brady , Frank Aletter
60 8th Little Bear Died Running Nov 6, 1970 Gene Levitt Edward J. Lakso Paul Tyler Steve Forrest, Simon Oakland, Edgar Buchanan , Slim Pickens , Dean Jagger
61 9 All the Old Familiar Faces Nov 13, 1970 Seymour Robbie Phil Hargrove Glenn Howard Burgess Meredith , Michael Constantine , Stephen McNally, Lois Nettleton , Anne Baxter
62 10 I Love You, Billy Baker: Part 1 Nov 20, 1970 Barry Shear Richard De Roy Jeff Dillon Carla Borelli , Sammy Davis, Jr. , Nina Foch
63 11 I Love You, Billy Baker: Part 2 Nov 27, 1970 Barry Shear Richard De Roy Jeff Dillon Carla Borelli, Sammy Davis, Jr., Nina Foch
64 12 Why I Blew Up Dakota Dec. 4, 1970 John Newland Ken Trevey Dan Ferrell José Ferrer, Carolyn Jones , Clu Gulager, Roddy McDowall
65 13 Aquarius Descending Dec 11, 1970 ? ? Glenn Howard Arthur Hill, Michael Callan , Brenda Scott, William Smithers , Hermione Gingold
66 14th The Glory Shouter Dec 18, 1970 Joseph Pevney ? Dan Ferrell Howard Duff , William Shatner, Rachel Ames
67 15th A Sister From Napoli Jan. 8, 1971 Barry Shear Stanley Adams , Peter Allan Fields , George F. Slavin Lewis Corbett David Wayne , Robert Emhardt , Kurt Kasznar , Geraldine Page
68 16 LA 2017 Jan. 15, 1971 Steven Spielberg Philip Wylie Glenn Howard Barry Sullivan, Edmond O'Brien , Severn Darden , Paul Stewart , Louise Latham
69 17th The Man Who Killed a Ghost Jan. 29, 1971 ? ? Dave Corey Janet Leigh , David Hartman , Lex Barker , William Bryant , Lurene Tuttle
70 18th Seek and Destroy Feb 5, 1971 Robert Day ? Dan Farrell Leif Erickson , John Vernon , John McGiver , Susan Oliver
71 19th A capitol affair Feb 12, 1971 Marvin J. Chomsky Richard De Roy Glenn Howard Suzanne Pleshette, Larry Hagman , Monte Markham , Leon Ames , Mercedes McCambridge
72 20th The Savage Eye Feb. 19, 1971 Leo Penn Leon Tokatyan Dan Farrell Pete Duel, Jim Hutton , John Randolph
73 21st Appointment in Palermo Feb 26, 1971 Ben Gazzara Joseph Calvelli Glenn Howard Harry Guardino, John Marley , Joe De Santis , Brenda Vaccaro
74 22nd Beware of the watchdog March 5th 1971 Marvin J. Chomsky Jack Turley Dan Farrell Richard Kiley, Pernell Roberts, Diana Muldaur , Ed Flanders
75 23 The Broken Puzzle March 12, 1971 ? ? Glenn Howard Charles Aidman , Chuck Connors , Pat Crowley
76 24 The showdown March 19, 1971 Daniel Petrie Dick Nelson Glenn Howard Jessica Walter, Warren Oates , Albert Salmi , Jack Albertson

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