The Name of the Game

This groundbreaking series had three rotating stars, who were featured in independent episodes tied together by a loose common theme. The commonality was Howard Publications, the self-made publishing empire of Glenn Howard. Episodes featuring Howard focused on his business and political confrontations and his flamboyant lifestyles. Other episodes featured Jeff Dillon, a crusading investigative reporter, or Dan Farrell. Farrell was a retired FBI agent who used his position as the editor of "Crime Magazine" to wage a literary war against organized crime. The series had several semi-regulars who were featured in one or more of the plot threads, including editorial assistant Peggy Maxwell, and junior reporters Joe Sample, Andy Hill and Ross Craig.

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Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials November 1966 1
Season 1 January 1968 March 1969 26
Season 2 January 1969 April 1970 26
Season 3 September 1970 March 1971 24
Unassigned Episodes 0
Season From To Episodes
Specials 0
Unassigned Episodes 77
Absolute ordering places all episodes in a single ordered season. This is generally used for anime.
Season From To Episodes
Season 1 0
Unassigned Episodes 77
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Barry Shear 8 09/26/1969 - 02/05/1971
Leslie Stevens 5 10/11/1968 - 12/13/1968
John Llewellyn Moxey 3 03/21/1969 - 10/10/1969
Boris Sagal 3 03/27/1970 - 10/30/1970
Marvin Chomsky 3 09/18/1970 - 03/05/1971
Nicholas Colasanto 2 02/13/1970 - 10/23/1970
Lamont Johnson 2 09/27/1968 - 11/29/1968
John Newland 2 03/20/1970 - 12/04/1970
Robert Buckner 2 02/07/1969
Leo Penn 2 02/20/1970 - 02/19/1971
Sutton Roley 2 11/07/1969 - 12/05/1969
Seymour Robbie 2 10/25/1968 - 03/07/1969
Richard Irving 2 01/31/1968 - 11/15/1968
Harvey Hart 2 10/04/1968 - 12/19/1969
Robert Sabaroff 1 03/19/1971
Abner Biberman 1 01/24/1968
Joseph Pevney 1 12/18/1970
Alvin Ganzer 1 10/18/1968
Ben Gazzara 1 02/26/1971
Daniel Petrie 1 03/19/1971
Lawrence Dobkin 1 12/12/1969
Billy Graham 1 09/20/1968
Steven Spielberg 1 01/15/1971
Robert Day 1 02/05/1971
Don Taylor 1 11/08/1968
Anthony Spinner 1 11/07/1969
Phil Hargrove 1 02/13/1970
Ralph Senensky 1 11/22/1968
Marc Daniels 1 10/31/1969
Alexander Singer 1 02/07/1969
Richard Colla 1 12/06/1968
Stuart Rosenberg 1 11/26/1966
Blake Lund 1 02/13/1970
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Dick Nelson (I) 7 09/27/1968 - 03/19/1971
Dean Hargrove 5 01/31/1968 - 12/05/1969
Richard De Roy 3 11/20/1970 - 02/12/1971
David P. Harmon 2 11/07/1969 - 12/19/1969
Barry Oringer 2 01/09/1970 - 12/11/1970
Richard Levinson 2 10/04/1968 - 10/25/1968
Marion Hargrove 2 03/21/1969 - 04/03/1970
Jack Miller 2 11/15/1968 - 03/07/1969
William Link 2 10/04/1968 - 10/25/1968
Joseph Calvelli 2 10/16/1970 - 02/26/1971
Henry Slesar 2 12/19/1969 - 03/27/1970
Stanford Whitmore 1 03/27/1970
Walter Brough 1 10/31/1969
Arthur Weingarten 1 12/12/1969
Peter Penduik 1 11/08/1968
Allen Fields 1 01/08/1971
James M. Miller 1 11/01/1968
Philip Wylie 1 01/15/1971
William D. Gordon 1 10/31/1969
Mitchell Linderman 1 12/05/1969
Herman Groves 1 12/05/1969
Alvin Sapinsley 1 11/22/1968
Irving Pearlberg 1 12/06/1968
Eric Peters 1 10/11/1968
Wanda Coleman 1 10/23/1970
Robert White 1 09/19/1969
Philip DeGuere 1 09/26/1969
Anthony Skene 1 02/20/1970
Shimon Wincelberg 1 01/31/1968
Margaret Arem 1 10/10/1969
Luther Davis 1 11/29/1968
George F. Slavin 1 01/08/1971
Phyllis White 1 09/19/1969
Ed Adamson 1 10/18/1968
Mark Rodgers 1 09/20/1968
Chester Krumholz 1 04/10/1970
Robert Collins 1 12/06/1968
William Gordon 1 10/30/1970
Don Brinkley 1 03/20/1970
Steven Bochco 1 09/18/1970
Gene L. Coon 1 10/24/1969
Bill Davidson 1 12/06/1968
Jack Turley 1 03/05/1971
Stanley Adams 1 01/08/1971
Robert Soderberg 1 11/29/1968
Leon Tokatyan 1 02/19/1971

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