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The Name of the Game

1968–19714 Seasons77 Episodes
Action & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy

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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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.

Network / Platform
NBC
First Aired
20/Sep/1968
Language
English
Schedule
Friday · 20:30

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S3 E24The Showdown19/Mar/1971 • 90m
S3 E23The Broken Puzzle12/Mar/1971 • 90m
S3 E22Beware of the Watchdog05/Mar/1971 • 90m
S3 E21Appointment in Palermo26/Feb/1971 • 90m
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Episode PulseQuiet40% activity
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Season 30 / 24 watched
S3 E1So Long Baby, and Amen18/Sep/1970 • 90m
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S3 E2A Love To Remember25/Sep/1970 • 90m
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S3 E3Cynthia Is Alive and Living in Avalon02/Oct/1970 • 90m
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S3 E4Battle at Gannon's Bridge09/Oct/1970 • 90m
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S3 E5The Enemy Before Us16/Oct/1970 • 90m
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S3 E6The Time Is Now23/Oct/1970 • 90m
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S3 E7The War Merchants30/Oct/1970 • 90m
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S3 E8Little Bear Died Running06/Nov/1970 • 90m
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S3 E9All the Old Familar Faces13/Nov/1970 • 90m
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S3 E10I Love You, Billy Baker (1)20/Nov/1970 • 90m
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S3 E11I Love You, Billy Baker (2)27/Nov/1970 • 90m
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S3 E12Why I Blew Up Dakota04/Dec/1970 • 90m
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S3 E13Aquarius Descending11/Dec/1970 • 90m
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S3 E14The Glory Shouter18/Dec/1970 • 90m
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S3 E15A Sister From Napoli08/Jan/1971 • 90m
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S3 E16Los Angeles 201715/Jan/1971 • 74m
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S3 E17The Man Who Killed A Ghost05/Feb/1971 • 90m
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S3 E18Seek and Destroy05/Feb/1971 • 90m
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S3 E19A Capitol Affair12/Feb/1971 • 90m
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S3 E20The Savage Eye19/Feb/1971 • 90m
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S3 E21Appointment in Palermo26/Feb/1971 • 90m
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S3 E22Beware of the Watchdog05/Mar/1971 • 90m
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S3 E23The Broken Puzzle12/Mar/1971 • 90m
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S3 E24The Showdown19/Mar/1971 • 90m
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Season 20 / 26 watched
S2 E1Lady On the Rocks19/Sep/1969 • 75m
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S2 E2A Hard Case of the Blues26/Sep/1969 • 75m
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S2 E3Blind Man's Bluff03/Oct/1969 • 75m
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S2 E4The Emissary10/Oct/1969 • 75m
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S2 E5Chains of Command17/Oct/1969 • 73m
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S2 E6Goodbye Harry24/Oct/1969 • 75m
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S2 E7Give Till It Hurts31/Oct/1969 • 75m
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S2 E8The Perfect Image07/Nov/1969 • 73m
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S2 E9The Prisoner Within14/Nov/1969 • 75m
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S2 E10The Civilized Men28/Nov/1969 • 75m
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S2 E11High Card05/Dec/1969 • 74m
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S2 E12The Power12/Dec/1969 • 75m
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S2 E13Laurie Marie19/Dec/1969 • 75m
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S2 E14The Tradition02/Jan/1970 • 75m
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S2 E15The Brass Ring09/Jan/1970 • 75m
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S2 E16Island of Gold and Precious Stones16/Jan/1969 • 75m
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S2 E17The Takeover23/Jan/1970 • 75m
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S2 E18The Garden30/Jan/1970 • 90m
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S2 E19Tarot13/Feb/1970 • 90m
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S2 E20The King of Denmark20/Feb/1970 • 90m
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S2 E21The Skin Game27/Feb/1970 • 90m
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S2 E22Man of the People06/Mar/1970 • 90m
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S2 E23Echo of a Nightmare20/Mar/1970 • 90m
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S2 E24Jenny Wilde Is Drowning27/Mar/1970 • 90m
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S2 E25One of the Girls in Research03/Apr/1970 • 90m
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S2 E26The Other Kind of Spy10/Apr/1970 • 90m
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Season 10 / 26 watched
S1 E1Fear of High Places20/Sep/1968 • 75m
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S1 E2The Witness27/Sep/1968 • 73m
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S1 E3The Taker04/Oct/1968 • 75m
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S1 E4Collector's Edition11/Oct/1968 • 75m
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S1 E5Nightmare18/Oct/1968 • 75m
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S1 E6Incident in Berlin25/Oct/1968 • 74m
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S1 E7Shine On, Shine On, Jesse Gil01/Nov/1968 • 75m
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S1 E8Lola in Lipstick08/Nov/1968 • 74m
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S1 E9The Protector15/Nov/1968 • 74m
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S1 E10Ordeal22/Nov/1968 • 75m
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S1 E11The White Birch29/Nov/1968 • 75m
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S1 E12High On A Rainbow06/Dec/1968 • 75m
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S1 E13The Black Answer13/Dec/1968 • 75m
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S1 E14Pineapple Rose20/Dec/1968 • 73m
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S1 E15The Revolutionary27/Dec/1968 • 75m
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S1 E16Swinger's Only10/Jan/1969 • 73m
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S1 E17The Inquiry17/Jan/1969 • 75m
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S1 E18The Incomparable Connie Walker24/Jan/1968 • 75m
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S1 E19Love-In At Ground Zero31/Jan/1968 • 75m
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S1 E20The Suntan Mob07/Feb/1969 • 75m
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S1 E21Keep the Doctor Away14/Feb/1969 • 75m
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S1 E22The Bobby Currier Story21/Feb/1969 • 75m
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S1 E23A Wrath of Angels28/Feb/1969 • 75m
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S1 E24The Third Choice07/Mar/1969 • 75m
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S1 E25Breakout To A Fast Buck14/Mar/1969 • 75m
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S1 E26An Agent of the Plaintiff21/Mar/1969 • 75m
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Season 00 / 1 watched
S0 E1Fame Is the Name of the Game26/Nov/1966 • 75m
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Status
Ended
Country
United States
Runtime
90 min
External
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Full cast and crew
Robert StackDan FarrellGene BarryGlenn HowardLeslie NielsenLeon AmesLuther AdlerAlex DreierMercedes McCambridgeCharles AidmanGarth DrydenLucy SaroyanMonte MarkhamLarry HagmanJoAnna CameronCarole CrownPeter FalkLewis CorbettOrson WellesNarratorRobert WebberWilliam McKendricksClaudine LongetLianne JevretJeanne CrainMrs. McKendricksJohn PayneRuss (FBI Agent)Zsa Zsa GaborMira RetzykJoan HackettJean ThorndykeRuth RomanBea DeckerJoseph CampanellaCharles ThorndykeVictor JoryVictor FossBurl IvesArthur JellicoeAbner BibermanDirectorAlexander SingerDirectorAlvin GanzerDirectorBarry ShearDirectorBen GazzaraDirectorBoris SagalDirector, ProducerDaniel PetrieDirectorDon McDougallDirectorDon TaylorDirectorHarvey HartDirectorHerbert KenwithDirectorJames NeilsonDirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyDirectorJohn NewlandDirectorLamont JohnsonDirectorLawrence DobkinDirectorLeo PennDirectorLeslie StevensDirector, Producer, Writer
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