Paris(1979)
Drama
First Air Date: 1979-09-29
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 6.5
Votes: 2
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13
Paris is an American television series that appeared on the CBS television network from September 29, 1979 to January 15, 1980. A crime drama, the show is notable as the first-ever appearance of renowned actor James Earl Jones in a lead role on television and was created by Steven Bochco, who later achieved fame for Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue, also served as executive producer. The program told the story of Los Angeles Police Captain Woody Paris, who supervised a team of young detectives. The rookie investigators were led by Sergeant Stacy Erickson and included officers Charlie Bogart, Ernesto Villas, and Willie Miller. Hank Garrett portrayed Deputy Chief Jerome Bench, Paris' superior, and, in an unusual turn for police dramas of that era, Paris' home and off-duty life was given considerable attention in the plots, with Lee Chamberlin playing his wife, Barbara. Paris was also shown moonlighting as a professor of criminology at a local university. Although Paris was critically acclaimed for its portrayal of the tension between the professional Paris character and his often impetuous underlings, CBS scheduled the show in one of the worst possible timeslots on a weekly schedule: Saturdays at 10 p.m./9 Central. All three networks debuted new shows for the 1979-80 season in that slot; only ABC's Hart to Hart survived its first 13 weeks. Toward the end of its run, CBS moved it to Tuesdays at 10/9, but to no avail. Edward DeBlasio produced the show for MTM Enterprises, which would unveil, during the next season, executive producer Bochco's landmark Hill Street Blues, on NBC.
Keywords
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Season 1
Episodes: 13E01
Pilot
Air Date: 1979-09-29
Captain Woodrow Paris is brought in to solve the murder of a prominent councilman's wife.
E02
Dear John
Air Date: 1979-10-06
After his mother is crippled by muggers, a rookie cop under the command of Captain Paris tries to take the law into h...
E03
Pawn
Air Date: 1979-10-13
Paris finds that identifying a killer-rapist is a lot easier than coming up with evidence to convict him.
E04
Friends and Enemies
Air Date: 1979-10-20
Paris investigates the slaying of an unarmed restaurant owner by a policeman.
E05
Once More for Free
Air Date: 1979-10-27
Two quite different police philosophies cause conflict between Paris and his old mentor in a case of an elusive drug ...
E06
Dead Men Don't Kill
Air Date: 1979-12-04
In a desperate effort to save a possibly innocent man on death row, Paris searches for evidence linking a suave robbe...
E07
Burnout
Air Date: 1979-12-11
Paris' delicate investigation of a gun-running gang is jeopardized by the insatiable ambition of a fellow officer.
E08
Decisions
Air Date: 1979-12-18
Paris' conscience is deeply troubled when an innocent man is killed by hijackers in the course of an undercover inves...
E09
The Price Is Right
Air Date: 1980-01-01
With a juicy political appointment on the line, Paris persists in his investigation of crooks who are driving elderly...
E10
The Ghost Maker
Air Date: 1980-01-08
Paris locks horns with federal agents when he tries to prosecute a killer who, as star witness in a gangland trial, i...
E11
Fitz's Boys
Air Date: 1980-01-15
Paris becomes an honorary Irishman when he and his squad investigate thefts from the docks and the suspicious death o...
E12
America the Beautiful
Air Date: 1980-01-22
When a good friend is framed for murder due to an extortionist's plot, Paris works to exonerate the innocent man.
E13
Pay the Two Bucks
Air Date: 1980-01-29
Paris finds himself caught in the middle when violence erupts between a neighbourhood association and American Nazis ...
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