The Name of the Game

Sep 20, 1968 (en) Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy [90] Min
  • First Air Date
    Sep 20, 1968
  • Production
    Universal Television
  • Rotten tomato
    68%
  • Original title
    The Name of the Game
  • Release
    Sep 20, 1968
  • en
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Norman Lloyd, Leslie Stevens, David Victor, Dean Hargrove, Boris Sagal, George Eckstein

    Producer

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Specials ( 1966-11-26)

Fame Is the Name of the Game (Pilot)

Episode: 1

Season 1 ( 1968-09-20)

Fear of High Places

Episode: 1

The Witness

Episode: 2

The Taker

Episode: 3

Collector's Edition

Episode: 4

Nightmare

Episode: 5

Incident in Berlin

Episode: 6

Shine On, Shine On, Jesse Gil

Episode: 7

Lola in Lipstick

Episode: 8

The Protector

Episode: 9

Ordeal

Episode: 10

The White Birch

Episode: 11

High On A Rainbow

Episode: 12

The Black Answer

Episode: 13

Pineapple Rose

Episode: 14

The Revolutionary

Episode: 15

Swinger's Only

Episode: 16

The Inquiry

Episode: 17

The Incomparable Connie Walker

Episode: 18

Love-In At Ground Zero

Episode: 19

The Suntan Mob

Episode: 20

Keep the Doctor Away

Episode: 21

The Bobby Currier Story

Episode: 22

A Wrath of Angels

Episode: 23

The Third Choice

Episode: 24

Breakout To A Fast Buck

Episode: 25

An Agent of the Plaintiff

Episode: 26

Season 2 ( 1969-09-19)

Lady On the Rocks

Episode: 1

A Hard Case of the Blues

Episode: 2

Blind Man's Bluff

Episode: 3

The Emissary

Episode: 4

Chains of Command

Episode: 5

Goodbye Harry

Episode: 6

Give Till It Hurts

Episode: 7

The Perfect Image

Episode: 8

The Prisoner Within

Episode: 9

The Civilized Men

Episode: 10

High Card

Episode: 11

The Power

Episode: 12

Laurie Marie

Episode: 13

The Tradition

Episode: 14

The Brass Ring

Episode: 15

Island of Gold and Precious Stones

Episode: 16

The Takeover

Episode: 17

The Garden

Episode: 18

Tarot

Episode: 19

The King of Denmark

Episode: 20

The Skin Game

Episode: 21

Man of the People

Episode: 22

Echo of a Nightmare

Episode: 23

Jenny Wilde Is Drowning

Episode: 24

One of the Girls in Research

Episode: 25

The Other Kind of Spy

Episode: 26

Season 3 ( 1970-09-18)

So Long Baby, and Amen

Episode: 1

A Love To Remember

Episode: 2

Cynthia Is Alive and Living in Avalon

Episode: 3

Battle at Gannon's Bridge

Episode: 4

The Enemy Before Us

Episode: 5

The Time Is Now

Episode: 6

The War Merchants

Episode: 7

Little Bear Died Running

Episode: 8

All the Old Familar Faces

Episode: 9

I Love You, Billy Baker (1)

Episode: 10

I Love You, Billy Baker (2)

Episode: 11

Why I Blew Up Dakota

Episode: 12

Aquarius Descending

Episode: 13

The Glory Shouter

Episode: 14

A Sister From Napoli

Episode: 15

Los Angeles 2017

Episode: 16

The Man Who Killed A Ghost

Episode: 17

Seek and Destroy

Episode: 18

A Capitol Affair

Episode: 19

The Savage Eye

Episode: 20

Appointment in Palermo

Episode: 21

Beware of the Watchdog

Episode: 22

The Broken Puzzle

Episode: 23

The Showdown

Episode: 24
Sep 20, 1968 (en)
Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
[90] Min
  • First Air Date Sep 20, 1968
  • Production
    Universal Television
  • Rotten tomato 68%
Original Title The Name of the Game
en

Overview

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Norman Lloyd, Leslie Stevens, David Victor, Dean Hargrove, Boris Sagal, George Eckstein

    Producer