List of The Name of the Game episodes
This is a list of episodes for the NBC television series The Name of the Game. The star of almost every episode of this rotating series was either Gene Barry as Glenn Howard, Anthony Franciosa (credited as Tony Franciosa) as Jeff Dillon, or Robert Stack as Dan Farrell. After Franciosa was fired during the third season, the four remaining episodes for which he was contracted starred different actors (Robert Culp, Peter Falk, Robert Wagner) as other characters.
The pilot for this series was the 1966 TV-movie Fame Is the Name of the Game starring Franciosa, along with Susan Saint James (making her debut) and guest stars Jill St. John, Jack Klugman and Robert Duvall.
Series overview
At present, this series has not been released on home video.
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 26 | September 20, 1968 | March 20, 1969 | |
| 2 | 26 | September 19, 1969 | April 10, 1970 | |
| 3 | 24 | September 18, 1970 | March 19, 1971 | |
- The first-season episode "Pineapple Rose" starred actor Cliff Potter rather than one of the usual leads. Second-season episodes "Goodbye Harry" starred Darren McGavin and "Man of The People" starred Vera Miles. Each included Gene Barry in a cameo appearance and was featured as one of Barry's regular rotating segments.
The second-season episode "The King of Denmark" co-starred Anthony Franciosa and Susan Saint James (who was given the bigger role in this one episode).
In the third season, Robert Culp (two episodes), Peter Falk and Robert Wagner substituted as "special guest leads" for four episodes in Franciosa's place.
Episodes
Season 1: 1968–69
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Starring | Recurring cast | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Fear of High Places" | Anthony Franciosa | Susan Saint James, Gene Barry | September 20, 1968 |
| 2 | 2 | "Witness" | Robert Stack | Susan Saint James, Gene Barry, Ben Murphy | September 27, 1968 |
| 3 | 3 | "The Taker" | Gene Barry | Anthony Franciosa, Cliff Potter | October 4, 1968 |
| 4 | 4 | "Collector's Edition" | Anthony Franciosa | Susan Saint James, Gene Barry | October 11, 1968 |
| 5 | 5 | "Nightmare" | Robert Stack | Gene Barry, Ben Murphy | October 18, 1968 |
| 6 | 6 | "Incident in Berlin" | Gene Barry | Cliff Potter | October 25, 1968 |
| 7 | 7 | "Shine On, Shine On, Jesse Gil" | Anthony Franciosa | Susan Saint James, Gene Barry | November 1, 1968 |
| 8 | 8 | "Lola in Lipstick" | Gene Barry | -- | November 8, 1968 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Protector" | Gene Barry | Susan Saint James, Cliff Potter | November 15, 1968 |
| 10 | 10 | "The Ordeal" | Robert Stack | Susan Saint James, Ben Murphy | November 22, 1968 |
| 11 | 11 | "The White Birch" | Gene Barry | Susan Saint James | November 29, 1968 |
| 12 | 12 | "High on a Rainbow" | Robert Stack | Gene Barry, Ben Murphy | December 6, 1968 |
| 13 | 13 | "The Black Answer" | Anthony Franciosa | Susan Saint James | December 13, 1968 |
| 14 | 14 | "Pineapple Rose" | +Cliff Potter | Susan Saint James, Gene Barry | December 20, 1968 |
| 15 | 15 | "The Revolutionary" | Gene Barry | -- | December 27, 1968 |
| 16 | 16 | "Swingers Only" | Robert Stack | Ben Murphy | January 10, 1969 |
| 17 | 17 | "The Inquiry" | Gene Barry | -- | January 17, 1969 |
| 18 | 18 | "The Incomparable Connie Walker" | Anthony Franciosa | Susan Saint James, Gene Barry | January 24, 1969 |
| 19 | 19 | "Love-In at Ground Zero" | Gene Barry | Cliff Potter | January 31, 1969 |
| 20 | 20 | "The Suntan Mob" | Robert Stack | -- | February 7, 1969 |
| 21 | 21 | "Keep the Doctor Away" | Anthony Franciosa | Susan Saint James | February 14, 1969 |
| 22 | 22 | "The Bobby Currier Story" | Robert Stack | Gene Barry | February 21, 1969 |
| 23 | 23 | "A Wrath of Angels" | Robert Stack | Ben Murphy | February 28, 1969 |
| 24 | 24 | "The Third Choice" | Gene Barry | Cliff Potter | March 7, 1969 |
| 25 | 25 | "Breakout to a Fast Buck" | Robert Stack | Susan Saint James, Ben Murphy | March 14, 1969 |
| 26 | 26 | "An Agent for the Plaintiff" | Gene Barry | -- | March 20, 1969 |
- + A recurring cast member stars in this episode.
Season 2: 1969–70
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Starring | Recurring cast | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "Lady on the Rocks" | Gene Barry | -- | September 19, 1969 |
| 28 | 2 | "A Hard Case of the Blues" | Robert Stack | Ben Murphy | September 26, 1969 |
| 29 | 3 | "Blind Man's Bluff" | Anthony Franciosa | Susan Saint James | October 3, 1969 |
| 30 | 4 | "The Emissary" | Gene Barry | Susan Saint James | October 10, 1969 |
| 31 | 5 | "Chains of Command" | Robert Stack | Ben Murphy | October 17, 1969 |
| 32 | 6 | "Good-bye Harry" | *Darren McGavin | Susan Saint James, Gene Barry | October 24, 1969 |
| 33 | 7 | "Give Till It Hurts" | Robert Stack | Ben Murphy | October 31, 1969 |
| 34 | 8 | "The Perfect Image" | Gene Barry | Susan Saint James | November 7, 1969 |
| 35 | 9 | "The Prisoner Within" | Anthony Franciosa | Susan Saint James | November 14, 1969 |
| 36 | 10 | "The Civilized Men" | Robert Stack | -- | November 28, 1969 |
| 37 | 11 | "High Card" | Gene Barry | Cliff Potter | December 5, 1969 |
| 38 | 12 | "The Power" | Robert Stack | -- | December 12, 1969 |
| 39 | 13 | "Laurie Marie" | Anthony Franciosa | Susan Saint James | December 19, 1969 |
| 40 | 14 | "The Tradition" | Gene Barry | Susan Saint James | January 2, 1970 |
| 41 | 15 | "The Brass Ring" | Robert Stack | -- | January 9, 1970 |
| 42 | 16 | "Island of Gold and Precious Stones" | Anthony Franciosa | Susan Saint James | January 16, 1970 |
| 43 | 17 | "The Takeover" | Gene Barry | -- | January 23, 1970 |
| 44 | 18 | "The Garden" | Robert Stack | -- | January 30, 1970 |
| 45 | 19 | "Tarot" | Gene Barry | Susan Saint James | February 13, 1970 |
| 46 | 20 | "The King of Denmark" | +Susan Saint James | Anthony Franciosa | February 20, 1970 |
| 47 | 21 | "The Skin Game" | Robert Stack | Ben Murphy | February 27, 1970 |
| 48 | 22 | "Man of the People" | *Vera Miles | Gene Barry | March 6, 1970 |
| 49 | 23 | "Echo of a Nightmare" | Robert Stack | Susan Saint James, Ben Murphy | March 20, 1970 |
| 50 | 24 | "Jenny Wilde Is Drowning" | Anthony Franciosa | Susan Saint James | March 27, 1970 |
| 51 | 25 | "One of the Girls in Research" | Gene Barry | -- | April 3, 1970 |
| 52 | 26 | "The Other Kind of Spy" | Anthony Franciosa | Susan Saint James | April 10, 1970 |
- + A recurring cast member stars in this episode.
- * A special guest is the star of this episode.
Season 3: 1970–71
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Starring | Recurring cast | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 1 | "So Long, Baby, and Amen" | Robert Stack | Mark Miller | September 18, 1970 |
| 54 | 2 | "A Love to Remember" | Gene Barry | Susan Saint James | September 25, 1970 |
| 55 | 3 | "Cynthia Is Alive and Living in Avalon" | *Robert Culp | Susan Saint James, Gene Barry | October 2, 1970 |
| 56 | 4 | "Battle at Gannon's Bridge" | Robert Stack | -- | October 9, 1970 |
| 57 | 5 | "The Enemy Before Us" | Anthony Franciosa | -- | October 16, 1970 |
| 58 | 6 | "The Time Is Now" | Gene Barry | -- | October 23, 1970 |
| 59 | 7 | "The War Merchants" | Robert Stack | -- | October 30, 1970 |
| 60 | 8 | "Little Bear Died Running" | *Robert Culp | Susan Saint James | November 6, 1970 |
| 61 | 9 | "All the Old Familiar Faces" | Gene Barry | Susan Saint James, Mark Miller | November 13, 1970 |
| 62 | 10 | "I Love You, Billy Baker: Part 1" | Anthony Franciosa | -- | November 20, 1970 |
| 63 | 11 | "I Love You, Billy Baker: Part 2" | Anthony Franciosa | -- | November 27, 1970 |
| 64 | 12 | "Why I Blew Up Dakota" | Robert Stack | Susan Saint James, Mark Miller | December 4, 1970 |
| 65 | 13 | "Aquarius Descending" | Gene Barry | -- | December 11, 1970 |
| 66 | 14 | "The Glory Shouter" | Robert Stack | -- | December 18, 1970 |
| 67 | 15 | "A Sister from Napoli" | *Peter Falk | Gene Barry | January 8, 1971 |
| 68 | 16 | "LA 2017" | Gene Barry | -- | January 15, 1971 |
| 69 | 17 | "The Man Who Killed a Ghost" | *Robert Wagner | Gene Barry | January 29, 1971 |
| 70 | 18 | "Seek and Destroy" | Robert Stack | -- | February 5, 1971 |
| 71 | 19 | "A Capitol Affair" | Gene Barry | -- | February 12, 1971 |
| 72 | 20 | "The Savage Eye" | Robert Stack | Susan Saint James | February 19, 1971 |
| 73 | 21 | "Appointment in Palermo" | Gene Barry | -- | February 26, 1971 |
| 74 | 22 | "Beware of the Watchdog" | Robert Stack | Susan Saint James, Mark Miller | March 5, 1971 |
| 75 | 23 | "The Broken Puzzle" | Gene Barry | -- | March 12, 1971 |
| 76 | 24 | "The Showdown" | Gene Barry | -- | March 19, 1971 |
- * A special guest is the star of this episode.
