Blacke's Magic

Blacke's Magic
Genre	Crime drama
Created by	Richard Levinson William Link
Developed by	Peter S. Fischer
Directed by	John Llewellyn Moxey
Starring	Hal Linden Harry Morgan Mark Shera
Theme music composer	David Bell
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	14
Production
Executive producer	Peter S. Fischer
Producers	Douglas Benton Cliff Gould Lee Sheldon
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	48 minutes
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	January 5 (1986-01-05) – May 7, 1986 (1986-05-07)

Blacke's Magic is an American crime drama television series that aired for 13 episodes on NBC from January 5 to May 7, 1986.

Plot

Hal Linden stars as magician Alexander Blacke who, with some help from his con-man father Leonard (Harry Morgan), solves mysteries that get in the way of his performances. The series aired for a total of thirteen episodes and featured crimes that tested logic against seemingly magical crimes. The stories were not so much whodunits as "how-he-do-its," for Alex Blacke often had to turn detective to solve the mysteries.

Cast

Main

• Hal Linden as Alexander Blacke
• Harry Morgan as Leonard Blacke

Recurring

• R.J. Adams as Art Baer
• Claudia Christian as Laurie Blacke
• Pippin Ingalls as Jill
• Mark Shera as Lt. Ted Byrnes

Episodes

Nº	Title	Directed by:	Written by:	Air date
1–2	"Breathing Room"	John Llewellyn Moxey	Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson, William Link	January 5, 1986 (1986-01-05)
Series pilot: Two hour pilot: Magician Alexander Blacke decides to retire after a near-death experience; however, when an old friend of his is mysteriously murdered during a magic trick – he was somehow shot while sealed in a coffin underwater – Alex and his father Leonard investigate and help the police to figure it out.
3	"Ten Tons of Trouble"	Allen Reisner	Lee Sheldon	January 8, 1986 (1986-01-08)
When a statue disappears in a matters of moments, Alex is asked to investigate. And when Alex learns that the chief of security is being held accountable, he tries to solve it and clear the man's name.
4	"Knave of Diamonds, Ace of Hearts"	Unknown	Lee Sheldon	January 15, 1986 (1986-01-15)
Alex refuses an offer from a strange man to test the impenetrability of his vault, instead concocting a plan for Leonard to carry out when he leaves town. Leonard reports a break-in to the police, and when they open up the vault they find that it contains the stranger's body. Leonard is arrested and bailed out by Alex when he returns, and they then go on the run in search of the truth.
5	"The Revenge of the Esperanza"	Unknown	Lee Sheldon	January 22, 1986 (1986-01-22)
Some marine biologists are looking for a lost wreck. They find it but as soon as they do, it floats up and goes away.
6	"Death Goes to the Movies"	Michael A. Hoey	Peter S. Fischer, Lee Sheldon	January 29, 1986 (1986-01-29)
7	"Vanishing Act"	Walter Grauman	Lee Sheldon	February 12, 1986 (1986-02-12)
Alex and Leonard are stranded in the small town of Cryerville, California and use their magic skills to prevent a group of visitors from perpetrating an elaborate hoax.
8	"Prisoner of Paradise"	Unknown	Lee Sheldon	February 19, 1986 (1986-02-19)
Victor Kroeger, a man who had swindled a lot of people out of $122M and had been on the run for 18 years, is finally caught, and Alex is asked to help bring him back to the US from San Marcos. Kroeger is kept in a guarded room atop a tower, but later in the evening he's found dead at the bottom of the tower, and the room is still locked from the inside. What happened?
9	"Address Unknown"	Allen Reisner	Lee Sheldon	February 26, 1986 (1986-02-26)
Alex's former assistant comes to Alex for help when her ex-husband approaches her for help about corruption in a defense contract he's been working on. When Alex goes to meet the contact, someone shoots at him, and when he goes to take the police to the street where he met the contact, the street itself has gone missing.
10	"Forced Landing"	Paul Lynch	Lee Sheldon	March 5, 1986 (1986-03-05)
11	"Last Flight from Moscow"	Unknown	Lee Sheldon	March 12, 1986 (1986-03-12)
12	"A Friendly Game of Showdown"	Michael A. Hoey	Lee Sheldon	March 19, 1986 (1986-03-19)
13	"It's a Jungle Out There"	Unknown	Lee Sheldon, Aubrey Solomon	April 2, 1986 (1986-04-02)
14	"Wax Poetic"	Allen Reisner	Lee Sheldon	May 7, 1986 (1986-05-07)

Reception

Awards

• Primetime Emmy Awards 1986 - Nominated - Outstanding Cinematography for a Series -Terry K. Meade - For episode "Prisoner of Paradise".
• Edgar Allan Poe Awards 1987 - Nominated - Best Television Episode - Lee Sheldon (writer) - For episode "Wax Poetic".

External links

• Blacke's Magic at IMDb
• Template:Tv.com show