Jay Tarses
Director
The Tony Randall Show (1976)
Season 1
Walter Franklin is a somewhat less-than-magisterial Philadelphia judge put upon by an assortment of family and courtroom recidivists.
Released Sept. 23, 1976
Episode 30 min
None+
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: imdb.court, awards.golden-globe-nominated, imdb.laugh-track
Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Pilot
Walter Franklin has to cope with a bad case of nerves as he preens for his first date with widow Linda Jenkins in almost two years.
Sept. 23, 1976, midnight
S1E2 - Case: A Question Of Qualifications
Walter finds that hiring a new clerk can be a trying experience. He interviews an odd-lot assortment of law-clerk applicants and surprise everyone with his final choice.
Sept. 30, 1976, midnight
S1E3 - Case: His Honor Vs. Her Honor
Walter becomes infatuated when he meets another Judge, Eleanor Hooper, and they try to find some privacy together by meeting in Atlantic City.
Oct. 7, 1976, midnight
S1E4 - Case: The Ego Affair
After delivering a well-received speech, Walter is inundated with public-speaking requests that send his ego sailing. He gets too big for his judicial robe when he accepts too many speaking engagements and starts believing his own publicity.
Oct. 14, 1976, midnight
S1E5 - Case: Franklin vs. Reubner And Reubner
Walter finds out that his tone-faced, sharp-tongued secretary, Miss Reubner, has another side to her personality when he asks her to his home to celebrate her birthday with his family. Ashamed of getting tight at her birthday party, Miss Reubner resigns.
Oct. 21, 1976, midnight
S1E6 - Case: The Snow White Affair
After Walter upholds a local theater's right to show a pornographic film, he forbids his eighteen-year-old daughter to see it.
Oct. 28, 1976, midnight
S1E7 - Case: Terwilliger vs. Himself
When Jack's normally ultra-accurate court reports deteriorate, Walter investigates his friend's problem.
Nov. 11, 1976, midnight
S1E8 - Case: The Denecki Debacle
Walter gets more than he bargained for on the bench when he replaces another jurist and has to deal with an attorney notorious for his devious tactics. .
Nov. 18, 1976, midnight
S1E9 - Case: Mario Strikes Again
Walter loses his cool in the courtroom when a new law clerk keeps interrupting him, and the issue of his emotional sickness is taken up by the judicial review board.
Dec. 2, 1976, midnight
S1E10 - Case: Franklin In Love
Walter's family thinks his engagement to Judge Hooper is premature.
Dec. 16, 1976, midnight
S1E11 - Case: O' Come All Ye Wastrels
Believing there's no place like home for the holidays, Walter brings home a convicted criminal to spend the Christmas holidays with his family.
Dec. 23, 1976, midnight
S1E12 - Case: Money Vs. Stature
Walter is tempted by a friend's offer of a law partnership.
Dec. 30, 1976, midnight
S1E13 - Case: The Hooper Affair
Walter's romance with Judge Hooper is threatened by the arrival of a college buddy who once dated her.
Jan. 6, 1977, midnight
S1E14 - Case: Democracy Vs. Tyranny
Walter's household rebels: Bobby wants an apartment, Brad refuses to change schools, and Mrs. McClellan buys a cat.
Jan. 13, 1977, midnight
S1E15 - Case: Whatever Happened To Mary Jane?
Walter's eagerness to help his loyal friend and court reporter Jack backfires when an overzealous city attorney Mario Lanza busts the judge on a marijuana charge.
Jan. 20, 1977, midnight
S1E16 - Case: McClellan Vs. Immigration
To prevent deportation to her native England, Mrs. McClellan advertises for a husband and a motley crew of prospects show up.
Jan. 27, 1977, midnight
S1E17 - Case: May Vs December
After reprimanding Bobby for dating an older man, Walter finds himself attracted to a younger woman.
Feb. 3, 1977, midnight
S1E18 - Case: The Lawndale Report
From a beach at Acapulco to a minimum security prison is quite a contrast for Walter, who sought the former for two weeks but has to settle for the latter instead. He got the assignment as part of a judicial investigation on the institution's conditions.
Feb. 10, 1977, midnight
S1E19 - Case: Violence Vs Finesse
Oliver cuts school and learns a lesson when he comes to his father's courtroom to see his hero Wild Doug Mclntire, the toughest hockey player in the league to testify. Then the boy tries to emulate his hero's hockey style.
Feb. 17, 1977, midnight
S1E20 - Case: Franklin Vs. McClellan
Walter's household rises up against him, Brad is not willing to change schools, Bobby expresses her liking to live in an apartment and Mrs. McClellan would love to have a cat.
Feb. 24, 1977, midnight
S1E21 - Case: Facing Up Vs. Hiding Behind The Drapes
Mario becomes Walter's self-appointed bodyguard after the escape of a vengeful convict Walter once sent to prison.
March 3, 1977, midnight
S1E22 - Case: The People Speak
Walter runs for Superior Court judge against a former rival.
March 10, 1977, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Sept. 23, 1976
Last Air Date: March 25, 1978, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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