About this season
The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.
Episodes (22)
1. Cophouse
Aired 20 September 1977 • 60 min
2. Hostages
Aired 27 September 1977 • 60 min
3. Hoax
Aired 4 October 1977 • 60 min
4. Henhouse
Aired 11 October 1977 • 60 min
Lou clashes with a woman who is the head of the woman's section of the newspaper over whose reporter should cover the alleged murder of a famous playwright in New Mexico.
5. Nazi
Aired 18 October 1977 • 60 min
6. Aftershock
Aired 25 October 1977 • 60 min
7. Barrio
Aired 1 November 1977 • 60 min
8. Scoop
Aired 8 November 1977 • 60 min
9. Judge
Aired 15 November 1977 • 60 min
10. Psychout
Aired 22 November 1977 • 60 min
11. Housewarming
Aired 29 November 1977 • 60 min
Billie uses a battered woman as a source for a story on spousal abuse but has trouble following through with it when the women's husband finds out. She later finds out that a co-worker has a problem with spousal abuse.
12. Takeover
Aired 6 December 1977 • 60 min
13. Christmas
Aired 13 December 1977 • 60 min
14. Airliner
Aired 3 January 1978 • 60 min
15. Sports
Aired 10 January 1978 • 60 min
The paper faces a public backlash after Lou runs a story about an NCAA investigation into the possible recruiting violations by a popular local college football team.
16. Hero
Aired 17 January 1978 • 60 min
17. Renewal
Aired 30 January 1978 • 60 min
18. Sect
Aired 6 February 1978 • 60 min
19. Scandal
Aired 13 February 1978 • 60 min
20. Spies
Aired 27 February 1978 • 60 min
21. Poison
Aired 6 March 1978 • 60 min
After Rossi's friend reveals that he has damaging information about the unsafe conditions at a nuclear plant, he is "accidentally" struck and killed by a car. Eager to prove that it was no accident, Rossi continues the investigation into the nuclear plant.
22. Physical
Aired 20 March 1978 • 60 min
Lou reluctantly goes for a physical and finds out that he has a thyroid condition that requires surgery. At the paper, he offers advice to an intern who wants to become a reporter. Rossi learns that he has a good chance at a Pulitzer prize for his story on mental hospitals.