Automan

Original title : Automan
First Aired : 15.12.1983 (USA) - 12.05.1984 (UK)
Director : Lee H. Katzin
Writing credits : Glen A. Larson
Cast : Patrick Macnee (Lydell Hamilton), Steven Keats (Collins), Robert J. Hogan (Peterson), James Antonio Jr. (Cramer), Robert Dunlap (Chuck Wilson), Don Galloway (Martin Wills), Doug McClure (Det. Ted Smithers), Camilla Sparv (Tanya), Steven Franken (P.J. Hawkins), Sid Haig (Gang Member #1), Mickey Jones (Gang Member #2), Herman Poppe (Swiss Guard), Dennis Fimple (Taxi Driver), Gloria LeRoy (Landlady), Carol Vogel (Joanne Wills)

The Story : Walter Nebicher is a young police officer who wants desperately to get out on the streets and experience some action. Unfortunately, his superior Captain Boyd has assigned Nebicher to a desk job where he can utilize his skills as a computer expert. Still wanting to make a difference, Nebicher goes to work creating the ultimate crime-solving computer program. It turns out so well that the program actually takes on a life of it's own, by taking the holographic form of a man called Automan. Due to the large amount of power needed to exist outside of the computer, Automan can only exist at night, when the rest of the city's power useage is low. Together, he and Walter become one of television's most unusual crime fighting teams. They jump into their first case when Walter's friend Lt. Jack Curtis disappears while investigating the disappearances of several top scientists. Their investigation uncovers an international plot to kidnap the world's top scientific minds, who are then taken to an isolated retreat in Switzerland and provided with lives of luxury in exchange for their work on developing high-tech weapons that can then be sold on the black-market. Walter and Auto track Curtis to Switzerland and then set about rescuing him and the other scientists.
Note : A special 70 minutes feature-length episode

Original title : Staying Alive While Running a High Flashdance Fever
First Aired : 22.12.1983 (USA) - 26.05.1984 (UK)
Director : Winrich Kolbe
Writing credits : Glen A. Larson
Cast : Mary Crosby (Ellen Fowler / "Miss Simmons"), Don Gordon (Leonard Martin), Angela Aames (Bartender), Robert F. Lyons (Jason), William Windom (Judge Alexander Farnsworth), Jack Perkins (The Drunk), Jorge Cervera, Jr. (Jackson), James Storm (The Driver), Bud Davis (Sieger), Gary Epper (Brandt)

The Story : Walter and Automan investigate a judge that appears to be corrupt and involved with the mob.

Original title : The Great Pretender
First Aired : 29.12.1983 (USA) - 02.06.1984 (UK)
Director : Kim Manners
Writing credits : Sam Egan
Cast : Clu Gulager (Rudolph Brock), Michael Callan (Kevin Mayhew), Andrea Howard (Lauren Robinson), Ed Griffith (Seymour Laird), James Andronica (Parsons), Cliff Emmich (Zach), Paul Lambert (unknown), Fil Formicola (Solt), Todd Martin (Gritch), William Long Jr. (Russo), Ken Sansom (The Minister), K.C. Winkler (The Blonde), Marc Vahanian (Carty), Richard Derr (Frank Robinson), Barry Berman (Tate), Talbot Simons (The Taxi Driver), Michael Pataki (Pool Player/uncredited), Rick Jason (Nelson Trotter/uncredited)

The Story : When a truck load of paper the government uses to print money is hi-jacked, Automan, with the help of Cursor, poses as an rich criminal competing to undermine the existing network of a known criminal dealing in counterfit money.

Original title : Ships in the Night
First Aired : 05.01.1984 (USA) - 09.06.1984 (UK)
Director : Bob Claver
Writing credits : Parke Perine
Cast : Scott Marlowe (Robert Sawyer/Norris), France Nuyen (Liang Lu), Steve Hanks (Woody), Frank Aletter (James Dowling), Abraham Alvarez (Police Sergeant), Cesare Danova (Captain Alberto Romano), Javier Grajeda (The Desk Clerk), Branscombe Richmond (Johnson), Melanie Vincz (The Beautiful Girl), Bridget Sienna (The Croupier), Rick Garcia (The Bank Guard)

The Story : Walter and Auto fly to San Cristobal to investigate the disappearances of Americans. They discover a man, aided by the local authorities, that lures investors in order to kill them and take their money.

Original title : Unreasonable Facsimile
First Aired : 12.01.1984 (USA) - 16.06.1984 (UK)
Director : Winrich Kolbe
Writing credits : Sam Egan
Cast : Robert Sampson (Henry Innis), Glenn Corbett (Jarrett Powers), Gerald Gordon (Edward M. Scanlin), Delta Burke (Rachel Innis), Lina Raymond (Christine Powers), David Sheiner (Norman), Conroy Gedeon (The Bartender), Walter Brooke (Mr. Theodore Behrens), Ruth Warshawsky (Mrs. Hortense Behrens), Tawny Schneider (Herself), Toni Nero (Francine), Dennis Scott (Reedy), Tammy Alverson (Lisa)

The Story :

Original title : Flashes and Ashes
First Aired : 19.01.1984 (USA) - 23.06.1984 (UK)
Director : Kim Manners
Writing credits : Doug Heyes Jr.
Cast : Jeff Pomerantz (Malcom Whittaker), Hari Rhodes (Rollie Dumont), Anita Dangler (Madame Russo), Danil Torppe (Sam Lymon), Ron Harvey (Frank Cooney), Roscoe Tanner (The Tennis Pro), Michael Horsley (Jeff Coe), James Emery (Dean Springer), Tammy Brewer (Tisha), Tami Barber (Laurie), Africanus Roscius (The Street Guy)

The Story :

Original title : The Biggest Game in Town
First Aired : 26.01.1984 (USA) - 19.05.1984 (UK)
Director : Winrich Kolbe
Writing credits : Larry Brody From a Story by Larry Brody & Shel Willens
Cast : Kristen Meadows (Ellie Harmon), Felton Perry (Bart Johnston), Rick Lenz (Ronald L. Tilson), Timothy Blake (Samantha "Sam" Maroni), Stefan Zema (The Man), Michael Holden (2nd Air Controller), Bill Ewing (Chief Controller), Robert Gribbin (Bomb Squad Man #1), Paul Savior (Flood Control Engineer), Lee Garlington (The Doctor), Richard Milholland (Bomb Squad Man #2)

The Story : Automan and Walter attend a computer game convention where they must track down Ronald Tilson, a computer genius who has programmed computers to cause disasters that will kill people unless he gets $10 million dollars.

Original title : Renegade Run
First Aired : 06.03.1984 (USA) - 14.07.1984 (UK)
Director : Allen Baron
Writing credits : Larry Brody & Doug Heyes Jr. From a Story by Larry Brody
Cast : Richard Lynch (Sheriff Clay Horton), Greta Blackburn (Gretchen Lewis), Gina Gallego (Teresa Fuentes), Billy Drago (Chico Fuentes), Terry Kiser (Stone), Richard Anderson (Carl Donovan), Michael MacRae (J.P. Crazy), Carol Webster (Miss Lucy), Bobby E. Green (Travis)

The Story :

Original title : Murder MTV
First Aired : 12.03.1984 (USA) - 28.07.1984 (UK)
Director : Bruce Seth Green
Writing credits : Doug Heyes Jr. From a Story by Guerdon Trueblood
Cast : Laura Branigan (Jessie Cole), Albert Paulsen (Frank Ladrone), Michael Gregory (Tony Lupus), Zitto Kazann (Carlo Crane), Ola Ray (Joanne), Christie Claridge (Josie), Michael McGuire (Sid Cole), Sander Johnson (Sam Clementine), Gerald Berns (Leo Shane), Paul Haber (The Delivery Boy), Miguel Nunez, Jr. (The Valet Parking Attendant)

The Story :

Original title : Murder, Take One
First Aired : 19.03.1984 (USA) - 11.08.1984 (UK)
Director : Kim Manners
Writing credits : Sam Egan
Cast : Ed Lauter (Michael Hagedorn), Winnie Gardner (Kitty Hopkins), Tim Rossovitch (Oscar Selby), Bart Braverman (Frank Loren), Peter Marshall (Keith Gillette), Greg Mullavey (Philip Eames), Michelle Phillips (Veronica Everly), Hilarie Thompson (Sheila Dunham), Floyd Levine (Seymour Grodkin), Mark Wheeler (Roland Green), Jonathan Gochberg (The Guard)

The Story :

Original title : Zippers
First Aired : 26.03.1984 (USA) - 28.08.1984 (UK)
Director : Alan Crosland
Writing credits : David Garber & Bruce Kalish
Cast : John Vernon (Carlos Rayner), James Morrison (Gary Baxley), Erik Stern (Victor), Billy Ray Sharkey (Buck), James Callahan (Dennis Stanton), Jo Anne Astrow (unknown), Tom Everett (Stanley), Reginald T. Dorsey (Freddie), Don Mirault (Robin Hood), Nancy Jeris (Mrs. Stanton), Gertrude Marx (The Woman), Cliff Carnell (Karl), Eric Lawson (Guard #1), Charles Walker (Guard #2), Mindi Iden (Kevie Wright), John Mahon (The Policeman)

The Story : A small-time house burglary ring operating out of an exotic male dancers' nightclub leads Walter and Automan to a bigger caper involving the theft of secret government information. Strictly in the line of duty Automan has to strut his stuff as `Auto the Hot Electrician,' but with a very attractive female audience it's a task he doesn't find too arduous

Original title : Death By Design
First Aired : 02.04.1984 (USA) - 18.08.1984 (UK)
Director : Gil Bettman
Writing credits : Sam Egan
Cast : John Erickson (Woodrow "Woody" Oster), Anne Lockhart (Tracy Morgan), Luke Askew (Eric LeBlanc), Lance LeGault (Simon Rafferty), Eric Server (Gill), David Spielberg (Tom Sholes), Michael Gazzo (unknown), Edward Mallory (Nate Hester), J.D. Hall (Noah Jeffries), K.C. Winkler (The Model), Danny Dayton (The Bookie), Johnny Crear (Joseph Sylvana)

The Story :

Original title : Club Ten
First Aired : 09.04.1984 (USA) - 25.08.1984 (UK)
Director : Kim Manners
Writing credits : Michael S. Baser & Kim Weiskopf
Cast : Dennis Cole (Crandall), Marshall Teague (Ted), Bruce Bauer (Randy), Bret Halsey (Felipe Valdez), Robin Eisenman (Laura Ferguson), Barbara Horan (Geri), Don Knight (Inspector Mercer), John Alderson (Rummy), Abraham Gordon (The Valet), Mae La Blanc (Girl #2), Cis Rundle (Girl #1), Edward Crotty (The Waiter), Dona Speir (The Bikini Girl)

The Story : At a posh resort, a diamond smuggler double-crosses his partners.