COLLECTION · Series · 1977

James at 16

Name: James at 16
Genre: Drama
Duration: 60 min
Rating: 6.8

James at 15 (later James at 16) is an American drama series that aired on NBC during the 1977–1978 season. Protagonist James Hunter is the son of a college professor who has moved his family across the country to take a teaching job, transplanting James from Oregon to Boston, Massachusetts. James has a hard time fitting into his new surroundings.

Source: TMDB

* 6.8 (6)DramaUnited States

Creators

Dan Wakefield

Countries

United States

Studios

NBC · 20th Century Fox Television

Runtime

60 min/ep

Release

05/09/1977

Score

6.8 / 10 (6)

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Seasons and episodes

Season 1

21 episodes · 1977

Episode 1. James at 15

1977-09-05 · 60 min

A 15-year-old whose family moves from Oregon to Boston misses the girlfriend he left behind, so he runs away to see her. On the way he hooks up with a female art student in her 20s who is also hitchhiking across the country, from whom he…

Episode 2. Friends

1977-10-27 · 60 min

James throws a party to make new friends -- among them, Sly and Marlene.

Episode 3. The Girl with the Bad Rep

1977-11-03 · 60 min

When even the girl with the bad rep turns down James, he brags to Sly that they made out anyway.

Episode 4. Kathy's in the Shower

1977-11-10 · 60 min

Kathy is caught having a secret affair with her professor.

Episode 5. Higher Ground

1977-11-24 · 60 min

James joins a cult.

Episode 6. The Apple Tree, the Singing and the Gold

1977-12-15 · 60 min

Bobby, James' old friend back home in Oregon, comes to Boston because he needs to have some medical tests done. James's new friend, Patricia, finds herself falling in love with Bobby, who turns out to be fatally ill.

Episode 7. Fast and Loose

1977-12-22 · 60 min

James' fast and loose new friend leads him to commit a crime.

Episode 8. Mrs. Carson

1977-12-29 · 60 min

James is hot for teacher, who happens to be pregnant.

Episode 9. Unrequited Love... Twice

1978-01-05 · 60 min

James is pursued romantically by both Sandy's friend and one of Paul's students.

Episode 10. Actions Speak Louder

1978-01-19 · 60 min

James befriends a deaf classmate, and puts himself in his shoes.

Episode 11. Star-Crossed Lovers

1978-01-26 · 60 min

Marlene develops a crush on a rock star.

Episode 12. The Gift

1978-02-09 · 60 min

James loses his virginity to a Swedish foreign exchange student and turns 16.

Episode 13. The Blowout

1978-02-16 · 60 min

James is uncomfortable at a Valentine's Day party.

Episode 14. Listless Fever

1978-02-23 · 60 min

James fears that Gun may have given him a little something ""extra.""

Episode 15. Champions

1978-03-02 · 60 min

Marlene's all-girls basketball team challenges James' all-boys basketball team to a championship.

Episode 16. An Hour Before Midnight

1978-03-09 · 60 min

James's classmate, who edits his school paper, has a drinking problem. James works with a teenage reporter who declares that she is an alcoholic, fluffs an important Interview with a Pulitzer Prize winner and arrives drunk when invited to…

Episode 17. Knocking Heads

1978-06-01 · 60 min

James and a teacher knock heads over James' controversial football articles in the school paper.

Episode 18. Rebel Without a Car

1978-06-08 · 60 min

James solves his car crisis by taking his parents' out without asking them.

Episode 19. Hunter Country

1978-06-15 · 60 min

After helping James with his campaign for class president, Marlene begins to disagree with his philosophy, and decides to run against him.

Episode 20. Ducks

1978-06-22 · 60 min

James helps an old lady rescue ducks from a city pond.