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COLLECTION · Series · 1978

The White Shadow

The White Shadow is an American drama television series that ran on the CBS network from November 27 1978, to March 16 1981.

Source: TMDB
* 7.1 (17)DramaFamilyUnited States
Creators
Bruce Paltrow
Countries
United States
Studios
CBS · MTM Enterprises · Company Four
Runtime
60 min/ep
Age rating
TV-14
Release
27/11/1978
Score
7.1 / 10 (17)
Where to watch
Streaming
fuboTVfuboTV
Seasons and episodes
Specials
1 episodes
Episode 1. Interview with Ken Howard, All About the Show
60 min

No synopsis

Season 1
15 episodes · 1978
Episode 1. (pilot)
1978-11-27 · 60 min

Ken Reeves, a forward with the Chicago Bulls, is forced to retire after suffering a serious knee injury. His old friend and high school teammate, Jim Willis, who is principal of Carver High near L.A., drops by to offer him a job as…

Episode 2. Here's Mud in Your Eye
1978-12-04 · 60 min

Coach Reeves and the team discover liquor in Jackson's locker, and fear he may have a drinking problem.

Episode 3. The Offer
1978-12-11 · 60 min

No synopsis

Episode 4. Bonus Baby
1978-12-25 · 60 min

No synopsis

Episode 5. Pregnant Pause
1979-01-01 · 60 min

College scouts are impressed with Reese and believe he has a good shot at a scholarship. However, Reese's plans are put on hold when his girlfriend, a Carver cheerleader, tells him she's pregnant. Coach Reeves and the team discover her…

Episode 6. Wanna Bet?
1979-01-08 · 60 min

No synopsis

Episode 7. That Old Gang of Mine
1979-01-15 · 60 min

after gomez gets knocked off the carver high basketball team he joins a street gang he onced belonged to

Episode 8. Just One of the Boys
1979-01-27 · 60 min

Reeves deals with a new player, Raymond Collins, who was forced to transfer from his old school because of rumors about his being gay.

Episode 9. Airball
1979-02-03 · 60 min

The team's excitement over being invited to compete in a basketball tournament is overshadowed when the plane they're on develops mechanical trouble.

Episode 10. We're in the Money
1979-02-10 · 60 min

When the team goes to Las Vegas to play in a tournament, they secretly take a pool of money collected from the students so they can gamble and return home with a fortune.

Episode 11. Spare the Rod
1979-02-17 · 60 min

Coach Reeves substitute-teaches a P.E. class, loses his temper, and hits a student, Lucius Robinson, who refuses to participate. Reeves feels guilty about the incident, learns of Lucius' troubles, and offers to help him in any way.…

Episode 12. The Great White Dope
1979-02-24 · 60 min

Mac Wade, a tall, white, ""can't miss"" college basketball prospect, transfers to Carver for his senior year due to re-zoning, which excites Reeves. However, Reeves discovers that Mac can't read and has been allowed a free ride through…

Episode 13. Mainstream
1979-03-05 · 60 min

No synopsis

Little Orphan Abner
Episode 14. Little Orphan Abner
1979-03-26 · 60 min

Goldstein's grandmother is hospitalized and his grandfather stays at the hospital with her, so Coach Reeves asks the team to check in on him at home every so often. The other guys aren't too keen on this because Goldstein really doesn't…

Episode 15. LeGrand Finale
1979-04-09 · 60 min

The team wants to form a singing group, but elect not to include Thorpe, who begins a dating interest with Karen LeGrand, a white girl with an unsavory reputation around school.

Season 2
24 episodes · 1979
Episode 1. On the Line
1979-09-17 · 60 min

The second season begins with Jackson, wanting to make some extra money, gets unknowingly involved with sports bookies. Things get especially difficult when they start offering him big money to shave points at Carver's games.

Episode 2. Albert Hodges
1979-09-24 · 60 min

Coach Reeves begins teaching a class on sex education, but comes under fire when he makes joking comments that Albert Hodges, a new black student who is very racially sensitive, interprets as insulting to blacks. Hodges then tries to…

Episode 3. Cross-Town Hustle
1979-10-01 · 60 min

A rival coach from a predominantly white high school in the area tries to convince Reese to transfer.

Episode 4. Sudden Death
1979-10-08 · 60 min

after a rookie basketball player dies of an anerism coach reeves goes blaming himself for his death

Episode 5. A Silent Cheer
1979-10-15 · 60 min

No synopsis

Episode 6. No Place Like Home
1979-10-29 · 60 min

after coolidges apartment house burns down coolidge and coach reeves become roommates

Episode 7. Globetrotters
1979-11-05 · 60 min

The basketball team is on a winning streak and proceeds to showboat and run up the score on their latest opponent, prompting a tongue-lashing from Reeves. With their newfound success gone to their head, the team gets cocky with the…

Episode 8. Me?
1979-11-12 · 60 min

Thorpe contracts a sexually transmitted disease and has passed it onto Coolidge's girlfriend. The two of them must now tell Warren that he too must get tested.

Episode 9. Needle
1979-11-26 · 60 min

No synopsis

Episode 10. Sliding By
1979-12-03 · 60 min

No synopsis

Episode 11. Delores, Of Course
1979-12-18 · 60 min

a former girlfreind a jacksons comes to los angeles saying that shes fashion model but is really a hooker

Episode 12. A Christmas Present
1979-12-25 · 60 min

No synopsis

Episode 13. Feeling No Pain
1980-01-01 · 60 min

Salami sprains a knee during a pickup basketball game, and his doctor prescribes amphetamines, which he unwittingly shares with the team.

Episode 14. Artist
1980-01-08 · 60 min

a nagging art teacher thinks that thorpe should go to art school but thorpe has no interest in it what so ever

Episode 15. Salami's Affair
1980-01-15 · 60 min

Carver holds a school 'turnabout' dance for Sadie Hawkins Day, and a young female teacher has her thoughts on asking Salami and going further.

Episode 16. Links
1980-01-22 · 60 min

Deciding that some of the players could use a dose of class, Coach Reeves takes Coolidge, Thorpe, and Salami to an exclusive country club for a day of golfing.

Episode 17. The Stripper
1980-01-29 · 60 min

a teacher who moonlights as a exotic dancer teaching career is on the line

Episode 18. Gonna Fly Now
1980-02-05 · 60 min

No synopsis

Episode 19. Out at Home
1980-02-19 · 60 min

No synopsis

Episode 20. The Russians Are Coming
1980-02-26 · 60 min

A touring high school team from the then-Soviet Union comes to Carver. The players have trouble relating to the Russian players, with the exception of one Russian, whom Hayward befriends, and later wants to defect to the U.S.

Episode 21. The Hitter
1980-03-04 · 60 min

Coach Reeves suspects that Gomez is being physically abused at home by his father, but has trouble getting him to admit it.

Episode 22. The Death of Me Yet?
1980-03-11 · 60 min

No synopsis

Episode 23. Coolidge Goes Hollywood
1980-03-18 · 60 min

No synopsis

Episode 24. A Few Good Men
1980-04-01 · 60 min

No synopsis

Season 3
15 episodes · 1980
Episode 1. Reunion (1)
1980-10-16 · 60 min

The third season begins with Coach Reeves visiting the town where he grew up and reuniting with old friends, including an old high school teammate, an old girlfriend, and his father, whose health is failing.

Episode 2. Reunion (2)
1980-10-23 · 60 min

Coach Reeves heals his strained relationship with his dying father, breaks things off once and for all with Paula, and returns to Carver for the new school year, where some new players have joined the team: Wardell Stone, Mitchell,…

Episode 3. Georgia on My Mind
1980-10-30 · 60 min

getting fed up with high school coolidge tries out for the harlem globetrotters

Episode 4. If Your Number's Up, Get It Down
1980-12-16 · 60 min

No synopsis

Christmas Story
Episode 5. Christmas Story
1980-12-23 · 60 min

No synopsis

Episode 6. No Blood, No Foul
1980-12-30 · 60 min

Salami faces possible jail time after breaking an opposing team's player's jaw during an on court brawl.

Episode 7. Vanity Fare
1981-01-06 · 60 min

No synopsis

Episode 8. Mister Hero
1981-01-13 · 60 min

Stone saves an elderly woman's life by rescuing her from a burning car, and the experience goes to his head after he appears on the TV news and sensationalizes the story.

Episode 9. B.M.O.C
1981-02-02 · 60 min

Coolidge starts having problems stemming from his abnormal height and size, such as normal clothes not fitting. He gets self-conscious and defensive until Coach Reeves, who has dealt with the same problems, takes him under his wing and…

Episode 10. Trial and Error
1981-02-09 · 60 min

Coach Reeves threatens to kick Falahey off the team when he suspects that he is missing practices and faking injuries. However, the coach himself looks like a hypocrite when he is summoned for jury duty and he tries to lie his way out of…

Episode 11. Car Repo
1981-02-16 · 60 min

Salami and Vitaglia take on a part-time job reposessing cars, but the ungodly work hours and the harassments from the car owners affect both their performances in school and on the basketball court.

Episode 12. Psyched Out
1981-02-23 · 60 min

A female teacher with a past history of mental illness and nervous breakdowns is tormented by a psychotic student.

Episode 13. Cops
1981-03-02 · 60 min

An elderly woman is mugged on the street at night by two big, tall black men, and the description she gives the police matches both Coolidge and Franklin, who happen to be out on the town that night. The police apprehend the two with…

Episode 14. Burnout
1981-03-09 · 60 min

Carver's baseball coach, who also teaches English, begins to experience teacher burnout. He begins handing out free grades, which hurts Rutherford, who works hard in his class. Vitaglia, too, is disappointed in his attitude because he…

Episode 15. A Day in the Life
1981-03-16 · 60 min

Goldstein, Gomez, Hayward, and Reese all return for an ""alumni"" exhibition game, amid all the troubles the four have encountered in ""real life"" since graduating. Hayward is in college and wants to go to law school, but doesn't…

Cast by season
Ken Howard
Ken Howard
Ken Reeves
Kevin Hooks
Kevin Hooks
Morris Thorpe
?
Byron Stewart
Warren Coolidge
Tim Van Patten
Tim Van Patten
Mario 'Salami' Pettrino
Stoney Jackson
Stoney Jackson
Jesse B. Mitchell
Ed Bernard
Ed Bernard
Jim Willis
Erik Kilpatrick
Erik Kilpatrick
Curtis Jackson
Nathan Cook
Nathan Cook
Milton Reese
?
Ira Angustain
Ricky Gomez
Ken Michelman
Ken Michelman
Abner Goldstein
Joan Pringle
Joan Pringle
Sybil Buchanan
Jason Bernard
Jason Bernard
Jim Willis
Wolfe Perry
Wolfe Perry
Teddy Rutherford
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