This listing comprises not only the original CBS show, but also the Showtime additional seasons: The Paper Chase: Second Year, The Paper Chase: Third Year, and The Paper Chase: Graduation Year Based on the movie, written by John Osborne, The Paper Chase is a classroom drama about students in a law school (based on Harvard Law School). The two main characters are a stern but fair Contract Law professor, Charles W. Kingsfield, and a student who idolizes him, James Hart. The Paper Chase was voted the best new drama of 1978. Although the critics raved it didn't get the "numbers" that CBS wanted and it was cancelled after its first season. Five years later Showtime picked it up and made 3 new seasons of episodes from 1983-1986.
Season | From | To | Episodes |
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All Seasons | |||
Specials | October 1973 | 1 | |
Season 1 | September 1978 | May 1979 | 22 |
Season 2 | April 1983 | August 1984 | 19 |
Season 3 | May 1985 | September 1985 | 12 |
Season 4 | June 1986 | August 1986 | 5 |
Unassigned Episodes | 0 |
Season | From | To | Episodes |
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All Seasons | |||
Season 2 | April 1983 | August 1984 | 19 |
Season 3 | May 1985 | September 1985 | 12 |
Season 4 | June 1986 | August 1986 | 5 |
Unassigned Episodes | 23 |
Season | From | To | Episodes |
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Season 1 | 0 | ||
Unassigned Episodes | 59 |
Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
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John Jay Osborn Jr. | 10 | 09/26/1978 - 08/21/1984 | |
Lee Kalcheim | 3 | 06/26/1983 - 08/14/1984 | |
Paul L. Ehrmann | 2 | 06/12/1984 - 07/17/1984 | |
Joe S. Landon | 2 | 09/15/1983 - 07/10/1984 | |
Max Eisenberg | 2 | 06/26/1984 - 08/21/1984 | |
Ellison Carroll | 1 | 09/19/1978 | |
Stephen Kandel | 1 | 10/10/1978 | |
Marshall Goldberg | 1 | 07/17/1984 | |
Judy Merl | 1 | 06/05/1984 | |
Robert Lewin | 1 | 06/26/1984 | |
Peter Dixon | 1 | 05/29/1984 | |
David P. Harmon | 1 | 04/17/1979 | |
Paul Eric Myers | 1 | 06/05/1984 | |
David Sontag | 1 | 07/15/1983 |
Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
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Jack Bender | 9 | 05/15/1979 - 08/07/1984 | |
Corey Allen | 5 | 06/26/1983 - 08/21/1984 | |
James Bridges | 3 | 10/16/1973 - 09/07/1978 | |
Joseph Pevney | 2 | 07/15/1983 - 10/26/1983 | |
Nick Havinga | 2 | 09/15/1983 - 07/17/1984 | |
Joseph Hardy | 1 | 09/07/1978 | |
Gwen Arner | 1 | 10/03/1978 | |
Lynn Roth | 1 | 08/14/1984 | |
Arthur Allan Seidelman | 1 | 06/19/1984 | |
Philip Leacock | 1 | 09/26/1978 | |
Mark Cullingham | 1 | 05/29/1984 | |
Harvey Laidman | 1 | 09/19/1978 | |
Alex March | 1 | 10/10/1978 |
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