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Karen (1975)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
John King, Rina Fox
references:
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KAREN
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Twentieth Century-Fox Television
for
ABC (Thursdays)
Produced by Gene Reynolds and Larry Gelbart (also M*A*S*H)

US Comedy series 1975 13 episodes x 30 min color
(30Jan75-19Jun75)
starring
Karen Valentine as Karen Angelo
Dena Dietrich as Dena Madison (co-worker)
Charles Lane as Dale Busch (boss)(series)
Denver Pyle as Dale Busch (boss)(pilot episode only)


Aldine King as Cissy Peterson (FBI Agent)
Will Seltzer as Adam Cooperman (office boy)

Oliver Clark as Jerry Siegel (neighbor)
Alix Elias as Cheryl Siegel (neighbor)

Edward Winter as Senator Bob Hartford
Liam Dunn as Captain Pike
Joseph Stone as Ernie

Premise:
The story of Karen D'Angelo, an idealistic staff worker for "Open
America", a Capitol Hill citizen's lobby in Washington D.C.
Note:
There was an earlier series called  90 Bristol Court: Karen  (NBC)(1964-65)
which starred Debbie Watson as Karen Scott, bur apart from
the title, it had no other connection with this series.

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ABC Thursdays (30Jan75-19Jun75)

1.01 Karen (pilot episode)
TCF prod. no. 901
30Jan75 ABC Thur
Directed by Gene Reynolds.
Guest Cast
Edward Winter (as Sen. Robert Hartford)(recurring)
Keene Curtis (as Bates)
[Note:If this is the pilot thren Denver Pyle should have a credit.]
Synopsi:
Debut: Karen Valentine returns to series television as Karen
Angelo,a staff worker for a Capitol Hill ciitizens lobby. In
the first segment, she is given the honor of representing her
organization before a Congressional committee. Newswoman
Stephanie Edwards appears as herself. [JK]

1.02 Karen: THEM
TCF prod. no. 902
06Feb75 ABC Thur
Directed by Hy Averback
Guest Cast
Marty Feldman (as Mr."X")
Edward Winter (as Sen. Robert Hartford)(recurring)
Darrell Zwerling (as Brian)
Dennis Robertson (as Phone Man)
Synopsis:
Karen suspects she is being shadowed and bugged on the eve
of a press conference conering illegal surveillance practices. [JK]

1.03 Karen: THE VISITORS
TCF prod. no. 906
13Feb75 ABC Thur
Directed by Jerry Paris.
Guest Cast:
Carol Androsky (as Mary Alice)
Synopsis:
Karen's patience is tried when her house-guest's husband(Dwayne
Hickman)turns out to be both a masher and the head of redwood-logging operation. [JK]

1.04 Karen: LOVE AND OTHER ISSUES
TCF prod. no. 907
20Feb75 ABC Thur
Directed by John Erman
Guest Cast:
Bert Convy (as Steve Hunter)
Alix Elias (as Cheryl Siegle)(recurring)
Oliver Clark (as Jerry Siegle)(recurring)
Walter Brooke (as Archer)
Bill Zuckert (as General Armor)
Synopsis:
Karen values are tested when she falls for a public-relations man
who represents Open America's opponents. [JK]

1.05 Karen: WHISTLE BLOWING
TCF prod. no. 905 (copyright date 27Mar75)
27Feb75 ABC Thur
Directed by Hy Averback.
Guest Cast...
William Christopher (as Andrew)
Fred Willard (as Ritter)
Liam Dunn (as Captain Pike)(recurring)
Vicky Huxtable (as Mrs. Simms)
Synopsis:
Karen's patience proves an asset when a skittish aeronautics
engineer nervously attempts to leak information about his company's shoddy work. [JK]

1.06 Karen: HARTFORD REVISITED
TCF prod. no. 908
06Mar75 ABC Thur
directed by Gene Reynolds
Guest cast:
Edward Winter ...... Bob Hartford
Carol Arthur ....... Beverly Blyden
Synopsis:
Karen's on-again, off-again romance with Representative Hartford is
definitely on again when he asks her to marry him. [RF]

1.07 Karen: BUSCH'S BREAKUP
( a.k.a. "Karen's Dilemma")
TCF prod. no. 910
13Mar75 ABC Thur
directed by John Erman
Synopsis:
Dale Busch and his wife are making their 40th anniversary with a
raging argument. She wants to go to the Bahamas for their second
honeymoon., but he wants to go to Cleveland. [JK]

1.08 Karen: I GAVE AT THE OFFICE
TCF prod. no. 903
directed by Gene Reynolds.
20Mar75 ABC Thur
Featuring:
Denver Pyle as Dale Busch)
[Note: Denver Pyle is credited with appearing in the pilot.]
Guest Cast...
Ronnie Schell (as Kyle Preston)
Mark Metcalf (as Jess Walker)
Deidre Hall (as Janet Bartell)
Synopsis:
Karen is in a quandary. Just when she plans to see a new beau who is
to leave town, an American donor insists on dating her. [JK]

1.09 Karen: WHAT ARE FRIENDS FOR?
TCF prod. no. 909 (copyright date 3Apr75)
27Mar75 ABC Thur
directed by Jerry Paris
Guest Cast
Milt Kamen (as Zoilman)
Synopsis:
Karen has a cold. It's nothing serious, but it's just enough to make
her fuzzy-minded and a little lonely. [JK]

[--] 03Apr75 Pre-empted: "Confessions of Dick Van Dyke" -Comedy Special

1.10 Karen: CAPITOL CAPERS
TCF prod. no. 913
directed by Gene Reynolds.
10Apr75 ABC Thur
Guest Cast
Alan Arbus (as Keller)
Dick Clair (as Griffin)
David Huddleson (as Rudolph)
Mary Gregory (as Miss Rommell)
Synopsis:
Making public information public proves quite a task as Karen
seeks to uncover the details behind a defense contract. [JK]

1.11 Karen: A DAY IN THE LIFE
TCF prod. no. 912
17Apr75 ABC Thur
directed by John Erman.
Guest Cast:
David Doyle (as Blakemore)
Karen Morrow (as Cerita)
James S. Cranna (as Red)
Dick Patterson (as Danny)
Synopsis:
Karen must research consumer protection all morning so she can discuss
discuss her findings on a TV-talk show the same afternoon. [JK]

[--] 24-April-1975 Pre-empted: Special "Lights!Camera!Monty!"

1.12 Karen: THE KAREN REPORT
TCF prod. no. 911
01May75 ABC Thur
directed by Mel Ferber.
Guest Cast...
Richard Reicheg (as Harve)
Frances Osborne (as Hostess)
Synopsis:
While attempting to write a report that grades legislators, Karen is
distracted by one of Cheryl and Jerry's rare spats, and by Representative
Hartford's publicity-seeking antics. [RF]

1.13 Karen: DENA MIGHT
TCF prod. no. 904
08May75 ABC Thur
directed by Hy Averback.
Guest Cast
Warren Kemmerling (as Barney)
Liam Dunn (as Captain Pike)(recurring)
Patricia Sytevens (as Wendy)
Allan Kent (as Kelleher)
Synopsis:
For a variety of reasons, Dena is reluctant to wed her married boy friend. [JK]
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Summer Reruns (15May75-19Jun75)
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5-15-75 Karen Repeat
5-22-75 Pre-empted: Primal Man-Documentary
5-29-75 The Visitors (Repeat)
6-5-75 Busch's Breakup (Repeat)
6-12-75 Whistle Blowing (Repeat)
6-19-75 Capitol Capers (Repeat)

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