CTVA US Legal Drama - "The Paper Chase" (TCF/Showtime) Season 2 (1983-84)

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  The Paper Chase: The Second Year (Showtime)(1983-84)
Twentieth Century-Fox Television
for
Showtime (Cable Channel)
Based upon the novel by John Jay Osborn, Jr.

US Legal Drama series 1983-84  19 episodes listed x 60 min color
starring
John Houseman as Professor Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr
James Stephens as James T. Hart
Tom FitzSimmons as Franklin Ford III

Jane Kaczmarek as Connie Lehman (1983)
Michael Tucci as Gerald Golden (1983-1986)
Clare Kirkconnell as Rita Harriman(1984-1986)
Andra Millian as Laura (1984-1986)
Penny Johnson as Vivian (1984-1986)

Premise: Life at a prestigious eastern American Law School

Episodes Listed in Production No. Order

2.01 [--] Paper Chase: The 2nd Yr: BIRTHDAY PARTY
22Feb83 copyright date
prod. no. 8-C01
produced by Remi Aubuchon and Cornell Christianson
Written by John Jay Osborn, Jr.
directed by Jack Bender
director of photography: Gene Talvin
editor: Art Seid
music: Stephen Seretan

2.02 [--] Paper Chase: The 2nd Yr: PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS
25Feb83 copyright date
prod. no. 8-C02
produced by Cleve Landsberg
Written by John Jay Osborn, Jr.
directed by Joseph Pevney
director of photography: Gene Talvin
editor: Art Seid
music: Stephen Seretan

2.03 [--] Paper Chase: The 2nd Yr: OUTLINE FEVER
3Feb83 copyright date
prod. no. 8-C03
produced by Cleve Landsberg
Written by John Jay Osborn, Jr.
directed by Jack Bender
director of photography: Gene Talvin
editor: Art Seid
music: Stephen Seretan

2.04 [--] Paper Chase: The 2nd Yr: COMMITMENTS
4Mar83 copyright date
prod. no. 8-C04
produced by Cleve Landsberg
Written by Joe S. Landon
directed by Nick Havinga
director of photography: Gene Talvin
editor: Art Seid
music: Stephen Seretan

2.05 [--] Paper Chase: The 2nd Yr: SPREADING IT THIN
11Mar83 copyright date
prod. no. 8-C05
produced by Cleve Landsberg
Written by Lee Kalcheim
directed by Corey Allen
director of photography: Gene Talvin
editor: Art Seid
music: Stephen Seretan

2.06 [--] Paper Chase: The 2nd Yr: SNOW
18Mar83 copyright date
prod. no. 8-C06
produced by Cleve Landsberg
Written by John Jay Osborn, Jr.
directed by Jack Bender
director of photography: Gene Talvin
editor: Art Seid
music: Stephen Seretan
cast
James Keane ............. Willis Bell
Jane Kaczmarek .......... Connie Lehman
Wortham Krimmer ......... Zeis
When Hart loses Professor Kingsfield's brief in a computer bank,
he finds himself in a tight spot. The solution - kidnap a nurdish
computer whiz kid named Herman to retrieve it. But Herman will
only agree to do it on one rather unusual condition  ( RTE Ireland airdate 17July84)

2.07 [--] Paper Chase: The 2nd Yr: CINDERELLA
1Apr83 copyright date
prod. no. 8-C07
produced by Cleve Landsberg
Written by David Sontag
directed by Joseph Pevney
director of photography: Gene Talvin
editor: Art Seid
music: Stephen Seretan.

2.08 [--] Paper Chase: The 2nd Yr: LABOR OF LOVE
1Mar84 copyright date
prod. no. 2V01
produced by Ernest A. Losso
Written by Judy Merl & Paul Eric Myers
directed by Jack Bender
director of photography: Gene Talvin
editor: Axel Hubert
music: Stephen Seretan

2.09 [--] Paper Chase: The 2nd Yr: MRS. HART
24Feb84 copyright date
prod. no. 2V02
produced by Ernest A. Losso
Written by John Jay Osborn, Jr.
directed by Corey Allen
director of photography: Gene Talvin
editor: Rod Stephens
music: Stephen Seretan

2.10 [--] Paper Chase: The 2nd Yr: THE ADVOCATES
9Apr84 copyright date
prod. no. 2V03 (prod. no. duplicated - possibly should be 2V06)
produced by Ernest A. Losso
Written by Jack Bender
directed by Jack Bender
Screenplay by Marshall Gopldberg
director of photography: Gene Talvin
editor: Axel Hubert
music: Stephen Seretan.

2.11 [--] Paper Chase: The 2nd Yr: TEMPEST IN A POTHOLE
9Apr84 copyright date
prod. no. 2V03 (prod. no. duplicated - possibly should be 2V06)
produced by Ernest A. Losso
Written by Peter Dixon
directed by Mark Cullingham
director of photography: Gene Talvin
editor: Rod Stephens
music: Stephen Seretan.

2.12 [--] Paper Chase: The 2nd Yr: MY DINNER WITH KINGSFIELD
15May84 copyright date
prod. no. 2V04
produced by Ernest A. Losso
Written by Lee Kalcheim
directed by Corey Allen
director of photography: Gene Talvin
editor: Rod Stephens
music: Stephen Seretan

2.13 [--] Paper Chase: The 2nd Yr: LIMITS
13Apr84 copyright date
prod. no. 2V05
produced by Ernest A. Losso
Written by Robert Lewin
directed by Jack Bender
director of photography: Gene Talvin
editor: Axel Hubert
music: Stephen Seretan

2.14 [--] Paper Chase: The 2nd Yr: BURDEN OF PROOF
17Apr84 copyright date
prod. no. 2V07
produced by Ernest A. Losso
Written by Paul L. Ehrmann
directed by Corey Allen
director of photography: Gene Talvin
editor: Axel Hubert
music: Stephen Seretan.

2.15 [--] Paper Chase: The 2nd Yr: HART GOES HOME
3May84 copyright date
prod. no. 2V08
produced by Ernest A. Losso
Written by Joe S. Landon
directed by Jack Bender
director of photography: Gene Talvin
editor: Rod Stephens
music: Stephen Seretan

2.16 [--] Paper Chase: The 2nd Yr: WAR OF THE WONKS (a.k.a. MACHINE)
29Apr84
no. 2V09
produced by Ernest A. Losso
Written by John Jay Osborn, Jr.
directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman
director of photography: Gene Talvin
editor: Axel Hubert
music: Stephen Seretan

2.17 [--] Paper Chase: The 2nd Yr: JUDGMENT DAY (a.k.a. TENURE)
25Apr84 copyright date
prod. no. 2V10
produced by Ernest A. Losso
Teleplay by Paul L. Ehrmann
story by Marshall Goldberg & Paul L. Ehrmann
directed by Nick Havinga
director of photography: Gene Talvin
music: Stephen Seretan

2.18 [--] Paper Chase: The 2nd Yr: BILLY PIERCE
15Jun84 copyright date
prod. no. 2V11
produced by Ernest A. Losso
Teleplay by John Jay Osborn, Jr.
story by Max Eisenberg
directed by Corey Allen
director of photography: Gene Talvin
music: Stephen Seretan

2.19 [--] Paper Chase: The 2nd Yr: NOT PRINCE HAMLET (a.k.a. RASHOMON)
(final episode of The Paper Chase: The Second Year)
15May84 copyright date
prod. no. 2V12
produced by Ernest A. Losso
Written by Lee Kalcheim
directed by Lynn Roth
director of photography: Al Taylor
editor: Rod Stephens
music: Stephen Seretan.

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