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Kingston: Confidential (Universal/NBC)(Summer 1977)
Kingston: Confidential (1977)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
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Groverton Productions, Ltd. and R. B. Productions, Ltd.
in association with  Universal Television, an M C A company
for NBC (Wednesdays)
Executive Producer David Victor

US Reporter Drama series 1976 2 hr pilot + 1977 13 episodes x 60 min color
(23Mar77-10Aug77)
starring
Raymond Burr as R.B. Kingston
Art Hindle as Tony Marino, young reporter
Pamela Hensley as Beth Kelly, young reporter
Linda Galloway as Kingston's secretary
Nancy Olson as Jessica Frazier

Premise:
Stories of R.B. Kingston, a senior journalist for the Frazier News Group,
a San Francisco based consortium of newspapers and broadcasters.

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Kingston - THE POWER PLAY (2hr pilot TV movie)
15Sep76
Produced by Groverton Productions, Ltd., and R. B. Productions, Ltd.
in association with Universal, an M C A company
Produced by David J. O'Connell
Teleplay by Dick Nelson;
Story by David Victor & Dick Nelson
Directed by Robert Day.
Director of photography: Sy Hoffberg
film editor: Richard G. Wray.
music: Leonard Rosenman;
Guest Cast:
James Canning
Bradford Dillman
Biff McGuire
Dina Merrill
Lenka Peterson
Robert Sampson
Stacy Keach Sr.
R.G. Armstrong

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NBC Wednesdays

[01] Kingston: Confidential: SHADOW GAME
23Mar77 NBC Wed
Producers, Joe L. Cramer, James G. Hirsch
Teleplay, Richard Fielder.
Directed by Chris Nyby;
Starring: Raymond Burr, with: Pamela Hensley, Art Hindle
Guest Cast:
Mariette Hartley
Michael McGuire
Curtis Credel
Robert Sampson

[02] Kingston: Confidential: EIGHT COLUMNS ACROSS THE TOP
30Mar77 NBC Wed
Producers, Joe Cramer, Jim Hirsch;
Teleplay, Richard Fielder.
Story, Tom Greene;
Directed by Joe Pevney
Starring: Raymond Burr, with: Pamela Hensley, Art Hindle
Guest Cast:
Pat Hingle
Tom Bower
Marla Adams
Stewart Moss
Eugene Peterson
Ned Wilson

[03] Kingston: Confidential: SEED OF CORRUPTION
06Apr77 NBC Wed
Producer, Joe Cramer;
Teleplay, Don Ingalls.
Directed by Harvey Laidman
Starring: Raymond Burr, with: Pamela Hensley, Art Hindle
Guest Cast:
Stephen Macht
Anne Schedeen
Jess Nadelman
James McEachin

[04] Kingston: Confidential: TRIPLE EXPOSURE
13Apr77 NBC Wed
(no copyright details)
Diana Muldaur
Sorrell Booke
Richard Mulligan
Johnny Haymer
Alex Courtney

[05] Kingston: Confidential: THE BOSTON SHAMROCK
01Jun77 NBC Wed
Producers, Joe Cramer, Jim Hirsch
Teleplay, David H. Balkan.
Directed by, Don Weis
Starring: Raymond Burr, with: Pamela Hensley, Art Hindle
Guest Cast:
Frank Converse
Howard Platt
Will Mackenzie
Ed Barth
Victor Argo

[06] Kingston: Confidential: THE RAGE AT HANNIBAL
08Jun77 NBC Wed
Producer, Don Ingalls
Teleplay, Eugene Price.
Directed by Don Weis
Starring: Raymond Burr, with: Pamela Hensley, Art Hindle
Guest Cast:
Michael Talbott
Marc Alaimo
Eugene Roche
George Sanders
Roger Robinson
Henry Gayle

[07] Kingston: Confidential: GOLDEN GIRL
15Jun77 NBC Wed
Producers, Joe L. Cramer, James G. Hirsch
Teleplay, Nicholas J. Corea.
Story, Robert Seizer, Robert Swanson;
Directed by Mike Caffey;
Starring: Raymond Burr, with: Pamela Hensley, Art Hindle
Guest Cast:
Diana Scarwid
Christopher Stone
Michael Strong
Richard McKenzie

[08] Kingston: Confidential: WELCOME TO PARADISE
22Jun77 NBC Wed
Producers, Joe Cramer, Jim Hirsch;
Teleplay, Nicholas J. Corea.
Directed by Raymond Modor
Starring: Raymond Burr, with: Pamela Hensley
Guest Cast:
James Ingersoll
Jack Carter
David Spielberg
Gretchen Corbett
John Sekka
Michael MacRae

[09] Kingston: Confidential: MONOLITH
06Jul77 NBC Wed
Producers, Joe Cramer, James Hirsch
Teleplay, Nicholas J. Corea.
Directed by Joe Pevney
Starring: Raymond Burr, with: Pamela Hensley, Art Hindle
Guest Cast:
Henry Darrow
Robert Mandan
Philip Abbott
Herb Edelman
Linda Galloway

[10] Kingston: Confidential: THE CULT
13Jul77 NBC Wed
Producers, Joe Cramer, James Hirsch
Teleplay, Karl Tunberg, Terrence Tunberg.
Directed by Don Weis
Starring: Raymond Burr, with: Art Hindle, Nancy Olson
Guest Cast:
Carl Betz
Sian Barbara Allen
John Larch
Ben Piazza
Wayne Storm
John Findlater

1.11 [--] Kingston: Confidential: DATELINE: FEAR CITY
20Jul77 NBC Wed
Producer, Don Ingalls
Teleplay by Charles Sailor.
Directed by Dan Haller
Starring: Raymond Burr, with: Pamela Hensley, Art Hindle
Guest Cast:
Warren Kemmerling ...... Frank Emerson
Jonathan Jones ......... Terry O'Shea
Susan Petrie ........... Nancy Stewart
Howard McGillin ........ Jim Darrow
Darrell Larson ......... Wilton
Synopsis:
A small-town reporter calls on Tony to assist in a local investigation,
and then is killed in an unsual auto mishap. [RF]

[12] Kingston: Confidential: THE NIGHT SCENE
03Aug77 NBC Wed
Producer, Don Ingalls
Writer, Larry Alexander; teleplay, Charles Sailor.
Directed by Don McDougall
Starring: Raymond Burr, with: Pamela Hensley, Art Hindle
Guest Cast:
Dick Gautier
Brooke Mills
Belinda J. Montgomery

[13] Kingston: Confidential: THE ANONYMOUS HERO (1977/Synd/)
(copyright date 20Apr77)
Producer, Joe Cramer
Teleplay, David Jacobs.
Directed by Raymond Burr
Starring: Raymond Burr, with: Pamela Hensley, Art Hindle
Guest Cast:
Richard Jaeckel
John McLiam

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