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Paris

All Episodes 1979 - 1980

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  • 1979-09-29T04:00:00Z
  • 44m
  • 9h 32m (13 episodes)
  • Steven Bochco
  • United States
  • English
  • MTM Enterprises
  • Drama
Paris is an American television series that appeared on the CBS television network from September 29, 1979 to January 15, 1980. A crime drama, the show is notable as the first-ever appearance of renowned actor James Earl Jones in a lead role on television and was created by Steven Bochco, who later achieved fame for Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue, also served as executive producer. The program told the story of Los Angeles Police Captain Woody Paris, who supervised a team of young detectives. The rookie investigators were led by Sergeant Stacy Erickson and included officers Charlie Bogart, Ernesto Villas, and Willie Miller. Hank Garrett portrayed Deputy Chief Jerome Bench, Paris' superior, and, in an unusual turn for police dramas of that era, Paris' home and off-duty life was given considerable attention in the plots, with Lee Chamberlin playing his wife, Barbara. Paris was also shown moonlighting as a professor of criminology at a local university. Although Paris was critically acclaimed for its portrayal of the tension between the professional Paris character and his often impetuous underlings, CBS scheduled the show in one of the worst possible timeslots on a weekly schedule: Saturdays at 10 p.m./9 Central. All three networks debuted new shows for the 1979-80 season in that slot; only ABC's Hart to Hart survived its first 13 weeks. Toward the end of its run, CBS moved it to Tuesdays at 10/9, but to no avail. Edward DeBlasio produced the show for MTM Enterprises, which would unveil, during the next season, executive producer Bochco's landmark Hill Street Blues, on NBC.

13 episodes

Series Premiere

1979-09-29T04:00:00Z

1x01 Pilot

Series Premiere

1x01 Pilot

  • 1979-09-29T04:00:00Z44m

Captain Woodrow Paris is brought in to solve the murder of a prominent councilman's wife.

1979-10-06T04:00:00Z

1x02 Dear John

1x02 Dear John

  • 1979-10-06T04:00:00Z44m

After his mother is crippled by muggers, a rookie cop under the command of Captain Paris tries to take the law into his own hands.

1979-10-13T04:00:00Z

1x03 Pawn

1x03 Pawn

  • 1979-10-13T04:00:00Z44m

Paris finds that identifying a killer-rapist is a lot easier than coming up with evidence to convict him.

1979-10-20T04:00:00Z

1x04 Friends and Enemies

1x04 Friends and Enemies

  • 1979-10-20T04:00:00Z44m

Paris investigates the slaying of an unarmed restaurant owner by a policeman.

1979-10-27T04:00:00Z

1x05 Once More for Free

1x05 Once More for Free

  • 1979-10-27T04:00:00Z44m

Two quite different police philosophies cause conflict between Paris and his old mentor in a case of an elusive drug dealer.

1979-12-04T05:00:00Z

1x06 Dead Men Don't Kill

1x06 Dead Men Don't Kill

  • 1979-12-04T05:00:00Z44m

In a desperate effort to save a possibly innocent man on death row, Paris searches for evidence linking a suave robber to a six-year-old cop killing.

1979-12-11T05:00:00Z

1x07 Burnout

1x07 Burnout

  • 1979-12-11T05:00:00Z44m

Paris' delicate investigation of a gun-running gang is jeopardized by the insatiable ambition of a fellow officer.

1979-12-18T05:00:00Z

1x08 Decisions

1x08 Decisions

  • 1979-12-18T05:00:00Z44m

Paris' conscience is deeply troubled when an innocent man is killed by hijackers in the course of an undercover investigation.

1980-01-01T05:00:00Z

1x09 The Price Is Right

1x09 The Price Is Right

  • 1980-01-01T05:00:00Z44m

With a juicy political appointment on the line, Paris persists in his investigation of crooks who are driving elderly people from their beach-front homes.

1980-01-08T05:00:00Z

1x10 The Ghost Maker

1x10 The Ghost Maker

  • 1980-01-08T05:00:00Z44m

Paris locks horns with federal agents when he tries to prosecute a killer who, as star witness in a gangland trial, is being protected by the government.

1980-01-15T05:00:00Z

1x11 Fitz's Boys

1x11 Fitz's Boys

  • 1980-01-15T05:00:00Z44m

Paris becomes an honorary Irishman when he and his squad investigate thefts from the docks and the suspicious death of an old stevedore.

1980-01-22T05:00:00Z

1x12 America the Beautiful

1x12 America the Beautiful

  • 1980-01-22T05:00:00Z44m

When a good friend is framed for murder due to an extortionist's plot, Paris works to exonerate the innocent man.

Season Finale

1980-01-29T05:00:00Z

1x13 Pay the Two Bucks

Season Finale

1x13 Pay the Two Bucks

  • 1980-01-29T05:00:00Z44m

Paris finds himself caught in the middle when violence erupts between a neighbourhood association and American Nazis on the eve of a 4th of July rally.

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