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The Name of the Game (1968)

The Name of the Game poster
Genre
crime television series
Country
United States
Length
3 seasons, 76 episodes
Rated
TV-PG
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A magazine publisher and two different editors travel the world solving crimes and exposing corruption. Each episode features one of the three main characters in a separate adventure.

fast-pacedstylishadventurousinvestigativeglossydramaticcrime-solving

What happens

The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack, which aired from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes each. The show was a wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and The NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The program had the largest budget of any television series at that time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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