The Tony Randall Show

1976 - 1978

Pilot

23rd September 1976

Episode 1

Walter Franklin has to cope with a bad case of nerves as he preens for his first date with widow Linda Jenkins in almost two years.

Case: A Question Of Qualifications

30th September 1976

Episode 2

Walter finds that hiring a new clerk can be a trying experience. He interviews an odd-lot assortment of law-clerk applicants and surprise everyone with his final choice.

Case: His Honor Vs. Her Honor

7th October 1976

Episode 3

Walter becomes infatuated when he meets another Judge, Eleanor Hooper, and they try to find some privacy together by meeting in Atlantic City.

Case: The Ego Affair

14th October 1976

Episode 4

After delivering a well-received speech, Walter is inundated with public-speaking requests that send his ego sailing. He gets too big for his judicial robe when he accepts too many speaking engagements and starts believing his own publicity.

Case: Franklin vs. Reubner And Reubner

21st October 1976

Episode 5

Walter finds out that his tone-faced, sharp-tongued secretary, Miss Reubner, has another side to her personality when he asks her to his home to celebrate her birthday with his family. Ashamed of getting tight at her birthday party, Miss Reubner resigns.

Case: The Snow White Affair

28th October 1976

Episode 6

After Walter upholds a local theater's right to show a pornographic film, he forbids his eighteen-year-old daughter to see it.

Case: Terwilliger vs. Himself

11th November 1976

Episode 7

When Jack's normally ultra-accurate court reports deteriorate, Walter investigates his friend's problem.

Case: The Denecki Debacle

18th November 1976

Episode 8

Walter gets more than he bargained for on the bench when he replaces another jurist and has to deal with an attorney notorious for his devious tactics. .

Case: Mario Strikes Again

2nd December 1976

Episode 9

Walter loses his cool in the courtroom when a new law clerk keeps interrupting him, and the issue of his emotional sickness is taken up by the judicial review board.

Case: Franklin In Love

16th December 1976

Episode 10

Walter's family thinks his engagement to Judge Hooper is premature.

Case: O' Come All Ye Wastrels

23rd December 1976

Episode 11

Believing there's no place like home for the holidays, Walter brings home a convicted criminal to spend the Christmas holidays with his family.

Case: Money Vs. Stature

30th December 1976

Episode 12

Walter is tempted by a friend's offer of a law partnership.

Case: The Hooper Affair

6th January 1977

Episode 13

Walter's romance with Judge Hooper is threatened by the arrival of a college buddy who once dated her.

Case: Democracy Vs. Tyranny

13th January 1977

Episode 14

Walter's household rebels: Bobby wants an apartment, Brad refuses to change schools, and Mrs. McClellan buys a cat.

Case: Whatever Happened To Mary Jane?

20th January 1977

Episode 15

Walter's eagerness to help his loyal friend and court reporter Jack backfires when an overzealous city attorney Mario Lanza busts the judge on a marijuana charge.

Case: McClellan Vs. Immigration

27th January 1977

Episode 16

To prevent deportation to her native England, Mrs. McClellan advertises for a husband and a motley crew of prospects show up.

Case: May Vs December

3rd February 1977

Episode 17

After reprimanding Bobby for dating an older man, Walter finds himself attracted to a younger woman.

Case: The Lawndale Report

10th February 1977

Episode 18

From a beach at Acapulco to a minimum security prison is quite a contrast for Walter, who sought the former for two weeks but has to settle for the latter instead. He got the assignment as part of a judicial investigation on the institution's conditions.

Case: Violence Vs Finesse

17th February 1977

Episode 19

Oliver cuts school and learns a lesson when he comes to his father's courtroom to see his hero Wild Doug Mclntire, the toughest hockey player in the league to testify. Then the boy tries to emulate his hero's hockey style.

Case: Franklin Vs. McClellan

24th February 1977

Episode 20

Walter's household rises up against him, Brad is not willing to change schools, Bobby expresses her liking to live in an apartment and Mrs. McClellan would love to have a cat.

Case: Facing Up Vs. Hiding Behind The Drapes

3rd March 1977

Episode 21

Mario becomes Walter's self-appointed bodyguard after the escape of a vengeful convict Walter once sent to prison.

Case: The People Speak

10th March 1977

Episode 22

Walter runs for Superior Court judge against a former rival.

Top Cast

Tony Randall

Comedy

Walter Franklin is a somewhat less-than-magisterial Philadelphia judge put upon by an assortment of family and courtroom recidivists.

Watch Providers 🇬🇧

Currently no watch providers

Production Companies

Full Cast

Tony Randall

Walter Franklin

Full Crew

No Image

Jay Tarses

Producer

No Image

Tim Berry

Producer

Hugh Wilson

Producer

Gary David Goldberg

Producer

showData