The Name of the Game

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The Name of the Game is an American television series from the late 1960s and early 1970s that followed the lives of magazine publishing executives through rotating lead characters and storylines.

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instanceOf American television series
drama television series
alsoKnownAs Name of the Game
audioFormat mono
basedOn the television film "Fame Is the Name of the Game"
characterOccupation crime magazine editor
investigative reporter
magazine publisher
countryOfOrigin United States
episodeLengthCategory feature-length television episodes
executiveProducer Leslie Stevens
Richard Irving
featuresTheme corporate power in media
investigative journalism
filmingLocation Los Angeles
firstAired 1968
focusesOn journalism and media-related stories
lives of magazine publishing executives
format rotating lead characters
genre anthology series
crime drama
drama
hasEpisodeStructure self-contained stories
lastAired 1971
mainCharacter Dan Farrell
Glenn Howard
Jeff Dillon
notableFor being one of the first rotating-lead TV series
numberOfEpisodes 76
numberOfSeasons 3
originalChannelType broadcast television network
originalLanguage English
originallyAiredOnDay Friday
originalNetwork NBC
pictureFormat color
portrayedBy Gene Barry
Robert Stack
Tony Franciosa
linked to: Anthony Franciosa
precededBy Fame Is the Name of the Game
producedIn early 1970s
late 1960s
producer Richard Irving
productionCompany Universal Television
runtimePerEpisode 90 minutes
setInIndustry magazine publishing
targetAudience adult viewers
timePeriodSetting early 1970s
late 1960s

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Jill St. John notableWork The Name of the Game
Albert Paulsen appearedIn The Name of the Game (TV series)
linked to: The Name of the Game
Knowing Me, Knowing You chronologyNext The Name of the Game
Jan Murray notableWork The Name of the Game
Larry Blyden notableWork The Name of the Game (TV series, guest roles)
linked to: The Name of the Game
Boris Sagal directed The Name of the Game
Dean Hargrove notableWork The Name of the Game
Anthony Franciosa notableWork The Name of the Game
Gene Barry notableWork The Name of the Game
The Name of the Game precededBy Fame Is the Name of the Game
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The Name of the Game alsoKnownAs Name of the Game
linked to: The Name of the Game
Billy Goldenberg notableWork The Name of the Game
Billy Goldenberg workedOn The Name of the Game
Susan Strasberg notableWork The Name of the Game (TV series)
linked to: The Name of the Game
Inger Stevens notableWork The Name of the Game
Nancy Kovack notableWork The Name of the Game
George Eckstein notableWork The Name of the Game
George Eckstein workedOn The Name of the Game (TV series)
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Ben Murphy notableWork The Name of the Game
Barbara Anderson notableWork The Name of the Game
Donna January firstAppearanceInEpisode The Name of the Game
subject linked to: Donna January in "The Boys"
Garry Walberg televisionSeries The Name of the Game
Straight Up hasPart The Name of the Game
Alan Hawkshaw notableWork Name of the Game
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Mark Miller notableWork The Name of the Game (TV series)
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Susan Saint James notableWork The Name of the Game