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1 | 2 | 3 | unknown full episode list
Release Date:
27 November 1978 (USA) more
Plot:
A white former NBA professional retires from the pro game and gets a job as a basketball coach in a predominantly black inner-city high school. full summary
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Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 7 nominations more
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(3 articles)
Is The White Shadow Coming Back To TV?
(From The Humor Mill. 27 October 2009, 2:02 AM, PDT)
Ken Howard Wins SAG Presidency
(From HollywoodNorthReport.com. 24 September 2009, 3:59 PM, PDT)
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The Greatest Series of All-Time more (13 total)
Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 11 of 65)| Ken Howard | ... | Ken Reeves (54 episodes, 1978-1981) | |
| Kevin Hooks | ... | Morris Thorpe (33 episodes, 1978-1981) | |
| Timothy Van Patten | ... | Mario 'Salami' Pettrino / ... (33 episodes, 1978-1981) | |
| Byron Stewart | ... | Warren Coolidge (33 episodes, 1978-1981) | |
| Thomas Carter | ... | James Hayward (29 episodes, 1978-1981) | |
| Joan Pringle | ... | Sybil Buchanan (28 episodes, 1978-1981) | |
| Ken Michelman | ... | Abner Goldstein (28 episodes, 1978-1981) | |
| Ira Angustain | ... | Ricky Gomez / ... (28 episodes, 1978-1981) | |
| Nathan Cook | ... | Milton Reese (27 episodes, 1978-1981) | |
| Erik Kilpatrick | ... | Curtis Jackson (25 episodes, 1978-1980) | |
| John Mengatti | ... | Nick Vitaglia (23 episodes, 1979-1981) |
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60 min
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After graduating from Carver, Goldstein joined the Marines, Hayward went to college majoring in pre-law, Gomez became a mechanic and got married and Reese became a cab driver while pursuing his dream of becoming a singer. Coolidge moved to Boston and worked as an orderly at St. Eligius Hospital (AKA St. Elsewhere). more
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Factual errors: At the end of the following episodes, "Wanna Bet?" and "That Old Gang of Mine". The roman numeral of the year 1979 at the end of the credits, was MCMLXXVIX. There was confusion of that because, the "V" should've been removed. The remaining first season episodes were finalized as MCMLXXIX, which was 1979 when the "V" was deleted. more
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Harold:
[after Ken Reeves has done a student reporter a favor] Did you do that as a reward for me writing a positive article?
Ken Reeves:
No, I expect to get raked over the coals the next time we lose.
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Featured in "Ego Trip's Race-O-Rama" (2005) more
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Some might say the greatest television series of all-time is I Love Lucy, or The Honeymooners but for this recliner critic it has to be The White Shadow. The White Shadow focused on urban problems of high school kids while at the same time teaching the viewer ethics and morals and how to shoot a jump shot. It's sad to see that The White Shadow has fallen out of television's limelight, it is almost impossible to find an episode anymore. I believe if The White Shadow was seen by the kids of today it would be more popular than ever before. The NBA has probably taken over football and baseball as the most popular sport in America so why not let The White Shadow in on some of the exposure. It's a really great show and it will live in this viewer's mind all the way to the boneyard. I also want to answer the lifelong question that this show has posed, Tim Van-Patten(Salami) is actually Dick Van-Patten's brother and not son.