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Overview

User Rating:
7.3/10   142 votes
Creator:
Bruce Paltrow
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | unknown more
Release Date:
27 November 1978 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Sport 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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Awards:
Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 7 nominations more
User Comments:
One hell of a good show, indeed. more

Cast

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Ken Howard ... Ken Reeves / ... (54 episodes, 1978-1981)
Kevin Hooks ... Morris Thorpe / ... (31 episodes, 1978-1981)
Timothy Van Patten ... Mario 'Salami' Pettrino / ... (31 episodes, 1978-1981)
Byron Stewart ... Warren Coolidge (31 episodes, 1978-1981)
Joan Pringle ... Sybil Buchanan (26 episodes, 1978-1981)
Ken Michelman ... Abner Goldstein (26 episodes, 1978-1981)
Ira Angustain ... Ricky Gomez / ... (26 episodes, 1978-1981)
Thomas Carter ... James Hayward (26 episodes, 1978-1981)
Nathan Cook ... Milton Reese (25 episodes, 1978-1981)
John Mengatti ... Nick Vitaglia (23 episodes, 1979-1981)
Erik Kilpatrick ... Curtis Jackson (22 episodes, 1978-1980)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
60 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Company:
Company Four more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Coach Reeves attended Boston College, which is where he met principal Willis, who was on the basketball team with him. more
Goofs:
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
Quotes:
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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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Cave Dwellers (#4.1)" (1991) more

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9 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
One hell of a good show, indeed., 4 November 2001
Author: cemk-2 from Ankara, Turkey

"The White Shadow" was my favourite TV-series when I was a ten-year old. As a member of a soccer-crazy nation, it had hit me and a generation of Turks like no other show had. That, I may easily claim, has been the TV show that turned basketball in Turkey from a fringe sport no-one cared about to a sport everyone wanted to participate in. Many who didn't know there was such a sport had become addicts to basketball league games, and the relationship between the team-members at Carver High has become an inspiration to high-school pupils. Now, since the recent Euro'Basket 2001, the TRT TV has began to run the series again. I am very glad to see my wee nephews watch it with the same enthusiasm as I did when I was their age. That's due to the fact that the characters were well-written, the subjects very-well chosen, and the acting was pure brilliant. I don't know if any other high-school drama can match it years later in terms of its density, strength, and meaningfulness. I'm glad it was on years ago, I'm glad they show it again in 2001. Pity Ken Howard and the rest of the cast couldn't make it as big as they deserved later on. One thing is for sure, though, they'll always be remembered as Coach Reeves, Coolidge, Salami, Thorpe and so...

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