The Tony Randall Show
Walter Franklin is a somewhat less-than-magisterial Philadelphia judge put upon by an assortment of family and courtroom recidivists.
Seasons
1. Pilot
Air Date: 1976-09-23
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.
2. Case: A Question Of Qualifications
Air Date: 1976-09-30
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.
3. Case: His Honor Vs. Her Honor
Air Date: 1976-10-07
Walter becomes infatuated when he meets another Judge, Eleanor Hooper, and they try to find some privacy together by meeting in Atlantic City.
4. Case: The Ego Affair
Air Date: 1976-10-14
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.
5. Case: Franklin vs. Reubner And Reubner
Air Date: 1976-10-21
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.
6. Case: The Snow White Affair
Air Date: 1976-10-28
After Walter upholds a local theater's right to show a pornographic film, he forbids his eighteen-year-old daughter to see it.
7. Case: Terwilliger vs. Himself
Air Date: 1976-11-11
When Jack's normally ultra-accurate court reports deteriorate, Walter investigates his friend's problem.
8. Case: The Denecki Debacle
Air Date: 1976-11-18
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. .
9. Case: Mario Strikes Again
Air Date: 1976-12-02
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.
10. Case: Franklin In Love
Air Date: 1976-12-16
Walter's family thinks his engagement to Judge Hooper is premature.
11. Case: O' Come All Ye Wastrels
Air Date: 1976-12-23
Believing there's no place like home for the holidays, Walter brings home a convicted criminal to spend the Christmas holidays with his family.
12. Case: Money Vs. Stature
Air Date: 1976-12-30
Walter is tempted by a friend's offer of a law partnership.
13. Case: The Hooper Affair
Air Date: 1977-01-06
Walter's romance with Judge Hooper is threatened by the arrival of a college buddy who once dated her.
14. Case: Democracy Vs. Tyranny
Air Date: 1977-01-13
Walter's household rebels: Bobby wants an apartment, Brad refuses to change schools, and Mrs. McClellan buys a cat.
15. Case: Whatever Happened To Mary Jane?
Air Date: 1977-01-20
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.
16. Case: McClellan Vs. Immigration
Air Date: 1977-01-27
To prevent deportation to her native England, Mrs. McClellan advertises for a husband and a motley crew of prospects show up.
17. Case: May Vs December
Air Date: 1977-02-03
After reprimanding Bobby for dating an older man, Walter finds himself attracted to a younger woman.
18. Case: The Lawndale Report
Air Date: 1977-02-10
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.
19. Case: Violence Vs Finesse
Air Date: 1977-02-17
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.
20. Case: Franklin Vs. McClellan
Air Date: 1977-02-24
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.
21. Case: Facing Up Vs. Hiding Behind The Drapes
Air Date: 1977-03-03
Mario becomes Walter's self-appointed bodyguard after the escape of a vengeful convict Walter once sent to prison.
22. Case: The People Speak
Air Date: 1977-03-10
Walter runs for Superior Court judge against a former rival.
1. Franklin vs. the Generation Gap
Air Date: 1977-09-24
Bobby announces she's going to live with her boyfriend Michael.
2. The Prodigal Father Returns
Air Date: 1977-10-01
Walter's estranged father Wyatt visits him for the first time in five years.
3. Walter Screws Up
Air Date: 1977-10-08
Walter doubts his competence as a judge when he discovers that he convicted an innocent man.
4. Philadelphia Triangle
Air Date: 1977-10-15
Mario mistakes Eleanor's kindness for love.
5. Love vs. Excitement
Air Date: 1977-10-22
Walter fears that Jack will become suicidal after he and his wife separate.
6. The Taking of Reubner 1-2-3
Air Date: 1977-10-29
An escaped convict takes over Walter's chambers with a gun and holds Miss Reubner hostage.
7. Civil Disobedience
Air Date: 1977-11-05
Franklin is forced to rule against an environmental protester, and when Bobby leads a protest, he jails her for contempt of court.
8. Skin Game
Air Date: 1977-11-12
Walter doesn't know how to act around his new clerk, a militant young upper-class black man.
9. New Found Franklin
Air Date: 1977-11-26
When Eleanor thinks their relationship has become dull, Walter tries to make himself a more well-rounded person by joining clubs.
10. Franklin vs. Casanova
Air Date: 1977-12-10
Walter must protect Miss Reubner from the advances of a notorious womanizer.
11. Bobby vs. Michael
Air Date: 1977-12-17
Franklin reacts unexpectedly after Bobby announces she's tired of living with Michael.
12. The Sylvia Needleman Experience
Air Date: 1977-12-24
A predatory real estate agent tries to get Walter to sell his house.
13. Kids' Rights
Air Date: 1978-01-07
Mario is hopelessly outmatched when he represents a young girl suing for the right to live with her stepmother.
14. Bobby and Brian
Air Date: 1978-01-14
Bobby's new boyfriend is not only too old for her, but a known gangster.
15. I Live to Dance
Air Date: 1978-01-21
Jack and Miss Reubner enter a ballroom dancing competition.
16. Twice Is Not Enough
Air Date: 1978-01-28
Walter has to choose between Eleanor and Melissa.
17. Dream Maker
Air Date: 1978-02-04
Mrs. McClellan's nephew enthralls everyone with his tales of globe-trotting adventure.
18. Case: The Eyes of the Law
Air Date: 1978-02-11
Walter begins teaching a night school law course, where the only promising student is a blind woman.
19. The Phantom of the Poconos
Air Date: 1978-02-18
Walter inherits a mountain cabin that seems to be haunted.
20. Adios, Mr. Chips
Air Date: 1978-03-04
Walter is proud of his night school class's showing on a test, until it turns out they all cheated.
21. The Way It Was
Air Date: 1978-03-11
Walter and his employees all have different memories of his first day as a judge.
22. Wyatt Loves Bonnie
Air Date: 1978-03-25
Walter discovers that his father is in love with Mrs. McClellan.
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Rating
6.0/10
Release Date
1976-09-23
Episodes
44 (2 seasons)
Status
Ended
