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The Tony Randall Show (1976–1978)

CBS · Comedy, Family, Legal · 2 seasons · 30 min

Tony Randall plays a newly-elected Philadelphia municipal judge named Walter Franklin in The Tony Randall Show, which premiered in the Bicentennial Year of 1976.

The Tony Randall Show is a half-hour comedy series starring Emmy Award-winner Tony Randall as Judge Walter' Franklin, a contemporary courtroom judge in Philadelphia who has as many trials and vexations off the bench as on, it debuted Thursday, Sept. 30, 1976 on ABC-TV. A widower, Franklin lives with his two children, Roberta (Devon Scott), 18, and Oliver Wendell Franklin, 11, along with their housekeeper, Mrs. McClellan (Rachel Roberts). At the courthouse, -he is assisted by his court reporter and confidant, Jack Terwilliger (Barney Martin) and his sharp-tongued, sardonic, secretary, Miss Reubner (Allyn Ann McLerie).

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Seasons

  1. Season 1 · 22 episodes · 1976
  2. Season 2 · 22 episodes · 1977

Cast

  • Tony Randall
    Judge Walter Franklin
  • Barney Martin
    Jack Terwillinger
  • Rachael Roberts
    Mrs. Bonnie McClellan
  • Brad Savage
    Oliver Wendell Franklin
  • Allyn Ann McLerie
    Miss Janet Reubner
  • Zane Lasky
    Mario Lanza
  • Devon Scott
    Roberta "Bobby" Franklin #1 (season 1)
  • Penny Peyser
    Roberta "Bobby" Franklin #2 (season 2)
  • Hans Conried
    Wyatt Franklin (season 2)

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