Kate McShane
{{Short description|Television series}}
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| genre = Legal drama
| runtime = 60 minutes
| company = Paramount Television
| creator = Robert C. Peters
Howard Rayfiel
| executive_producer = E. Jack Neuman
| producer = Howard Rayfiel
Robert Foster
Robert Stambler
| camera =
| starring =
| narrated =
| composer = John Cacavas
| country = United States
| language = English
| network = CBS
| first_aired = {{Start date|1975|09|10}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1975|11|12}}
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 11 (2 unaired)
| list_episodes = Kate McShane#Episodes
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Kate McShane is an American legal drama television series that aired from September 10 until November 12, 1975. Kate McShane was the first series to feature a female lawyer in the lead role.{{cite book|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present|year=2003|publisher=Ballantine Books|isbn=0345455428|page=631}} A two-hour pilot film aired April 11, 1975.
Premise
Kate McShane is an Irish American lawyer working in Los Angeles who is fiercely dedicated to her clients, pushing the letter of the law to attain satisfaction for them and herself.{{Cite book |last=Terrace |first=Vincent |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC |title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed. |date=2014-01-10 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-8641-0 |pages=557 |language=en}} She also gets help from her dad, an ex-cop, and her brother, a priest and a law professor.{{cite web|author=TV Guide |url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/kate-mcshane/cast/202486 |title=Kate McShane Cast and Details|publisher=TV Guide |accessdate=2013-02-13}}
Cast
- Anne Meara as Kate McShane. Despite a shortened run, Meara was nominated for an Emmy Award.{{Cite book |last=Erickson |first=Hal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RXQNIs12SzQC |title=Encyclopedia of Television Law Shows: Factual and Fictional Series About Judges, Lawyers and the Courtroom, 1948-2008 |date=2009-10-21 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-5452-5 |pages=156–157 |language=en}}
- Charles Haid as Ed McShane
- Sean McClory as Pat McShane
- Benjamin Stiller, Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller's son, then almost 10, is listed on an 8/14/1975 Call Sheet in the role of Nickie in the “Little Bit of Knowledge" episode (episode 11).
Episodes
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! style="background:#39f;"| Title ! style="background:#39f;"| Directed by ! style="background:#39f;"| Written by ! style="background:#39f;"| Original air date {{Episode list |Title=The Best Possible Defense (a.k.a. A Roar of Silence) |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|09|10}} |EpisodeNumber=1 |DirectedBy= Robert Scheerer |WrittenBy= Milt Rosen |ShortSummary= Kate and her crew defends a former anti-war militant. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Terror on Sycamore Street |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|09|17}} |EpisodeNumber=2 |DirectedBy= Robert Scheerer |WrittenBy= Michael Butler |ShortSummary= A homeowner is charged with killing a narcotics agent, but he claims it was self-defense. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=World vs. Ackerman |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|09|24}} |EpisodeNumber=3 |DirectedBy= Jack Shea |WrittenBy= David Karp |ShortSummary= An old man is accused of killing a robber in his own house. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Murder Comes in Little Pills (a.k.a. First and Ten) |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|10|01}} |EpisodeNumber=4 |DirectedBy= Robert Scheerer |WrittenBy= Milt Rosen and Robert Foster |ShortSummary= A professional football player might have killed his girlfriend while on drugs. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Accounts Receivable |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|10|08}} |EpisodeNumber=5 |DirectedBy= David Friedkin |WrittenBy= Michael Butler |ShortSummary= A federal agent wants Kate to drop an investigation of a murder. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Publish or Perish |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|10|22}} |EpisodeNumber=6 |DirectedBy= Corey Allen |WrittenBy= Paul Lichtman and Leon Tokatyan |ShortSummary= A scientist admits to killing a Nobel Prize winner. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Conspiracy of Silence |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|10|29}} |EpisodeNumber=7 |DirectedBy= John Peyser |WrittenBy= Peter Lefcourt |ShortSummary= Kate defends a female magazine editor (Susan Strasberg), against a libel suit after she accuses a firm of paying off corrupt politicians to keep unsafe toys on the market. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Midnight Lady, Pretty Lady |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|11|05}} |EpisodeNumber=8 |DirectedBy= Bill Bixby |WrittenBy= David Friedkin, Milt Rosen and Robert Foster |ShortSummary= A former rock star is accused of contributing to his girlfriend's drug overdose. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=God at $15,732 a Year |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1975|11|12}} |EpisodeNumber=9 |DirectedBy= |WrittenBy= |ShortSummary= Kate defends a detective who shot a suspect. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=The Not So Small Claims Court Case |OriginalAirDate=UNAIRED |EpisodeNumber=10 |DirectedBy= |WrittenBy= |ShortSummary= A con man disappears before he gets taken in to the small claims court. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing |OriginalAirDate=UNAIRED |EpisodeNumber=11 |DirectedBy= |WrittenBy= |ShortSummary= |LineColor=3399ff }} |
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|72526}}
- {{TV Guide|202486}}
- {{epguides|KateMcShane}}
Category:1975 American television series debuts
Category:1975 American television series endings
Category:1970s American legal drama television series
Category:American English-language television shows
Category:Television series by CBS Studios