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Lucas Tanner

{{short description|American television series}}

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| image = David Hartman Scott Glaser Lucas Tanner 1974.JPG

| caption = David Hartman as Lucas Tanner with a gifted student, Scott Glaser (Alfred Lutter III), in the episode "Thirteen Going on Twenty."

| genre = School drama

| creator = Jerry McNeely

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| narrated =

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| opentheme =

| endtheme =

| composer = David Shire

| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 22

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| executive_producer = David Victor

| producer = {{Plainlist |

  • Jay Benson
  • Jerry McNeely

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| editor = {{Plainlist |

  • Tony Martinelli
  • Robert Watts
  • John J. Dumas
  • Edward Haire
  • Richard Bracken

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| location =

| cinematography = Harry L. Wolf

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| runtime = 60 min

| network = NBC

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| first_aired = {{start date|1974|9|11}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1975|4|9}}

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Lucas Tanner is an American drama series aired on NBC during the 1974–75 season. The title character, played by David Hartman, is a former baseball player and sportswriter who becomes an English teacher at the fictional Harry S Truman Memorial High School in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. He changed professions following the death of his wife and child.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81786320/little-house-on-the-prairie-season-one/ Morrison, Bill. "Bland Television Menu Could Give You Ulcers," The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC), Sunday, September 22, 1974.] Retrieved January 17, 2023. Episodes often deal with the resistance of traditional teachers to Tanner's unorthodox teaching style.

Regular co-stars included Rosemary Murphy, Kimberly Beck, John Randolph, and ten-year-old Robbie Rist. Unusually, the show was actually filmed in Webster Groves, rather than on a Hollywood backlot. That gave it a somewhat unusual "look" for a prime-time TV series.

A 90-minute pilot film of the series aired on NBC the week of May 4, 1974; the pilot also starred Kathleen Quinlan and Joe Garagiola.[http://vintagetoledotv.squarespace.com/print-ads-nbc/nbc-print-ads/3662365 NBC TV Guide ad for week of May 4, 1974, at Vintage Toledo TV.]

This series was Hartman's last work as an actor. In November 1975, he began as co-host of ABC's Good Morning America. To date, he has not returned to acting.

Episodes

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| EpisodeNumber = 0

| Title = Lucas Tanner

| DirectedBy = Richard Donner

| WrittenBy = Jerry McNeely

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1974|5|8}}

| ShortSummary = 90-minute pilot.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 1

| Title = A Matter of Love

| DirectedBy = Gordon Hessler

| WrittenBy = John McGreevey

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1974|9|11}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 2

| Title = Instant Replay

| DirectedBy = Gordon Hessler

| WrittenBy = Robert Van Scoyk

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1974|9|18}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 3

| Title = Thirteen Going on Twenty

| DirectedBy = Walter Doniger

| WrittenBy = Jerry McNeely

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1974|10|2}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 4

| Title = Winners and Losers

| DirectedBy = Leo Penn

| WrittenBy = Eugene Price

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1974|10|9}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 5

| Title = A Question of Privacy

| DirectedBy = Jerry McNeely

| WrittenBy = Jerry McNeely

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1974|10|16}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 6

| Title = Three Letter Word

| DirectedBy = Walter Doniger

| WrittenBy = Leonard & Arlene Stadd

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1974|10|23}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 7

| Title = By the Numbers

| DirectedBy = William Asher

| WrittenBy = Sue Milburn

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1974|11|6}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 8

| Title = Echoes

| DirectedBy = Walter Doniger

| WrittenBy = Arthur Heinemann

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1974|11|13}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 9

| Title = Look the Other Way

| DirectedBy = Jerry London

| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay

| s = Gene Thompson

| ex1 = Arthur Heinemann

| slabel = {{abbr|S|Story by}}

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| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1974|11|20}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 10

| Title = Cheers

| DirectedBy = Paul Kransky

| WrittenBy = William Froug

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1974|12|4}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 11

| Title = Merry Gentlemen

| DirectedBy = Walter Doniger

| WrittenBy = Robert Van Scoyk

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1974|12|25}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 12

| Title = Bonus Baby

| DirectedBy = Randal Kleiser

| WrittenBy = Bruce Shelly & David Ketchum

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|1|8}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 13

| Title = Pay the Two Dollars

| DirectedBy = Allen Baron

| WrittenBy = Robert Van Scoyk

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|1|15}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 14

| Title = Those Who Cannot, Teach

| DirectedBy = Robert Scheerer

| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay

| s = Lila Garrett

| t = Judy Burns & Robert Van Scoyk

| slabel = {{abbr|S|Story by}}

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| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|1|22}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 15

| Title = What's Wrong with Bobbie?

| DirectedBy = Walter Doniger

| WrittenBy = Booker T. Bradshaw & David P. Lewis

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|1|29}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 16

| Title = Collision

| DirectedBy = Alexander Singer

| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay

| t = Robert Van Scoyk

| ex1 = Max Hodge

| tlabel = {{abbr|T|Teleplay by}}

| ex1label = {{abbr|S/T|Story and teleplay by}}

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| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|2|5}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 17

| Title = Why Not a Happy Ending?

| DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin

| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay

| t = Judy Burns

| ex1 = Claire Whitaker

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| ex1label = {{abbr|S/T|Story and teleplay by}}

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| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|2|12}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 18

| Title = Shattered

| DirectedBy = Richard Bennett

| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay

| t = Robert Van Scoyk

| ex1 = Ann Beckett

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| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|2|19}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 19

| Title = The Noise of a Quiet Weekend

| DirectedBy = Leo Penn

| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay

| s = Joel Clark

| t = Robert Van Scoyk

| slabel = {{abbr|S|Story by}}

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| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|2|26}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 20

| Title = Requiem for a Son

| DirectedBy = Robert Scheerer

| WrittenBy = David P. Lewis & Booker T. Bradshaw

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|3|12}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 21

| Title = A Touch of Bribery

| DirectedBy = Paul Kransky

| WrittenBy = Eugene Price

| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|4|2}}

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 22

| Title = One to One

| DirectedBy = Charles S. Dubin

| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay

| t = Robert Van Scoyk

| ex1 = Norman Hudis

| tlabel = {{abbr|T|Teleplay by}}

| ex1label = {{abbr|S/T|Story and teleplay by}}

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| OriginalAirDate = {{start date|1975|4|9}}

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References

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External links

  • {{IMDb title|0071008|Lucas Tanner}}

Category:1974 American television series debuts

Category:1975 American television series endings

Category:1970s American workplace drama television series

Category:1970s American high school television series

Category:American English-language television shows

Tanner, Lucas

Category:Television series about educators

Category:Television series by Universal Television

Category:Television shows set in Missouri

Category:Television shows set in St. Louis

Category:NBC television dramas