The Andros Targets (partially found newspaper drama series; 1977)
Mike Andros (James Sutorius) and Sandi Farrell (Pamela Reed) in a black and white still photograph sourced from CBS' still archives.
Status: Partially Found
The Andros Targets is a newspaper drama series that was produced by Worldvision Enterprises and originally aired on CBS from January 31st, 1977 to May 16th of the same year. Reruns of the show aired on CBS up until July 9th, and the series was even broadcast as late as the early to mid 1980's when dubbed episodes of the show were broadcast on networks such as Canal 9 in Argentina as well as TV3 in Catalonia in their Spanish and Catalan dubs respectively.[1]
The series was based on the experiences of Nicholas Gage, a former investigative journalist for the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Associated Press, and The Boston Herald[2] who led both investigations against the Mafia, as well as former Vice President of the United States, Spiro Agnew, who later resigned due to corruption that was exposed in Gage's reports.[3] Gage was also the first journalist who listened to any of the Nixon tapes following the Watergate scandal.[4] In the intro for The Andros Targets, Gage is listed as a "journalistic consultant" for the series.
Premise
The show follows Mike Andros (James Sutorius), an investigative journalist who works to uncover crime and corruption within New York City along with his close partner Sandi Farrell (Pamela Reed), and other staff of the "New York Forum". With the exception of the portioned episode Requiem for a Stolen Child, each episode featured its own independent investigation, with the story of each episode being written by Jerome Coopersmith and another co-writer. Among these co-writers were Irving Gaynor Neiman, George Bellak, Frank Cucci and Tim Maschler.[5]
Availability
Only two video segments of the series exist online, one being of the intro which was seemingly sourced from Argentina's Canal 9 by the text overlay,[6] and another CBS promo of the show.[7] Scripts of the show are scattered; some being up for sale on Amazon[8] while others are available for research in archives across the United States.[9] One of these scripts claimed to be for an episode of The Andros Targets titled The Blue Angels doesn't have a corresponding episode according to online sources.[10] This raises the question as to whether or not the series had episodes that were cancelled after the series ending in May of 1977.
The series was under the ownership of Worldvision Enterprises[11] up until 1989 when the company merged with Spelling Productions to become the Spelling Entertainment Group. Ownership then transferred to Paramount Domestic Television in 1999, a subsidiary of Viacom, and, after the breakup of CBS and Viacom, ultimately to CBS-Paramount Television in 2006 and to CBS Television Distribution in 2007, where it remains today.[12]
Though the series received mixed reviews from television audiences and critics, it was nominated for an Edgar Award for "Best Episode in a TV Series" in 1978 for the episode In the Event of my Death.[13]
Gallery
References
- ↑ A Catalan forum stating that the show aired on TV3 under the name L'objetiu de Mike Andros. Retrieved 03 May '18
- ↑ A quick biography on Nicholas Gage. Retrieved 03 May '18
- ↑ A New York Times article reporting on the details of the resignation of Spiro Agnew. Retrieved 03 May '18
- ↑ An interview in which Nicholas Gage states that he was the first to listen to the Nixon tapes following the Watergate scandal. Retrieved 03 May '18
- ↑ A webpage outlining the cast and production crew for the series and each of its episodes. Retrieved 03 May '18
- ↑ The Intro of the show, with the Argentinian name and date of the series. Retrieved 03 May '18
- ↑ The CBS promo for the show Retrieved 03 May '18
- ↑ An Amazon listing for the script for the episode The Treatment Succeeded, but the Patient Died. Retrieved 03 May '18
- ↑ WorldCat results for "The Andros Targets." Retrieved 03 May '18
- ↑ The apparent script for the unverified episode. Retrieved 03 May '18
- ↑ A magazine stating that The Andros Targets was in the possession of Worldvision Enterprises. Retrieved 03 May '18
- ↑ A Google Books result detailing Viacom's acquisition of these companies. Retrieved 03 May '18
- ↑ The Edgar Awards database for winners and nominations, for which The Andros Targets can be found in the year 1978. Retrieved 03 May '18
