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The show follows Kate McShane, an Irish-American lawyer with a no-nonsense personality who would often develop a close relationship with her clients. During her cases, she would often consult with her father (an ex-cop) as well as her brother (a law professor and Jesuit priest) for legal advice.<ref>[http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/kate-mcshane/cast/202486 Description of the show] Retrieved 21 Mar '18</ref> In an interview with EmmyTVLegends, Anne Meara stated that the show was originally set to star a male actor as the main character, though the producers decided, in the end, to showcase a female lead character instead.<ref>[http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/anne-meara An interview with Anne Meara in which ''Kate McShane'' is mentioned] Retrieved 21 Mar '18</ref>
The show follows Kate McShane, an Irish-American lawyer with a no-nonsense personality who would often develop a close relationship with her clients. During her cases, she would often consult with her father (an ex-cop) as well as her brother (a law professor and Jesuit priest) for legal advice.<ref>[http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/kate-mcshane/cast/202486 Description of the show] Retrieved 21 Mar '18</ref> In an interview with EmmyTVLegends, Anne Meara stated that the show was originally set to star a male actor as the main character, though the producers decided, in the end, to showcase a female lead character instead.<ref>[http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/anne-meara An interview with Anne Meara in which ''Kate McShane'' is mentioned] Retrieved 21 Mar '18</ref>


A DVD release for the first/pilot episode of the series was made,<ref>[https://www.modcinema.com/categories/3-made-for-tv/987-kate-mcshane-tv-1975-dvd?order=title_a-z&page=7 A Pilot DVD for the show for sale] Retrieved 21 Mar '18</ref> though there are no other full episodes available, digitally or not. Though it is known that the show only lasted for a single season, the amount of episodes released is unclear due to the fact that multiple television episode guides include different entries for later episodes often mixing up the number, leading to confusion about how many episodes there are in the series.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/shows/kate-mcshane/ An example of television guide confusion] Retrieved 21 Mar '18</ref> On top of this is the fact that the show only aired 9 of the 10-13 episodes produced. It is currently known that the University of California in Los Angeles Film Archives has 10 episodes of the series on film reels, including one episode that never saw public broadcast.<ref>[https://cinema.library.ucla.edu/vwebv/search?searchArg=Kate+McShane&searchCode=FTIT*&setLimit=1&recCount=50&searchType=1&page.search.search.button=Search The Film Reels found at the UCLA Film Archives] Retrieved 21 Mar '18</ref> As of July 24th, 2018, the April 11th pilot episode of the series is available for viewing on archive.org in it's entirety.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/title00_201807 The April 11th, 1975 pilot episode in it's entirety on archive.org] Retrieved 10 Oct '18</ref>  
A DVD release for the first/pilot episode of the series was made,<ref>[https://www.modcinema.com/categories/3-made-for-tv/987-kate-mcshane-tv-1975-dvd?order=title_a-z&page=7 A Pilot DVD for the show for sale] Retrieved 21 Mar '18</ref> though there are no other full episodes available, digitally or not. Though it is known that the show only lasted for a single season, the amount of episodes released is unclear due to the fact that multiple television episode guides include different entries for later episodes often mixing up the number, leading to confusion about how many episodes there are in the series.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/shows/kate-mcshane/ An example of television guide confusion] Retrieved 21 Mar '18</ref> On top of this is the fact that the show only aired 9 of the 10-13 episodes produced. It is currently known that the University of California in Los Angeles Film Archives has 10 episodes of the series on film reels, including one episode that never saw public broadcast.<ref>[https://cinema.library.ucla.edu/vwebv/search?searchArg=Kate+McShane&searchCode=FTIT*&setLimit=1&recCount=50&searchType=1&page.search.search.button=Search The Film Reels found at the UCLA Film Archives] Retrieved 21 Mar '18</ref> As of July 24th, 2018, the April 11th pilot episode of the series is available for viewing on archive.org in it's entirety.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/title00_201807 The April 11th, 1975 pilot episode in it's entirety on archive.org] Retrieved 10 Oct '18</ref>.


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Revision as of 17:51, 18 August 2019

Kate McShane.jpeg

Anne Meara as Kate McShane in a CBS colour photo of the series.

Status: Partially Found

Kate McShane is a legal drama television series that aired from September to November of 1975 on the CBS television network. Among the show's achievements were a nomination for the 1976 Primetime Emmy awards as well as another nomination for the Edgar Allen Poe award for the episode Murder Comes in Little Pills.[1][2] The show was the first to star a female lawyer as the lead character and saw the first television appearance of the now famous Ben Stiller at ten years of age.

The show follows Kate McShane, an Irish-American lawyer with a no-nonsense personality who would often develop a close relationship with her clients. During her cases, she would often consult with her father (an ex-cop) as well as her brother (a law professor and Jesuit priest) for legal advice.[3] In an interview with EmmyTVLegends, Anne Meara stated that the show was originally set to star a male actor as the main character, though the producers decided, in the end, to showcase a female lead character instead.[4]

A DVD release for the first/pilot episode of the series was made,[5] though there are no other full episodes available, digitally or not. Though it is known that the show only lasted for a single season, the amount of episodes released is unclear due to the fact that multiple television episode guides include different entries for later episodes often mixing up the number, leading to confusion about how many episodes there are in the series.[6] On top of this is the fact that the show only aired 9 of the 10-13 episodes produced. It is currently known that the University of California in Los Angeles Film Archives has 10 episodes of the series on film reels, including one episode that never saw public broadcast.[7] As of July 24th, 2018, the April 11th pilot episode of the series is available for viewing on archive.org in it's entirety.[8].

Gallery

Clip of the intro and episode beginning from a Kate McShane film reel.

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