Capital News

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Capital News
Format Drama
Created by David Milch
Christian Williams
Starring Lloyd Bridges
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
No. of episodes 13
Production
Running time 44 min. approx.
Broadcast
Original channel ABC
Original run April 9, 1990April 30, 1990
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Capital News is an American television series in 1990 created by David Milch and Christian Williams. It focuses on the editorial stuff and writers of the Washington, D.C.-based daily news paper "Capital News" (a fictional journal inspiral by the actual "Washington Post"). It was produced by MTM Enterprises.

Contents

[edit] Cast

actor role
Mark Blum Edison King
Lloyd Bridges Jonathan 'Jo Jo' Turner
Christian Clemenson Todd Lunden
Chelsea Field Cassy Swann
Kurt Fuller Miles Plato
Charles Levin Vinnie DiSalvo
Richard Murphy Richie Fineberg
Wendell Pierce Conrad White
Daniel Roebuck Haskell Epstein
William Russ Redmond Dunne
Helen Slater Anne McKenna
Michael Woods Clay Gibson
Jenny Wright Doreen Duncan

[edit] Episodes

The series consists of one TV movie (also considered as the pilot) and twelve regular episodes, of which only three were shown on its initial run in the United States, after which the ABC pulled the plug.[1][2]

Pilot (TV Movie)
Running 2 hours, debuting on April 9, 1990. Read a sysnopsis.
D.C. Tree
Air date April 16, 1990. Read a synopsis.
King For A Day
Air date April 23, 1990. Read a synopsis.
Finished? ... Not Dunne
Air date April 30, 1990.
Blues For Mr. White
Tapes Of Wrath
Here Comes The Sun
Swanns And Drakes
Best Little Whorehouse In Virginia
Bye Hooker, Bye Crook
Sheel Game
A Man's Home Is His Hassle
The Last Supper

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kabel1.de - Serienlexikon, in German
  2. ^ Capital News at the James Morrison fanpage The Life Of An Actor