The White Shadow (Season 1)

Can a straight shooter cut it with this bunch of rough, razor-sharp kids from the street?

The White Shadow is an American drama television series that ran on the CBS network from November 27 1978, to March 16 1981.

  • Poster for (pilot)

    (pilot) 0.0

    Air date: 1978-11-27

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Ken Reeves, a forward with the Chicago Bulls, is forced to retire after suffering a serious knee injury. His old friend and high school teammate, Jim Willis, who is principal of Carver High near L.A., drops by to offer him a job as basketball coach. Reeves is reluctant, but agrees. Among the challenges he faces with the school and the team include a female vice principal who doesn't like him and a player, James Hayward, who has a lot of potential, but also is fatherless and may have to drop out of school to go to work and take care of his mom and little brother.

  • Poster for Here's Mud in Your Eye

    Here's Mud in Your Eye 0.0

    Air date: 1978-12-04

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Coach Reeves and the team discover liquor in Jackson's locker, and fear he may have a drinking problem.

  • Poster for The Offer

    The Offer 0.0

    Air date: 1978-12-11

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Bonus Baby

    Bonus Baby 0.0

    Air date: 1978-12-25

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Pregnant Pause

    Pregnant Pause 0.0

    Air date: 1979-01-01

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: College scouts are impressed with Reese and believe he has a good shot at a scholarship. However, Reese's plans are put on hold when his girlfriend, a Carver cheerleader, tells him she's pregnant. Coach Reeves and the team discover her attending cheerleader practices and believe she may be lying about the pregnancy to trap Reese into marrying her.

  • Poster for Wanna Bet?

    Wanna Bet? 0.0

    Air date: 1979-01-08

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for That Old Gang of Mine

    That Old Gang of Mine 0.0

    Air date: 1979-01-15

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: after gomez gets knocked off the carver high basketball team he joins a street gang he onced belonged to

  • Poster for Just One of the Boys

    Just One of the Boys 0.0

    Air date: 1979-01-27

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Reeves deals with a new player, Raymond Collins, who was forced to transfer from his old school because of rumors about his being gay.

  • Poster for Airball

    Airball 0.0

    Air date: 1979-02-03

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: The team's excitement over being invited to compete in a basketball tournament is overshadowed when the plane they're on develops mechanical trouble.

  • Poster for We're in the Money

    We're in the Money 0.0

    Air date: 1979-02-10

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: When the team goes to Las Vegas to play in a tournament, they secretly take a pool of money collected from the students so they can gamble and return home with a fortune.

  • Poster for Spare the Rod

    Spare the Rod 0.0

    Air date: 1979-02-17

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Coach Reeves substitute-teaches a P.E. class, loses his temper, and hits a student, Lucius Robinson, who refuses to participate. Reeves feels guilty about the incident, learns of Lucius' troubles, and offers to help him in any way. Reeves then quickly learns that some students can't be helped when Lucius tries to rape Mrs. Buchanan.

  • Poster for The Great White Dope

    The Great White Dope 0.0

    Air date: 1979-02-24

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Mac Wade, a tall, white, ""can't miss"" college basketball prospect, transfers to Carver for his senior year due to re-zoning, which excites Reeves. However, Reeves discovers that Mac can't read and has been allowed a free ride through school because of his basketball skills. The problem is further compounded when Mac, who has never had to take a test in school, is caught cheating on a test and has to be suspended.

  • Poster for Mainstream

    Mainstream 0.0

    Air date: 1979-03-05

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Little Orphan Abner

    Little Orphan Abner 0.0

    Air date: 1979-03-26

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Goldstein's grandmother is hospitalized and his grandfather stays at the hospital with her, so Coach Reeves asks the team to check in on him at home every so often. The other guys aren't too keen on this because Goldstein really doesn't fit in with them, but they agree to check on him and, in the process, take advantage of him and his hospitality. Goldstein threatens to quit the team, and Coach Reeves gives him a lecture on standing up for himself.

  • Poster for LeGrand Finale

    LeGrand Finale 0.0

    Air date: 1979-04-09

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: The team wants to form a singing group, but elect not to include Thorpe, who begins a dating interest with Karen LeGrand, a white girl with an unsavory reputation around school.

The White Shadow

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