Lucas Tanner is an NBC television drama that aired during the 1974-75 season. The title character, played by David Hartman, was a former baseball player and sportswriter who becomes an English teacher at the fictional Harry S Truman High School in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Episodes often deal with the resistance of traditional teachers to Tanner's unorthodox teaching style. Regular co-stars included Rosemary Murphy, Kimberly Beck, 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. This series was Hartman's last television series as an actor—in November 1975, he began a long-running stint as co-host of ABC's Good Morning America.
Lucas Tanner (Season 1)
A Matter of Love 0.0
Air date: 1974-09-11
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A delicate problem for Lucas - try to cope with a bitter young girl who is falling in love with him.
Instant Replay 0.0
Air date: 1974-09-18
Runtime: 60 min
Thirteen Going on Twenty 0.0
Air date: 1974-10-02
Runtime: 60 min
Winners and Losers 0.0
Air date: 1974-10-09
Runtime: 60 min
A Question of Privacy 0.0
Air date: 1974-10-16
Runtime: 60 min
Three Letter Word 0.0
Air date: 1974-10-23
Runtime: 60 min
By the Numbers 0.0
Air date: 1974-11-06
Runtime: 60 min
Echoes 0.0
Air date: 1974-11-13
Runtime: 60 min
Look the Other Way 0.0
Air date: 1974-11-20
Runtime: 60 min
Cheers 0.0
Air date: 1974-12-04
Runtime: 60 min
Merry Gentlemen 0.0
Air date: 1974-12-25
Runtime: 60 min
Bonus Baby 0.0
Air date: 1975-01-08
Runtime: 60 min
Pay the Two Dollars 0.0
Air date: 1975-01-15
Runtime: 60 min
Those Who Cannot Count, Teach 0.0
Air date: 1975-01-22
What's Wrong with Bobby? 0.0
Air date: 1975-01-29
Runtime: 60 min
Collision 0.0
Air date: 1975-02-05
Runtime: 60 min
Why Not a Happy Ending? 0.0
Air date: 1975-02-12
Runtime: 60 min
Shattered 0.0
Air date: 1975-02-19
Runtime: 60 min
The Noise of a Quiet Weekend 0.0
Air date: 1975-02-26
Runtime: 60 min
Requiem for a Son 0.0
Air date: 1975-03-12
Runtime: 60 min
A Touch of Bribery 0.0
Air date: 1975-04-02
Runtime: 60 min
One to One 0.0
Air date: 1975-04-09
Runtime: 60 min
Seasons
Episodes 21