Deadline (2000)
Deadline is a television series which was shown on NBC in the 2000–2001 season. It starred Oliver Platt as Wallace Benton, who worked for the fictional New York Ledger. This was a daily newspaper which was seen in many episodes of Law & Order.
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Episode 1 - First Episode
Release Date: 2000-10-02A Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist (Oliver Platt) recruits college students to assist in uncovering headline stories.
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Episode 2 - Lovers and Madmen
Release Date: 2000-10-09Benton investigates a renowned classical pianist who becomes romantically involved with Benton's estranged wife.
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Episode 3 - Perception
Release Date: 2000-10-16Benton uncovers a link between the "accidental" shooting of an off-duty officer and a series of police beatings.
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Episode 4 - Daniel in the Lion's Den
Release Date: 2000-10-23Benton learns that a candidate for city council is a convicted fugitive living under an assumed name.
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Episode 5 - Howl
Release Date: 2000-10-30Benton becomes a suspect in the murder of a gangster's girlfriend after she spent the night at his place.
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Episode 6 - The Old Ball Game
Release Date: 2001-03-17A wealthy woman goes missing, and the investigation uncovers more than anyone expected.
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Episode 7 - Don't I Know You?
Release Date: 2001-03-17When Wallace probes the mob, Nikki's family connections and her past come back to haunt her and she is forced to choose between her father and her career. Abe Vigoda guest stars.
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Episode 8 - The Undesirables
Release Date: 2001-03-24Wallace uncovers a politician's plot to sterilize female drug addicts
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Episode 9 - Somebody's Fool
Release Date: 2001-03-24Benton investigates when a man is killed after creating a disturbance on a plane.
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Episode 10 - The First Commandment
Release Date: 2001-03-31Benton is led astray while investigating the murder of a prominent rabbi's wife, causing him to delve into the holy man's background.
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Episode 11 - Just Lie Back
Release Date: 2001-03-31Benton investigates the possibility that misogynistic comments by a radio disc jockey may have provoked a series of sexual assaults.
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Episode 12 - Shock
Release Date: 2001-04-07Beth investigates a drug rehabilitation center that preys off its clientele by selling narcotics and condoning prostitution.
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Episode 13 - Red Herring
Release Date: 2001-04-07Benton ends up afraid for his life and on his publisher's bad side when he dares to write a damning column on a stock scam run by the Russian mafia.