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November 27, 1978, to March 16, 1981
- The White Shadow is an American drama television series starring Ken Howard that ran on the CBS network from November 27, 1978, to March 16, 1981, about a white former professional basketball player who takes a job coaching basketball at an impoverished urban high school with a racially mixed basketball team.
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The White Shadow is an American drama television series starring Ken Howard that ran on the CBS network from November 27, 1978, to March 16, 1981, about a white former professional basketball player who takes a job coaching basketball at an impoverished urban high school with a racially mixed basketball team.
Jul 25, 2024 · End date: Mar 1981. Status: cancelled/ended. Network (s): CBS (US) Run time: 60 min. Episodes: 54 eps. Genre (s): Drama. Credits: Episode list & details from: TVmaze • TV.com. A guide listing the titles AND air dates for episodes of the TV series The White Shadow.
The White Shadow: Created by Bruce Paltrow. With Ken Howard, Kevin Hooks, Byron Stewart, Timothy Van Patten. A white former NBA professional retires from the pro game and gets a job as a basketball coach in a predominantly Black inner-city high school.
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The White Shadow was a CBS network drama series, created by Bruce Paltrow, starring Ken Howard.
The show first premiered on November 27, 1978 and it broke new ground as the first television ensemble drama to feature a mostly African American cast with African American actors playing the high school principal & vice-principal, the majority of the teenage basketball players and other supporting roles.
It also presented a more realistic view of high school than previous TV shows and dealt with controversial subject matter such as sexually transmitted disease & gay sexual orientation among high school students.
"The White Shadow" drew praise from critics even though it wasn't a big ratings hit and helped pave the way for later realistic drama TV show such as "Hill Streeet Blues" and "My So-Called Life."
It became the first series developed by Bruce Paltrow, who would go on to create & produce the NBC network medical drama series "St. Elsewhere."
"The White Shadow" ended on March 16, 1981 after 3 seasons and 51 episodes.
The show was about Ken Reeves, a white professional basketball player who retires from the Chicago Bulls of the NBA after suffering from a severe knee injury.
Upon his retirement, Reeves takes a job as the head basketball coach at the fictional Carver High School, a mostly black and Hispanic urban high school in South Central Los Angeles, California.
Carver's principal is Coach Reeves' former Boston College classmate Jim Willis (Jason Bernard in the pilot and Ed Bernard for seasons 1 and 2).
Sybil Buchanan (Joan Pringle) is the vice principal, who was against Reeves' hiring and frequently clashes with Reeves in the areas of discipline and education.
•Ken Howard as Coach Ken Reeves
•Ed Bernard as Principal Jim Willis [seasons 1-2]
•Joan Pringle as Sybil Buchanan
•Kevin Hooks as Morris Thorpe
•Thomas Carter as James Hayward [seasons 1-2]
•Timothy Van Patten as Mario "Salami" Pettrino
Step back in time to November 27, 1978, when 'The White Shadow' made its groundbreaking debut on CBS. This video explores the impact and legacy of the series...
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Complete series of the classic American TV drama "The White Shadow" starring Ken Howard.
February 26, 1980. CBS. A touring high school team from the then-Soviet Union comes to Carver. The players have trouble relating to the Russian players, with the exception of one Russian, whom Hayward befriends, and later wants to defect to the U.S.
