TV 101

*TV 101*
TV 101
	Title screen
Genre	Drama
Created by	Karl Schaefer
Directed by	Scott Brazil; Eric Laneuville; Sam Pillsbury; Beth Hillshafer; Ben Bolt; Jan Eliasberg; Bruce Seth Green; Win Phelps; John Heath; Sam Weisman
Starring	Sam Robards; Brynn Thayer; Leon Russom; Andrew Cassese; Stacey Dash; Matt LeBlanc
Composers	Todd Rundgren; Stacy Widelitz
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	17 (4 unaired)
Production
Executive producers	Scott Brazil; Karl Schaefer
Producers	Michael Cassutt; James C. Hart
Cinematography	Paul Goldsmith
Editors	Augie Hess; Noel Rogers; M. Edward Salier
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	GTG Entertainment
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	November 29, 1988 –; March 25, 1989

GenreDrama

Created byKarl Schaefer

Directed byScott Brazil
Eric Laneuville
Sam Pillsbury
Beth Hillshafer
Ben Bolt
Jan Eliasberg
Bruce Seth Green
Win Phelps
John Heath
Sam Weisman

StarringSam Robards
Brynn Thayer
Leon Russom
Andrew Cassese
Stacey Dash
Matt LeBlanc

TV 101 is an American drama television series that aired on CBS from November 29, 1988, until March 25, 1989.^[1] The series stars Sam Robards, Brynn Thayer, Leon Russom and Andrew Cassese. Other notable cast members include Stacey Dash, Teri Polo, Alex Désert and Matt LeBlanc. The music for this show was created and produced by Todd Rundgren.

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No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)	Rating/share (households)
1	"Rolling"	Sam Weisman	Karl Schaefer	November 29, 1988 (1988-11-29)	9.9^[2]	7.2/11^[2]
2	"Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Teenagers a.k.a. But Were Afraid to Ask"	Beth Hillshafer	Karl Schaefer	December 6, 1988 (1988-12-06)	8.4^[3]	6.0/9^[3]
3	"The Unbearable Rightness of Penny"	Eric Laneuville	Michael Cassutt	December 13, 1988 (1988-12-13)	9.2^[4]	6.6/10^[4]
4	"Home"	Eric Laneuville	David Rothenberg	December 20, 1988 (1988-12-20)	7.6^[5]	5.5/9^[5]
5	"On the Road"	Beth Hillshafer	Matt Dearborn	January 4, 1989 (1989-01-04)	10.4^[6]	7.1/11^[6]
6	"Kangaroo Gate"	Ben Bolt	John Eisendrath & Kathryn Pratt	January 11, 1989 (1989-01-11)	8.5^[7]	6.2/10^[7]
7	"The Last Temptation of Checker: Part 1"	Dan Lerner	Michael Cassutt	January 18, 1989 (1989-01-18)	7.2^[8]	5.3/8^[8]
8	"The Last Temptation of Checker: Part 2"	Jan Eliasberg	Michael Cassutt	January 25, 1989 (1989-01-25)	9.1^[9]	6.5/10^[9]
9	"Clicks"	Beth Hillshafer	Matt Dearborn	February 1, 1989 (1989-02-01)	9.4^[10]	6.7/10^[10]
10	"First Love: Part 1"	Win Phelps	Story by : Pamela Douglas & Karen Croner Teleplay by : Pamela Douglas & Racelle Friedman & Michael Cassutt	February 25, 1989 (1989-02-25)	10.2^[11]	6.8/12^[11]
11	"First Love: Part 2"	Sam Pillsbury	Story by : Pamela Douglas & Karen Croner Teleplay by : Pamela Douglas & Racelle Friedman & Michael Cassutt	March 4, 1989 (1989-03-04)	9.7^[12]	6.1/10^[12]
12	"First Love: Part 3"	Bruce Seth Green	Story by : Karen Croner & Pamela Douglas Teleplay by : Karen Croner	March 11, 1989 (1989-03-11)	7.4^[13]	5.1/9^[13]
13	"Keegan's Past"	Scott Brazil	John Eisendrath & Kathryn Pratt	March 25, 1989 (1989-03-25)	7.4^[14]	4.5/8^[14]
14	"Teacher of the Year"	Sam Pillsbury	Matt Dearborn	Unaired	N/A	N/A
15	"Modern, Steamy Romance"	Jeff Brown	Racelle Friedman	Unaired	N/A	N/A
16	"Bang, Zoom: Part 1"	John Heath	Karl Schaefer	Unaired	N/A	N/A
17	"Bang, Zoom: Part 2"	N/A	Michael Cassutt	Unaired	N/A	N/A

v t e Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama
1960s	William Spier for "The Unhired Assassin" (1960) Barry Trivers for "The Fault in Our Stars" (1961) Howard A. Rodman and Kenneth M. Rosen for "Today the Man Who Kills The Ants is Coming" (1962) Lawrence B. Marcus for "Man Out of Time" (1963) Arnold Perl for "Who Do You Kill?" (1964) John D. F. Black for "With a Hammer in His Hand, Lord, Lord!" (1965) David Ellis for "No Justice for the Judge" (1966) Harlan Ellison for "The City on the Edge of Forever" (1967) Robert Lewin for "To Kill a Madman" (1968) Robert Lewin for "An Elephant in a Cigar Box" (1969)
1970s	David W. Rintels for "A Continual Roar of Musketry" (1970) Herb Bermann & Thomas Y. Drake & Jerrold Freedman & Bo May for "Par for the Course" (1971) Herman Miller for "King of the Mountain" (1972) Harlan Ellison for "Phoenix Without Ashes" (1973) Jim Byrnes for "Thirty a Month and Found" (1974) Stephen Kandel & Arthur Ross for "Prior Consent" (1975) Loring Mandel for "Crossing Fox River" (1976) Mark Rodgers for "Pressure Point" (1977) Seth Freeman for "Prisoner" (1978) Leon Tokatyan for "Vet" (1979)
1980s	Stephen J. Cannell for "Tenspeed and Brown Shoe" (1980) Steven Bochco & Michael Kozoll for "Hill Street Station" (1981) Michael Wagner for "The World According to Freedom" (1982) David Milch for "Trial By Fury" (1983) Steven Bochco & Mark Frost & Karen Hall & Jeff Lewis & David Milch & Michael Wagner for "Grace Under Pressure" (1984) Georgia Jeffries for "An Unusual Occurrence" / Anthony Yerkovich for "Brother's Keeper" (1985) Debra Frank & Carl Sautter for "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" / Tom Fontana & John Masius & Bruce Paltrow for "Remembrance of Things Past" (1986) Georgia Jeffries for "Turn, Turn, Turn" / Debra Frank & Carl Sautter for "It's a Wonderful Job" (1987) Susan Shilliday for "Therapy" / Marshall Herskovitz & Edward Zwick for "Pilot" (thirtysomething) (1988) Karl Schaefer for "Rolling" (1989)
1990s	John Sacret Young for "Souvenirs" (1990) Racelle Rosett Schaefer for "Photo Opportunity" (1991) Henry Bromell for "Amazing Grace" (1992) Tom Fontana & Frank Pugliese for "The Night of the Dead Living" (1993) Tom Fontana & David Mills & David Simon for "Bop Gun" (1994) Lance Gentile for "Love's Labor Lost" (1995) Bill Clark & Theresa Rebeck for "Girl Talk" (1996) René Balcer & Richard Sweren for "Entrapment" (1997) Bill Cain for "Proofs for the Existence Of God" (1998) Jason Cahill for "Meadowlands" (1999)
2000s	Rick Cleveland and Aaron Sorkin for "In Excelsis Deo" (2000) Tim Van Patten and Terence Winter for "Pine Barrens" (2001) Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin for "Pilot" (The Education of Max Bickford) (2002) Evan Katz for "Day 2: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m." (2003) Debora Cahn for "The Supremes" (2004) Lawrence Kaplow for "Autopsy" (2005) Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer for "Pilot" (Big Love) (2006) Terence Winter for "The Second Coming" (2007) Vince Gilligan for "Pilot" (Breaking Bad) (2008) David Foster, Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, and David Shore for "Broken" (2009)
2010s	Erin Levy for "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" (2010) Vince Gilligan for "Box Cutter" / Henry Bromell for "The Good Soldier" (2011) Semi Chellas & Matthew Weiner for "The Other Woman" (2012) Gennifer Hutchison for "Confessions" (2013) Robert King & Michelle King for "The Last Call" (2014) Vince Gilligan & Peter Gould for "Uno" (2015) Vera Herbert for "The Trip" (2016) Gordon Smith for "Chicanery" (2017) Alex Gansa for "Paean to the People" (2018) Will Tracy for "Tern Haven" (2019)
2020s	Miki Johnson for "Fire Pink" (2020) Tony Roche and Susan Soon He Stanton for "Retired Janitors of Idaho" (2021) Thomas Schnauz for "Plan and Execution" (2022) Georgia Pritchett and Will Arbery for "Living+" (2023) Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks for "Anjin" (2024) R. Scott Gemmill for "7:00 A.M." (2025)

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