Lucas Tanner (1974)
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 - 22 Episode s
1x1 - A Matter of Love
September 11, 1974
A delicate problem for Lucas - try to cope with a bitter young girl who is falling in love with him.
1x2 - Instant Replay
September 18, 1974
1x3 - Thirteen Going on Twenty
October 2, 1974
1x4 - Winners and Losers
October 9, 1974
1x5 - A Question of Privacy
October 16, 1974
1x6 - Three Letter Word
October 23, 1974
1x7 - By the Numbers
November 6, 1974
1x8 - Echoes
November 13, 1974
1x9 - Look the Other Way
November 20, 1974
1x10 - Cheers
December 4, 1974
1x11 - Merry Gentlemen
December 25, 1974
1x12 - Bonus Baby
January 8, 1975
1x13 - Pay the Two Dollars
January 15, 1975
1x14 - Those Who Cannot Count, Teach
January 22, 1975
1x15 - What's Wrong with Bobby?
January 29, 1975
1x16 - Collision
February 5, 1975
1x17 - Why Not a Happy Ending?
February 12, 1975
1x18 - Shattered
February 19, 1975
1x19 - The Noise of a Quiet Weekend
February 26, 1975
1x20 - Requiem for a Son
March 12, 1975
1x21 - A Touch of Bribery
April 2, 1975
1x22 - One to One
April 9, 1975