The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Fear of High Places | 1968-09-20 | 90 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | The Witness | 1968-09-27 | 90 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | The Taker | 1968-10-04 | 90 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Collector's Edition | 1968-10-11 | 90 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Nightmare | 1968-10-18 | 90 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Incident in Berlin | 1968-10-25 | 90 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Shine On, Shine On, Jesse Gil | 1968-11-01 | 90 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Lola in Lipstick | 1968-11-08 | 90 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | The Protector | 1968-11-15 | 90 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Ordeal | 1968-11-22 | 90 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | The White Birch | 1968-11-29 | 90 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | High on a Rainbow | 1968-12-06 | 90 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | The Black Answer | 1968-12-13 | 90 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 14 | Pineapple Rose | 1968-12-20 | 90 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 15 | The Revolutionary | 1968-12-27 | 90 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 16 | Swingers Only | 1969-01-10 | 90 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 17 | The Inquiry | 1968-01-17 | 90 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 18 | The Incomparable Connie Walker | 1968-01-24 | 90 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 19 | Love-In at Ground Zero | 1968-01-31 | 90 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 20 | The Suntan Mob | 1969-02-07 | 90 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 21 | Keep the Doctor Away | 1969-02-14 | 90 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 22 | The Bobby Currier Story | 1969-02-21 | 90 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 23 | A Wrath of Angels | 1969-02-28 | 90 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 24 | The Third Choice | 1969-03-07 | 90 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 25 | Breakout to a Fast Buck | 1969-03-14 | 90 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 26 | An Agent of the Plaintiff | 1969-03-21 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | Lady on the Rocks | 1969-09-19 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | A Hard Case of the Blues | 1969-09-26 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | Blind Man's Bluff | 1969-10-03 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | The Emissary | 1969-10-10 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | Chains of Command | 1969-10-17 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | Goodbye Harry | 1969-10-24 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | Give Till It Hurts | 1969-10-31 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | The Perfect Image | 1969-11-07 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | The Prisoner Within | 1969-11-14 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 10 | The Civilized Men | 1969-11-28 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 11 | High Card | 1969-12-05 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 12 | The Power | 1969-12-12 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 13 | Laurie Marie | 1969-12-19 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 14 | The Tradition | 1970-01-02 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 15 | The Brass Ring | 1970-01-09 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 16 | Island of Gold and Precious Stones | 1969-01-16 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 17 | The Takeover | 1970-01-23 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 18 | The Garden | 1970-01-30 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 19 | Tarot | 1970-02-13 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 20 | The King of Denmark | 1970-02-20 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 21 | The Skin Game | 1970-02-27 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 22 | Man of the People | 1970-03-06 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 23 | Echo of a Nightmare | 1970-03-20 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 24 | Jenny Wilde is Drowning | 1970-03-27 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 25 | One of the Girls in Research | 1970-04-03 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 26 | The Other Kind of Spy | 1970-04-10 | 90 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 1 | So Long, Baby, and Amen | 1970-09-18 | 90 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 2 | A Love to Remember | 1970-09-25 | 90 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 3 | Cynthia is Alive and Living in Avalon | 1970-10-02 | 90 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 4 | Battle at Gannon's Bridge | 1970-10-09 | 90 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 5 | The Enemy Before Us | 1970-10-16 | 90 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 6 | The Time is Now | 1970-10-23 | 90 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 7 | The War Merchants | 1970-10-30 | 90 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 8 | Little Bear Died Running | 1970-11-06 | 90 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 9 | All the Old Familar Faces | 1970-11-13 | 90 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 10 | I Love You, Billy Baker (1) | 1970-11-20 | 90 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 11 | I Love You, Billy Baker (2) | 1970-11-27 | 90 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 12 | Why I Blew Up Dakota | 1970-12-04 | 90 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 13 | Aquarius Descending | 1970-12-11 | 90 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 14 | The Glory Shouter | 1970-12-18 | 90 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 15 | A Sister from Napoli | 1971-01-08 | 90 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 16 | Los Angeles 2017 | 1971-01-15 | 90 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 17 | The Man Who Killed a Ghost | 1971-02-05 | 90 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 18 | Seek and Destroy | 1971-02-05 | 90 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 19 | A Capitol Affair | 1971-02-12 | 90 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 20 | The Savage Eye | 1971-02-19 | 90 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 21 | Appointment in Palermo | 1971-02-26 | 90 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 22 | Beware of the Watchdog | 1971-03-05 | 90 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 23 | The Broken Puzzle | 1971-03-12 | 90 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 24 | The Showdown | 1971-03-19 | 90 min |
| Production | Richard Irving | Executive Producer |
| Production | Norman Lloyd | Producer |
| Production | Dean Hargrove | Producer |
| Production | David Victor | Producer |
| Production | Boris Sagal | Producer |
| Production | George Eckstein | Producer |
| Production | Leslie Stevens | Producer |
