Talk:Target (American TV series)
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Episodes discrepancies
[edit]Brooks & Marsh, a source I trust a lot more than The Classic TV Archive (CTVA), reports that there were only 38 episodes of 1958's Target,[1] rather than 39. (IMDb has something like 41 episodes.) On this, I intend to go with Brooks & Marsh (I'll correct the main article, by citing Brooks & Marsh shortly).
A bigger issue is the episodes list. The WGA database only lists 27 episodes, while CTVA has titles for at least 38–39 episodes.
| WGA | CTVA |
|---|---|
| ASSASSIN | ASSASSIN (#13) |
| – | BACKFIRE (#12) |
| – | BANDIT'S CAVE (#11) |
| – | BREAKING POINT (#1) |
| – | COUNTERFEIT COIN (#38) |
| – | DEADLY DECEPTION (#14) |
| – | DEATH BY THE CLOCK (#27) |
| – | DEATH HAS MANY FACES (#25) |
| DEATH MAKES A PHONE CALL | DEATH MAKES A PHONE CALL (#31) |
| – | EDGE OF TERROR (#4) |
| FACE OF FEAR | – |
| – | FATEFUL DECISION (#22) |
| – | FIVE HOURS TO LIVE (#7) |
| FOUR AGAINST THREE MILLION | FOUR AGAINST THREE MILLION (#34) |
| – | GRUDGE FIGHT (#21) |
| HOME IS THE HUNTED | – |
| HOT SEAT | – |
| – | LOST IDENTITY (#36) |
| – | MAN ON A BIKE (#9) |
| – | MONEY-GO-ROUND (#37) |
| MURDER IS A BOTTOMLESS WELL | MURDER IS A BOTTOMLESS WELL (#17) |
| NIGHT WITHOUT MORNING | NIGHT WITHOUT MORNING (#23) |
| – | ONCE TOO OFTEN (#20) |
| ON CUE | ON CUE (#33) |
| OUTSIDE THE WALL | – |
| – | PAYMENT IN FULL (#5) |
| PIANO TO THUNDER SPRINGS | PIANO TO THUNDER SPRINGS (#30) |
| PITFALL | – |
| – | POLICE DOCTOR (#2) |
| RETRIBUTION | RETRIBUTION (#16) |
| SO DEATHLY QUIET | SO DEATHLY QUIET (#18) |
| – | STORM OF VIOLENCE (#6) |
| STOLEN IDENTITY | [same as "LOST IDENTITY"?] |
| – | TAPS FOR THE GENERAL (#15) |
| – | TEMPORARY ESCAPE (#32) |
| THE BIGAMIST | [same as "ONCE TOO OFTEN"?] |
| THE CLEAN KILL | THE CLEAN KILL (#28) |
| THE FRIEND | – |
| THE GENERAL | [same as "TAPS FOR THE GENERAL"?] |
| THE GUNS AT CABO LOBOS | – |
| – | THE JEWEL THIEF (#39) |
| – | THE LAST STOP (#8) |
| THE TATTOO ARTIST | THE TATTOO ARTIST (#10) |
| THE UNSEEN | – |
| – | THE UNKNOWN (#29) |
| THIRTEENTH JUROR | THE THIRTEENTH JUROR (#35) |
| TRAILER STORY | – |
| TURMOIL | TURMOIL (#26) |
| TURN OF THE TIDE | TURN OF THE TIDE (#3) |
| – | UNREASONABLE DOUBT (#24) |
| WINNER LOSES ALL | WINNER LOSES ALL (#19) |
It's clear from this that there are a number of discrepancies – only 15 episode titles match both the WGA database and CTVA (with maybe 3 or so more possible matches) – and it appears that CTVA cannot be relied upon as a "reliable source" for episode titles for this series. And titles before 1978 aren't available from the U.S. Copyright Office database, so at this point, we're kind of stuck on the episode titles issue... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 03:36, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
References
- ^ Tim Brooks; Earle Marsh (2003). "Target (Dramatic Anthology)". The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present (Eighth ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 1172. ISBN 978-0-345-45542-0.