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Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'One In A Million' from 1970-1982:



1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'One In A Million':


(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)

January 8, 1980: Chairman Of The Board
Season 1, episode 1
W: Bernie Orenstein, Saul Turteltaub, Alan Livingston   D: Peter Baldwin
Series premiere. Cab driver Shirley Simmons inherits the controlling interest in a $200 million corporation -- enabling her to take on the system and stand up for the little guy.

January 15, 1980: Executive Dad
Season 1, episode 2
W: Dick Westerschulte, Bill Box   D: Peter Baldwin
Shirley gives nepotism new meaning when she gets her father, a striking bus driver, work as a secretary at Grayson Industries.

January 26, 1980: Shirley's Prince Of A Guy
Season 1, episode 3
W: Fredi Towbin   D: Peter Baldwin

With Dick Anthony Williams. An African prince courts Shirley, raising corporate hopes that she'll resign to emigrate.

February 2, 1980: On The Cuff
Season 1, episode 4
W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein   D: Peter Baldwin

With Ellen Bry (Joanie), Jerry Houser (Peter), Billy Wallace (Dennis), Julie Embree (Anne). Environmentalists protest corporate plans to build a ski resort by chaining themselves to Shirley's desk.

February 9, 1980: Lost Weekend
Season 1, episode 5
W: Saul Turteltaub, Bernie Orenstein, Arnold Kane   D: Peter Baldwin

With Louise Sorel (Grace). Cushing arrives at the lodge, unaware that Shirley and her friends are about to descend upon him.

February 16, 1980: Stone vs. Simmons
Season 1, episode 6
W: Harvey Weitzman, Sally Wade   D: Lee Bernhardi

With Billy Wallace (Dennis), Barney Phillips (Judge), Fawne Harriman (Brenda). Stone charges that his uncle was not of sound mind when he willed the company chairmanship to Shirley.

March 1, 1980: The Chairman Babysits
Season 1, episode 7
W: Sid Dorfman   D: Peter Baldwin

With Jimmy Heth (Michael), Robert Hogan (Tom Boyer), Billy Wallace (Dennis). Nancy's son disappears while spending the weekend with her boss.

March 8, 1980: Suddenly Single
Season 1, episode 8
W: Gail Honigberg   D: Peter Baldwin

With Fawne Harriman (Brenda), Dap Sugar Willie (Sly), Taaffe O'Connell (Euphoria), Carol Kottenbrook (Waitress). Shirley and Duke take Stone to a disco to help him forget his estranged wife.

March 15, 1980: Cushing Quits
Season 1, episode 9
W: Donald Ross, Sandy Veith   D: Peter Baldwin

With Louise Sorel (Grace), Elliott Reid (Binky), Ralph Morrow (Customer). In a heated argument, Shirley hastily accepts Cushing's resignation, and neither knows how to back down.

June 2, 1980: Max Falls In Love
Season 1, episode 10
W: Marty Brill, Barry Meadow   D: Peter Baldwin

With Billy Wallace (Dennis), Jimmy Heth (Michael). Max the diner owner is smitten with Shirley's secretary, who looks for a way to tell him the feeling isn't mutual.

June 9, 1980: Over The Hill
Season 1, episode 11
W: Jerry Winneck   D: Peter Baldwin

With Louise Sorel (Grace), Richard McKenzie (Doctor), Fritzi Burr (Nurse). Cushing begins his birthday at his best friend's funeral and ends it in a hospital -- thanks to a birthday cake from Shirley.

June 16, 1980: The Committee
Season 1, episode 12
W: Sally Wade   D: Lee Bernhardi

With Logan Ramsey (Senator Peters). A congressman jeopardizes Shirley's appointment to a presidential commission on youth when he reveals that she has a police record.

June 23, 1980: The Italian Connection
Season 1, episode 13
W: Bernie Tanz   D: Lee Bernhardi

With Gino Conforti, Harriet E. MacGibbon (Mrs. Grayson), Billy Wallace (Dennis). A Sicilian dandy claims the late Jonathan Grayson, Shirley's benefactor, is his father. (Last show of the series.)


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