Live Shot
an Episode Guide
by George Fergus
Last updated:
Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:00
Live Shotan Episode Guide
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| aired from: Aug 1995 to: Nov 1995 | 13 eps | UPN | 60 min | stereo | closed captioned |
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A fast-paced ensemble drama focusing on the people and personalities inside the frenzied newsroom of a Los Angeles TV station, KXZX-TV Channel 3.
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Newly hired news director Alex Rydell arrives at the offices of KXZX-TV's "Re-Action News" to find the investigative news team chasing the biggest society scandal to break in years, but at the same time he must come to terms with sudden single parenthood when his wife decides not to join him in L.A. and instead sends their young son, Sean, to live with his father.
b: 29 Aug 95 pc: 101 w: Dan Guntzleman & Steve Marshall d: Colin BuckseyAnchorman Harry Chandler Moore, "The Beacon of Truth," bitterly protests when Alex insists that he team up with the less experienced Sherry Beck to conduct an interview at the White House with President Clinton; and Ricardo Sandoval becomes an integral part of a story he was reluctant to cover.
b: 29 Aug 95 pc: 102 w: Dan Guntzleman & Steve Marshall d: Colin BuckseyAlex accepts that his marriage is over as Nancy tries to create order in his young son Sean's life; Eddie and Tommy start a side business selling videos of buxom women using automatic weapons; commentator Marvin reveals who planted the bomb in his office; and sportscaster Lou grapples with a professional athlete's wish to reveal his homosexuality on the air.
b: 5 Sep 95 pc: 103 w: Dan Guntzleman & Steve Marshall d: Anson WilliamsNew general manager Helen "The Nutcracker" Forbes makes her presence at the station known; Alex begins to get settled in his new house, thanks to the beautiful and ever-efficient nanny Aase; Ricardo heads home to Miami after receiving tragic news; and the killer of society woman Lisa Prentice may be about to reveal himself to Liz.
b: 12 Sep 95 pc: 104 w: Steve Marshall & Dan Guntzleman d: Anson WilliamsA man holding an abortion clinic hostage will only deal with Marvin, his "ideological mentor"; Helen hires an image consultant to "cut the fat" at the station, prompting one veteran newsman to resign before the axe falls; Ricardo attempts to comfort his mother while dealing with his own grief over his brother's murder; the stand-up comic Harry hired feeds him on-air "ad-libs"; and Helen begins a heated pursuit of Marvin.
b: 19 Sep 95 pc: 105 w: Dan Guntzleman & Steve Marshall d: Scott BrazilHelen starts to take both Harry and his contract renewal demands more seriously when it appears as if Channel 8 is courting him; Liz investigates a woman's claim that her daughter was gang raped by members of a high school football team; and Eddie attempts to help Tommy work out his marital problems.
b: 26 Sep 95 pc: 111 w: Lissa Levin s: Dan Guntzleman d: Gil ShiltonHelen's research into Marvin's past commentaries suggests that having her way with him may be trickier than she thought; Eddie comes up with the perfect location from which to cover a major downtown fire - the roof of a competing station; and Brian the consultant is still looking for ways to cut the fat and update the on-air look at KXZX.
b: 2 Oct 95 pc: 106 w: Jeff Stein s: Dan Guntzleman d: Anson WilliamsThe news team is called into emergency service when an earthquake hits Los Angeles, preventing Sherry from returning to Harry's bed where she left him handcuffed in his underwear, and forcing a confrontation over Eddie's intentions in regards to Tommy's estranged wife.
b: 17 Oct 95 pc: 107 w: Steve Marshall d: Vern GillumNancy and Sean go undercover to prove that Uncle Sam's Car Repair is crooked, unaware that it's also the station's biggest advertiser; Brian begins his cosmetic overhaul of the news broadcast; and Tommy tries to cope with Eddie's live-in relationship with Ramona.
b: 24 Oct 95 pc: 108 w: Dan Guntzleman d: Anson WilliamsA reluctant Liz is assigned to report on the Hispanic community's reaction to an apparition that resembles the Virgin Mary on a garage door; and a severely out-of-place Ricardo accompanies Nancy and Eddie to visit an orphanage in war-torn Nicaragua.
b: 7 Nov 95 pc: 109 w: Steve Marshall s: Dan Guntzleman & Steve Marshall d: Kristoffer TaboriRicardo, Eddie and Nancy finally make it to the orphanage after escaping from their captors in the Nicaraguan jungle; formerly celibate Marvin finally succumbs to Helen; and for the first time in years Harry tries his hand at actual reporting.
b: 14 Nov 95 pc: 110 w: Del Shores s: Dan Guntzleman d: Vern GillumTommy and Eddie decide it may be time to break up the "news brothers" team; a sexually-abused Marvin tricks Helen into a confession; Rick Evers finally gets his chance to produce a live rock 'n' roll special; and Alex and Nancy finally get closer to each other while Sean is away visitng his mother.
b: 21 Nov 95 pc: 112 w: Carolyn Shelby & Christopher Ames s: Dan Guntzleman & Steve Marshall d: Martha MitchellSpeculation abounds when a gay radical group called Odd Man Out claims they will reveal the name of a closeted gay in local broadcast journalism, with sportscaster Lou Waller fearing he will be the one named, and Harry attempting to enlist eyewitnesses to his heterosexuality; Tommy is distraught after his wife vanishes with their baby; Alex and Nancy try to figure out where to go with their relationship "the morning after," just as Alex's estranged wife arrives for a reconciliation; and Marvin holds a press conference to announce his sexual harassment lawsuit against Helen, who vows to see Marvin dead before she goes down.
b: 28 Nov 95 pc: 113 w: Dan Guntzleman d: Scott Brazil| Back to TOP of Page |
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