The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.
9/20/1977
9/27/1977
10/4/1977
10/11/1977
Lou clashes with a woman who is the head of the woman's section of the newspaper over whose reporter should cover the alleged murder of a famous playwright in New Mexico.
10/18/1977
10/25/1977
11/1/1977
11/8/1977
11/15/1977
11/22/1977
11/29/1977
Billie uses a battered woman as a source for a story on spousal abuse but has trouble following through with it when the women's husband finds out. She later finds out that a co-worker has a problem with spousal abuse.
12/6/1977
12/13/1977
1/3/1978
1/10/1978
The paper faces a public backlash after Lou runs a story about an NCAA investigation into the possible recruiting violations by a popular local college football team.
1/17/1978
1/30/1978
2/6/1978
2/13/1978
2/27/1978
3/6/1978
After Rossi's friend reveals that he has damaging information about the unsafe conditions at a nuclear plant, he is "accidentally" struck and killed by a car. Eager to prove that it was no accident, Rossi continues the investigation into the nuclear plant.
3/20/1978
Lou reluctantly goes for a physical and finds out that he has a thyroid condition that requires surgery. At the paper, he offers advice to an intern who wants to become a reporter. Rossi learns that he has a good chance at a Pulitzer prize for his story on mental hospitals.
