Robert Dozier
Director
$weepstake$ (1979)
Season 1
An anthology depicting the lives of people who hope to win a large amount of money in a sweepstakes and what happens after they win — or do not win — the money.
Released Jan. 26, 1979
Episode 63 min
None+
Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.anthology, tmdb.sweepstakes
Production Companies: Miller-Milkis Productions, Paramount Television
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Lynn and Grover and Joey
This week's ticker buyers are a man who just got out of jail and is on probation needs to try and find a legitimate job, a woman who's separated from her husband who has a girlfriend and a dog whose owner's relatives try to get a piece of what he wins.
Jan. 26, 1979, midnight
S1E2 - Dewey and Harold and Sarah and Maggie
A blind girl faces expensive eye surgery. Another girl seeks her long-lost father. An artist whose paintings are painted on the wall of his own apartment building will be lost if the building is demolished.
Feb. 2, 1979, midnight
S1E3 - Vince, Pete and Patsy, Jessica and Rodney
A circus performer, an unhappily married couple plus a pickpocket and his victim all see a winning lottery ticket as a solution to their problems.
Feb. 9, 1979, midnight
S1E4 - Billy, Wally and Ludmilla, and Theodore
A wealthy man shuns his overly philanthropic nephew when the latter has given away his money to the poor.
Feb. 16, 1979, midnight
S1E5 - Episode 5
None
Feb. 23, 1979, midnight
S1E6 - Roscoe, Elizabeth, and the M.C.
Roscoe, a school bus driver who wants to go into business for himself, is a finalist. 12-year-old Elizabeth wants to make her parents' dreams come true.
March 2, 1979, midnight
S1E7 - Episode 7
None
March 9, 1979, midnight
S1E8 - Episode 8
None
March 23, 1979, midnight
S1E9 - Cowboy, Linda and Angie, Mark
A former baseball player, fired for pranks, looks to regain former glory by starting his own team. A parking attendant needs the money to repay a loan used to try to impress a beautiful rich girl. Two girls share a ticket but have a falling-out about how to spend the money if they win.
March 30, 1979, midnight
Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 63 min.
Season Runtime: 570 min.
Released: Jan. 26, 1979
Last Air Date: March 30, 1979, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
Rate this show
Add {Movie} to static lists