{{Short description|American crime drama television series}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television |image = Chicago Story 1982.jpg |caption = |genre = Crime drama |creator = Eric Bercovici<ref name= "Bercovici">{{cite news |last=Dagan |first=Carmel |url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-xpm-2014-02-12-sns-201402122046reedbusivarietyn1201100441-20140212-story.html |title=Eric Bercovici, Emmy-Winning Writer-Producer of Miniseries Including 'Shogun,' Dies at 80 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=February 12, 2014 |access-date=July 29, 2021}}</ref> |writer = David Assael<br>Eric Bercovici<br>Dennis Capps<br>Rob Gilmer<br>Lee H. Katzin<br>David Michael Jacobs<br>Arthur E. Kean<br>Michael O'Hara<br>Robert Schlitt |director = Corey Allen<br>Michael Caffey<br>Lee H. Katzin<br>Arthur E. Kean<br>Bruce Kessler<br>Harvey S. Laidman<br>Christian I. Nyby II<br>David Paulsen<br>Bob Thompson<br>Jerry Thorpe |starring = Maud Adams<br>Vincent Baggetta<br>Dennis Franz<br>John Mahoney<br>Craig T. Nelson<br>Daniel Hugh Kelly |composer = John Beal<br>James Di Pasquale<br>Dick Halligan<br>Stu Phillips |country = United States |language = English |network = NBC |num_seasons = 1 |num_episodes = 13 + TV movie pilot |list_episodes = |company = Eric Bercovici Productions<br>MGM Television |executive_producer = Eric Bercovici |producer = John Cutts |runtime = 90 minutes |first_aired = {{Start date|1982|3|6}} |last_aired = {{End date|1982|6|11}} }}
'''''Chicago Story''''' is an American crime drama television series that aired for 13 episodes on NBC from March 6 to June 11, 1982, following a 2-hour television film pilot that was broadcast earlier on March 15, 1981.<ref name= "weekend">{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/13/arts/tv-weekend-lawmen-and-masterpiece-anthology.html |title=TV Weekend; Lawmen and 'Masterpiece' Anthology |work=The New York Times |date=March 13, 1981 |access-date=July 28, 2021}}</ref>
==Synopsis== The series followed the work and lives of several Chicago lawyers, police officers, and doctors. The series was similar to ''Hill Street Blues'' in that it was less about action scenes and more about the stresses of working in law enforcement and medicine. The show did not catch on with viewers and lasted only thirteen episodes.
The cast included Maud Adams and Kristoffer Tabori as Dr. Judith Bergstrom and Dr. Max Carson, doctors at Cook County Hospital;<ref name="Connelly">{{cite book |last=Connelly |first=Sherilyn |title=Presenting Persis Khambatta: From Miss India to Star Trek--The Motion Picture and Beyond |publisher=McFarland pg. 110 |year=2021 |isbn=978-1-4766-8195-5}}</ref> Craig T. Nelson, Vincent Baggetta and Molly Cheek as attorneys Kenneth A. Dutton, Lou Pellegrino and Megan Powers. Dutton was a prosecutor and Pellegrino was a defense attorney; Powers was a lawyer both men were interested in; and Dennis Franz, Richard Lawson and Daniel Hugh Kelly appeared as police officers Joe Gilland, O.Z. Tate and Frank Wajorski, respectively. Gilland was a beat cop, while Tate and Wajorski were detectives.
Intermixed within, especially during the opening title sequence, was plenty of Chicago scenery, including the John Hancock Center; Merchandise Mart; Michigan Avenue; Wrigley Building; Willis Tower (then known as Sears Tower); Aon Center; (then known as the Standard Oil Building), the Chicago Theater and its famous marquee; Lake Shore Drive; the then-headquarters of the Chicago Sun-Times; the Chicago Water Tower; Marina City; the Chicago 'L' and various other sights. One of the settings was the then-Cook County Hospital.
''Chicago Story'' was notable for ninety-minute-long episodes, which hadn't been attempted on network prime-time TV since ''The Virginian'' left the air in 1971.<ref name= "annals">{{cite news |last=Moser |first=Whet |url= https://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/november-2011/chicago-story-annals-of-failed-cop-shows-about-our-town/ |title="Chicago Story": Annals of Failed Cop Shows About Our Town |work=Chicago |date=December 15, 2011 |access-date=July 28, 2021}}</ref> The show was pared down to an hour late in its run, including broadcasting edited versions of episodes that had already aired. By focusing on the Windy City, it presaged the ''Chicago'' franchise (including ''Chicago Fire'', ''Chicago P.D.'' and ''Chicago Med'') some thirty years later, also on NBC.
Episodes were rebroadcast on TNT Network in 1994.
The series aired in the United Kingdom on BBC1 in 1982.
==Cast== *Maud Adams as Dr. Judith Bergstrom *Vincent Baggetta as Lou Pellegrino *Molly Cheek as Megan Powers *Dennis Franz as Officer Joe Gilland *Daniel Hugh Kelly as Det. Frank Wajorski *Richard Lawson as Det. O.Z. Tate *Craig T. Nelson as Kenneth A. Dutton *Kristoffer Tabori as Dr. Max Carson
Notable actors who made guest-starring appearances during the show's 13-episode run included John Mahoney, Joe Pantoliano, Ally Sheedy, and Lane Smith.
==Episodes== {{Episode table |total_width=100 |background=#500050 |overall=5 |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber= 0 | Title= Chicago Story | DirectedBy = Jerry London | WrittenBy = Eric Bercovici | OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1981|3|15}} | ShortSummary= | LineColor=500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber= 1 | Title= The Hostage Taker | DirectedBy = Harvey S. Laidman | WrittenBy = Dennis Capps | OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1982|3|6}} | ShortSummary= | LineColor=500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber= 2 | Title= Outside the Law | DirectedBy = Rod Holcomb | WrittenBy = Bob Foster & Robert W. Gilmer | OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1982|3|13}} | ShortSummary= | LineColor=500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber= 3 | Title= Bright Lights, Big City | DirectedBy = Christian I. Nyby II | WrittenBy = Dennis Capps | OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1982|3|20}} | ShortSummary= | LineColor=500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber= 4 | Title= Epidemic | DirectedBy = Harvey S. Laidman | WrittenBy = Robert W. Gilmer | OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1982|3|27}} | ShortSummary= | LineColor=500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber= 5 | Title= Vendetta | DirectedBy = Corey Allen | WrittenBy = David Jacobs | OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1982|4|3}} | ShortSummary= | LineColor=500050 }} {{Episode list | NumParts= 2 | EpisodeNumber_1= 6 | EpisodeNumber_2= 7 | Title= Not Quite Paradise: Parts 1 & 2 | DirectedBy = Jerry Thorpe | WrittenBy = Michael O'Hara | OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1982|4|16}} | ShortSummary= | LineColor=500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber= 8 | Title= Performance | DirectedBy = Michael Caffey | WrittenBy = David Assael and Robert W. Gilmer & Dennis Capps and Bob Foster & W H. Over | OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1982|4|23}} | ShortSummary= | LineColor=500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber= 9 | Title= Bad Blood | DirectedBy = Bruce Kessler | WrittenBy = Robert Schlitt | OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1982|4|30}} | ShortSummary= | LineColor=500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber= 10 | Title= Dutton's Law | DirectedBy = Lee H. Katzin | WrittenBy = David Paulsen | OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1982|5|7}} | ShortSummary= | LineColor=500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber= 11 | Title= Subterranean Blues | DirectedBy = Corey Allen | WrittenBy = Robert Schlitt | OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1982|5|28}} | ShortSummary= | LineColor=500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber= 12 | Title= Who Needs the Truth? | DirectedBy = E. Arthur Kean | WrittenBy = E. Arthur Kean | OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1982|6|4}} | ShortSummary= | LineColor=500050 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber= 13 | Title= Half a Chance | DirectedBy = Robert C. Thompson | WrittenBy = David Assael | OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1982|6|11}} | ShortSummary= | LineColor=500050 }} }}
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0083400|title=Chicago Story}}
Category:1982 American television series debuts Category:1982 American television series endings Category:1980s American crime drama television series Category:1980s American legal drama television series Category:1980s American medical drama television series Category:Television shows set in Chicago Category:Television series by MGM Television Category:English-language American television shows Category:NBC crime dramas Category:NBC medical dramas Category:NBC legal dramas