{{Short description|American drama television series}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{infobox television |image = |caption = |genre = [[Drama (film and television)|Drama]] |creator = Bill Dial<br>Andrew Mirisch |starring = [[Bruce Greenwood]]<br>[[John Terlesky]] |country = United States |language = English |runtime = 60 minutes |network = [[NBC]] |company = [[Universal Television]] |num_seasons = 1 |num_episodes = 8 |first_aired = {{start date|1984|1|20}} |last_aired = {{end date|1984|3|16}} }}
'''''Legmen''''' is an American [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] television series that aired on [[NBC]] on Friday nights from January 20 to March 16, 1984.<ref>{{cite book|title=[[The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present]]|year=2003|publisher=Ballantine Books|isbn=0-345-45542-8|page=676}}</ref>
==Premise== Jack Gage and David Taylor were two college students in southern [[California]], who to make extra money did the legwork for private eye Oscar Armismendi, and in later episodes Tom Bannon.
==Cast== *[[Bruce Greenwood]] as Jack Gage *[[John Terlesky]] as David Taylor *[[Don Calfa]] as Oscar Armismendi *[[Claude Akins]] as Tom Bannon
==Episodes== {{Episode table |total_width= |background=FFD700 |overall= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=1 |Title=Take the Credit and Run |DirectedBy=[[Roger Young (director)|Roger Young]] |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay | s = Andrew Mirisch; | ex1 = Richard Chapman,<br> Bill Dial | slabel = {{abbr|S|Story by}} | ex1label = {{abbr|S/T|Story and teleplay by}} }} |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|1|20}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=FFD700 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=2 |Title=Knight at Casanova's |DirectedBy= |WrittenBy= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|1|27}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=FFD700 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=3 |Title=The Return of Apple Dan Bonny |DirectedBy= |WrittenBy= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|2|3}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=FFD700 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=4 |Title=I Shall Be Re-Released |DirectedBy= |WrittenBy= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|2|17}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=FFD700 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=5 |Title=Poseidon Indenture |DirectedBy= |WrittenBy= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|3|2}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=FFD700 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=6 |Title=Still Alive at Five |DirectedBy= |WrittenBy= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|3|9}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=FFD700 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=7 |Title=How the Other Half Dies |DirectedBy=Allen Reisner |WrittenBy=Richard Chapman,<br> Bill Dial |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|3|16}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=FFD700 }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber=8 |Title=A Woman's Work |DirectedBy= |WrittenBy= |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1984|3|16}} |ShortSummary= |LineColor=FFD700 }} }}
==US television ratings==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- ! Season ! Episodes ! Start date ! End date ! Nielsen rank ! Nielsen rating<ref name="RATINGS1">{{cite web|url= http://www.tvratingsguide.com/2017/09/1983-84-ratings-history-networks-are.html|title=1983-84 Ratings History -- The Networks Are Awash in a Bubble Bath of Soaps}}</ref> ! Tied with |- | style="text-align:center" | 1983-84 | style="text-align:center" | 8 | style="text-align:center" | January 20, 1984 | style="text-align:center" rowspan=6| March 16, 1984 | style="text-align:center: rowspan=8| 98 | style="text-align:center" | 8.5 | style="text-align:center" | N/A |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0086748}}
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