This NBC series, set in Chicago (obviously), debuted on 6 March 1982 and depicted the lives of a group of doctors, lawyers and police officers who banded together to solve baffling crimes.
Regulars included Dr Judith Bergstrom (Maud Adams) from Cook County Hospital; attorney Lou Pellegrino (Vincent Baggetta), a public defender; attorney Megan Powers (Molly Cheek); Patrolman Joe Gilland (Dennis Franz); Dr Max Carson (Kristoffer Tabori); and District Attorney Kenneth A. Dutton (Craig T. Nelson).
It was a cop show, a medical show and a legal show all at once. If everything had gone according to plan, Chicago Story would have been a major hit series. It wasn’t.
The show was weighed down by stereotypes; the first episode was a stinker; subsequent episodes were poorly scheduled (first on Saturday nights (NBC’s “Bermuda Triangle”) and then on Fridays, where it was up against Dallas); and 90 minutes was simply too long for many viewers.
In the end, the show never found a big enough audience. It was gone by the end of August.
Dr Judith Bergstrom
Maud Adams Lou Pellegrino
Vincent Baggetta Megan Powers
Molly Cheek Officer Joe Gilland
Dennis Franz Dr Maxwell Carson
Kristoffer Tabori Detective Frank Wajorski
Daniel Hugh-Kelly Detective O.Z. Tate
Richard Lawson Kenneth A. Dutton
Craig T. Nelson Anne Gilland
Connie Foster Lt. Rosselli
John Mahoney Dr Pauline Caldwell
Pauline Brailsford Dr Buskirk
Philip Sterling
Episodes
The Hostage Taker | Outside the Law | Bright Lights, Big City | Epidemic | Vendetta | Not Quite Paradise: Part 1 | Not Quite Paradise: Part 2 | Performance | Bad Blood | Dutton’s Law | Subterranean Blues | Who Needs the Truth? | Half a Chance
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Regulars included Dr Judith Bergstrom (Maud Adams) from Cook County Hospital; attorney Lou Pellegrino (Vincent Baggetta), a public defender; attorney Megan Powers (Molly Cheek); Patrolman Joe Gilland (Dennis Franz); Dr Max Carson (Kristoffer Tabori); and District Attorney Kenneth A. Dutton (Craig T. Nelson).
