- 8.6/1018 votes8.6/10(18)
#1 - Victor Reisel
Season 1 Episode 1
Aired 9/17/1959
As labor reporter on the New York Daily Mirror, Riesel fights against racketeers by exposing them to the public.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1014 votes7.9/10(14)
#2 - State Scandal
Season 1 Episode 2
Aired 9/24/1959
Reporter George Thiem's dilemma: loyalty to a friend or respect for the law.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1014 votes7.2/10(14)
#3 - Pickup
Season 1 Episode 3
Aired 10/1/1959
A persistent newsman tries to prove that a mild-mannered salesman is the murderer of two women.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1014 votes7.0/10(14)
#4 - The Neon Touch
Season 1 Episode 4
Aired 10/8/1959
Two teen-agers scheme to get rich quick by passing bad checks.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1012 votes8.0/10(12)
#5 - Extortion
Season 1 Episode 5
Aired 10/15/1959
A respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1012 votes7.7/10(12)
#6 - The accusing finger
Season 1 Episode 6
Aired 10/22/1959
Reporter Ed Mowery, certain that a convicted murderer is innocent, tries to have the case reopened.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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- 7.8/1012 votes7.8/10(12)
#7 - Mass Murder
Season 1 Episode 7
Aired 10/29/1959
A plane explodes in mid-flight, killing everyone on board.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1013 votes7.9/10(13)
#8 - The Case Of The Stranger
Season 1 Episode 8
Aired 11/5/1959
Newsman Harry Romanoff tries to unmask a phony hero: he believes that the man committed a double murder.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1012 votes7.6/10(12)
#9 - Charm Boy
Season 1 Episode 9
Aired 11/12/1959
A sorority meeting and a missed bus spell death for a coed and her killer has an airtight alibi.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1010 votes7.8/10(10)
#10 - Old Man Lost
Season 1 Episode 10
Aired 11/19/1959
Don Hogan of the Boston Post tries to help an amnesic regain the will to live.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1012 votes7.5/10(12)
#11 - The Human Storm
Season 1 Episode 11
Aired 11/26/1959
It takes a violent prison riot and a crusading reporter to alert the authorities to the inhuman conditions at a penal institution.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1011 votes7.7/10(11)
#12 - Hot Stuff
Season 1 Episode 12
Aired 12/3/1959
To expose a shoplifting racket, fashion editor Trudy Prokop infiltrates the gang.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1011 votes7.9/10(11)
#13 - The Face of a Thief
Season 1 Episode 13
Aired 12/10/1959
A brilliant detective matches wits with a reporter trying to clear a man caught in a web of circumstantial evidence.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1012 votes7.0/10(12)
#14 - Murderess
Season 1 Episode 14
Aired 12/17/1959
A beautiful murderer proves true her claim that no jail built could hold her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1012 votes8.0/10(12)
#15 - Chain Reaction
Season 1 Episode 15
Aired 12/24/1959
A pilot becomes mentally ill after he takes part in the bombing of Hiroshima.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1011 votes8.1/10(11)
#16 - Clean Kill
Season 1 Episode 16
Aired 12/31/1959
An unusual clue helps Gene Lindsey of the Phoenix (Ariz.) Gazette solve a murder.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1012 votes7.0/10(12)
#17 - Lonely Hearts Killer
Season 1 Episode 17
Aired 1/7/1960
Two newsmen track a lonely-hearts killer who has claimed three victims.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1012 votes7.2/10(12)
#18 - Return to Murder
Season 1 Episode 18
Aired 1/14/1960
Two teen-age gangs are on the verge of declaring peace when a boy returns from prison and stirs up fury anew.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1013 votes6.7/10(13)
#19 - Scramble
Season 1 Episode 19
Aired 1/21/1960
Reporter Matt Conklin tries to foster good feelings between a quiet Texas town and a new Air Force base.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/109 votes7.3/10(9)
#20 - Massacre
Season 1 Episode 20
Aired 1/28/1960
A berserk killer is on the loose in California.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1010 votes7.8/10(10)
#21 - The Blue Dahlia
Season 1 Episode 21
Aired 2/4/1960
A soldier confesses to the murder of a beautiful girl but a stubborn reporter refuses to believe him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1010 votes8.2/10(10)
#22 - Checkmate
Season 1 Episode 22
Aired 2/11/1960
Police and reporters try to break a man suspected of having murdered a 15-year-old girl.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/1010 votes8.4/10(10)
#23 - Jailbreak
Season 1 Episode 23
Aired 2/18/1960
Three convicts escape from a maximum-security prison by forging the warden's signature on pardons.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/109 votes7.1/10(9)
#24 - Mad Bomber
Season 1 Episode 24
Aired 2/25/1960
It's Christmas week in New York, and a mad bomber is stalking the city.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1010 votes7.1/10(10)
#25 - Character Witness
Season 1 Episode 25
Aired 3/3/1960
Reporter Leo Sheridan is called in as a character witness at the murder trial of his best friend.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Deadline Season 1
Every episode of Deadline Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Deadline Season 1!
Deadline is a 1959-1961 American television drama series that re-enacted famous newspaper stories from the past. Hosted and narrated by Paul Stewart, the syndicated series...
Genre:Drama
Network:WPIX
Episodes
39
Avg. Rating
7.6
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
8.6
7.9
7.2
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Victor Reisel" is the best rated episode of "Deadline" season 1. It scored 8.6/10 based on 18 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/17/1959. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "State Scandal".