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The Worst Episodes of Deadline

Every episode of Deadline ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Deadline!

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

Worst Episodes Summary

"The Two Ounce Trap" is the worst rated episode of "Deadline". It scored 6.5/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/19/1960. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Last Knockout".

  • The Two Ounce Trap
    6.5/10(10)
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    #1 - The Two Ounce Trap

    Season 1 Episode 36

    Aired 5/19/1960

    A rest home for alcoholics, scene of five deaths within a brief period, is investigated by newsman Paul Quick.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Last Knockout
    6.6/10(10)
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    #2 - The Last Knockout

    Season 1 Episode 37

    Aired 5/26/1960

    Reporter Ed Reid encounters an ex-fight manager, a singer and a boxer in his search for a missing sea captain.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Scramble
    6.7/10(13)
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    #3 - 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

  • The Neon Touch
    7.0/10(14)
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    #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

  • Murderess
    7.0/10(12)
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    #5 - 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

  • Lonely Hearts Killer
    7.0/10(12)
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    #6 - 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

  • Birthday Present
    7.0/10(10)
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    #7 - Birthday Present

    Season 1 Episode 28

    Aired 3/24/1960

    A father and his son are hunting for a lost ball that rolled under their porch and discover a woman's body.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Suspicion of Murder
    7.0/10(10)
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    #8 - Suspicion of Murder

    Season 1 Episode 29

    Aired 3/31/1960

    Bernice Freeman stands by her friend when he is accused of murder.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mad Bomber
    7.1/10(9)
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    #9 - 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

  • Character Witness
    7.1/10(10)
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    #10 - 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

  • Pickup
    7.2/10(14)
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    #11 - 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

  • Return to Murder
    7.2/10(12)
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    #12 - 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

  • Smoke Screen
    7.2/10(10)
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    #13 - Smoke Screen

    Season 1 Episode 39

    Aired 2/4/1961

    The Erie, Pa., fire department is looking for the arsonist terrorizing the town.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Massacre
    7.3/10(9)
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    #14 - Massacre

    Season 1 Episode 20

    Aired 1/28/1960

    A berserk killer is on the loose in California.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Episode 38
    7.3/10(9)
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    #15 - Episode 38

    Season 1 Episode 38

    Aired 2/1/1961

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Human Storm
    7.5/10(12)
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    #16 - 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

  • Dumb Kid
    7.5/10(10)
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    #17 - Dumb Kid

    Season 1 Episode 26

    Aired 3/10/1960

    A cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Charm Boy
    7.6/10(12)
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    #18 - 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

  • A Story for Christmas
    7.6/10(12)
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    #19 - A Story for Christmas

    Season 1 Episode 27

    Aired 3/17/1960

    William Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The accusing finger
    7.7/10(12)
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    #20 - 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

  • Hot Stuff
    7.7/10(11)
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    #21 - 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

  • To Move a Mountain
    7.7/10(9)
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    #22 - To Move a Mountain

    Season 1 Episode 33

    Aired 4/28/1960

    A reporter, nursed by two Burmese women during the war, fights to keep them from being forced back to Burma and certain death.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mass Murder
    7.8/10(12)
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    #23 - 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

  • Old Man Lost
    7.8/10(10)
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    #24 - 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

  • The Blue Dahlia
    7.8/10(10)
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    #25 - 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