Vega$

Vega$

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ABC Ended Drama • Crime • Mystery

3 Seasons · 67 Episodes · Premiered April 25, 1978 · Ended June 10, 1981

Vega$ was an American crime drama television series that followed private detective Dan Tanna. Working for a wide variety of Las Vegas clients, the detective work included locating missing persons, helping solve various Las Vegas hotel and casino crimes, solving casino chip and money scams, and working to make Las Vegas a safer place for residents and tourists alike. Dan Tanna made a point of not accepting divorce cases, or working as a bodyguard. Being in Las Vegas, Tanna was occasionally hired to work for well known celebrity clients who had issues regarding their personal safety, and needed help solving personal issues or threats against them.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

22 episodes
E01
Centerfold
Thu, Sep 21 1978 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Blackmailers drug a model and then take pornographic photos of her in order to force her to sign a management contract.
E02
The Games Girls Play
Thu, Sep 28 1978 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Dan is asked to find three women who lured a politician to a hotel in order to take compromising photos. 
E03
Mother Mishkin
Thu, Oct 12 1978 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Dan suspects a greedy land speculator when wild animals, murder attempts and thugs beset Mother Mishkin.
E04
Love, Laugh and Die
Thu, Oct 19 1978 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
The top suspects in the death of a reformed prostitute include three former loves: a folk singer, a tennis star and a construction tycoon.
E05
Yes, My Darling Daughter
Thu, Oct 26 1978 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
A woman hires Dan to find her supposedly dead father, whom she thinks she saw in the back of the church during her wedding.
E06
Lady Ice
Thu, Nov 2 1978 3:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
A glittering jewelry convention at the Desert Inn attracts many buyers and sellers to the dazzling array of pricey gems... as well as some cunning thieves who plan to rob a wealthy Sheik of his collection of valuable rubies. When Tanna gets drawn into the case, he encounters a seductive woman who may be involved in the caper. 
E07
Milliken's Stash
Thu, Nov 9 1978 3:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Cocaine smuggler Marty Trafalgar tries to retire, but his former partner Wendell Milliken from Miami won't allow him to do so.
E08
The Pageant
Thu, Nov 16 1978 3:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
A serial rapist appears to be targeting contestants of the "Miss Casino" beauty pageant. A description of the suspect is of some help, but with the attacker still loose, Tanna reluctantly allows his assistant Bea to act as bait to try to nab the assailant.
E09
Lost Women
Thu, Nov 23 1978 3:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Dan steps in when a white slavery ring run by a wealthy man kidnaps several chorus girls.
E10
Second Stanza
Thu, Dec 7 1978 3:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Faded singer Ginny Gordon's comeback is threatened, and her sanity imperiled, by attempts on her life. Is her former partner responsible for the attempts, or is a recent acquaintance terrorizing her?
E11
Serve, Volley and Kill
Thu, Dec 21 1978 3:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
A tennis star is threatened with possibly fatal injury unless he loses an upcoming $100,000 match.
E12
Ghost of the Ripper
Thu, Jan 11 1979 3:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
A police officer teams with Dan to nab a killer recreating the 19th century murders of prostitutes by "Jack the Ripper."
E13
The Eleventh Event
Thu, Jan 18 1979 3:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
A wheelchair bound, former Olympic athlete offers to pay ransom when his singer friend is kidnapped
E14
Kill Dan Tanna!
Thu, Jan 25 1979 3:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
A crippled Vietnam veteran hires two mercenaries to take his revenge against Dan, whom he blames for his wartime injury.
E15
Death Mountain
Thu, Feb 1 1979 3:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Dan suspects an Indian chief's death may be linked to a real estate mogul's attempts to buy up Indian land.
E16
Best Friends
Thu, Feb 8 1979 3:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Dan gets a surprise visit from his childhood best friend, unaware that he's grown up to be a hit man who has a contract to carry out in Las Vegas.
E17
Demand and Supply
Thu, Feb 15 1979 3:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Dan's surprised to learn that a high school guidance counselor is part of a ring leading teenage girls into prostitution.
E18
Everything I Touch
Thu, Mar 1 1979 3:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Dan searches for a mysterious killer who attacks women he's involved with.
E19
Doubtful Target
Thu, Mar 8 1979 3:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Binzer vows to track down the killer who murdered his girlfriend.
E20
Touch of Death
Thu, Mar 15 1979 3:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
A distraught newlywed hires Dan to find her missing husband, who disappeared shortly after they had gotten into a minor traffic accident with a Government vehicle.
E21
A Way to Live
Thu, May 3 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Dan can't seem to convince an old friend, a beautiful motorcycle daredevil, that the accidents befalling her are really attempts on her life.
E22
The Visitor
Thu, May 10 1979 2:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Dan must protect a Middle Eastern princess from fanatics who disapprove of the government she represents.

Season 2

22 episodes

Season 3

23 episodes
Robert Urich
Robert Urich as Dan Tanna
Bart Braverman
Bart Braverman as Bobby "Binzer" Borso
Phyllis Davis
Phyllis Davis as Beatrice Travis
Greg Morris
Greg Morris as Lt. David Nelson
Naomi Stevens
Naomi Stevens as Sgt. Bella Archer
Tony Curtis
Tony Curtis as Phillip "Slick" Roth
Judy Landers
Judy Landers as Angie

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