Vega$

Vega$

1978 - 1981Drama, CrimeTV-PG3 Seasons68 Episodes

Vega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981. It was produced by Aaron Spelling. The series was filmed in its entirety in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is believed to be the first television series produced entirely in Las Vegas. The show stars Robert Urich as private detective Dan Tanna, who drove around the streets of Las Vegas in a red 1957 Ford Thunderbird solving crimes and making Las Vegas a better place for residents and tourists alike.

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

22 Episodes • 1978

Season 2

Season 2

23 Episodes • 1979

Season 3

Season 3

23 Episodes • 1980

Episodes - Season 1

Centerfold

1. Centerfold

44m

Model Shawn Adams' agent Nat Finer is a two-bit hustler whose shady friend Mr. Smith drugs Shawn, takes X-rated photos of her, then tries to blackmail her into a five-year contract.

The Games Girls Play

2. The Games Girls Play

44m

A senator gets photographed in a compromising position with three housewives whose husbands neglect them. When one girl is run down by a car, it's obvious that all three are in danger from a vengeful victim.

Mother Mishkin

3. Mother Mishkin

44m

Mother Mishkin tries to nail shady real estate developer Worthmeyer and thinks her life is in danger from him, so she hires Dan to protect her. Meanwhile, Dan recruits bumbling Binzer to repossess a car from deadbeat Freddie Tibbs.

Love, Laugh and Die

4. Love, Laugh and Die

44m

Call girl Lexy Gardner is shot dead, so her mother hires Dan to find out who did it and how Lexy wound up hooking. The case expands to involve singer Eddie Banning, tennis pro Lou Spitz, and contractor William Virgil.

Yes, My Darling Daughter

5. Yes, My Darling Daughter

44m

On her wedding day, Cindy Jenner Smalley sees. or thinks she sees, her dead father Hank, a famous country-western singer who vanished shortly after arranging his wife's mercy killing ten years before. Dan takes the case.

Lady Ice

6. Lady Ice

44m

A sheik who is staying at Roth's hotel doesn't realize that his female escort Allison Jordan is the one female in a trio of crooks who steal twelve rubies from him. Her romantic evening with Dan becomes her alibi for the crime.

Milliken's Stash

7. Milliken's Stash

44m

Cocaine smuggler Marty Trafalgar tries to retire, but his former partner Wendell Milliken from Miami won't allow him to do so.

The Pageant

8. The Pageant

44m

Mike Logan hires Dan to find his daughter Jenny's rapist. Bella discovers that the serial rapist targets slender blondes in their late teens. When the rapist kills a victim, Jenny becomes a witness and Bea becomes a decoy.

Lost Women

9. Lost Women

44m

Tanna investigates the mysterious disappearances of beautiful Las Vegas showgirls and discovers they have been abducted by a white slaver. When he gets caught trying to rescue them, Binzer and Roth try to rescue him.

Second Stanza

10. Second Stanza

44m

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?

Created by: Michael Mann

Top Cast

Robert Urich

Robert Urich

Dan Tanna

Bart Braverman

Bart Braverman

Bobby 'Binzer' Borso

Phyllis Davis

Phyllis Davis

Beatrice Travis

Greg Morris

Greg Morris

Lt. David Nelson

Naomi Stevens

Naomi Stevens

Sgt. Bella Archer

Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis

Roth

Available on: ABC

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