The Bold Ones: The Senator (1970)

Name: The Bold Ones: The Senator
Genre: Drama
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Hal Holbrook, Sharon Acker, Cindy Eilbacher, Michael Tolan

Drama

Hays Stowe is a new senator who comes to Washington DC with his wife Erin and daughter Norma. He arrives full of optimism that being on the side of justice can help him change things for the better… The characters originally appeared in the 2 hour TV-movie/pilot film A Clear and Present Danger (1970).

IMDb rating: 7.7 (113 votes)
Episode average: 7.5 -0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1970)

7.54 avg 8 episodes 8.3 → 7.0 60 min avg

Front-loaded

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	To Taste of Death But Once	8.3	20
2	The Day the Lion Died	7.3	17
3	Power Play	7.4	13
4	A Continual Roar of Musketry: Part 1	8.5	20
5	A Continual Roar of Musketry: Part 2	8.3	16
6	Some Day, They'll Elect a President	7.1	18
7	George Washington Told a Lie	6.4	11
8	A Single Blow of a Sword	7.0	13