The Name of the Game (1968)

Adventure · Drama · Mystery

The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.

IMDb rating: 7.6 (757 votes)
Seasons: 3
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 2026 · 3 seasons indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (1968)

7.03 avg 26 episodes 7.4 → 7.3 75 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Fear of High Places	7.4	39
2	Witness	7.2	21
3	The Taker	7.4	31
4	Collectors' Edition	6.4	17
5	Nightmare	7.8	27
6	Incident in Berlin	7.4	18
7	Shine On, Shine On, Jesse Gil	6.6	16
8	Lola in Lipstick	7.0	13
9	The Protector	7.4	21
10	Ordeal	7.6	30
11	The White Birch	7.8	51
12	High on a Rainbow	7.2	17
13	The Black Answer	6.4	16
14	Pineapple Rose	7.2	32
15	The Revolutionary	4.9	10
16	Swingers Only	6.6	32
17	The Inquiry	7.4	30
18	The Incomparable Connie Walker	7.2	22
19	Love-In at Ground Zero	7.3	25
20	The Suntan Mob	5.9	14
21	Keep the Doctor Away	6.5	14
22	The Bobby Currier Story	7.2	10
23	A Wrath of Angels	7.7	18
24	The Third Choice	7.0	12
25	Breakout to a Fast Buck	7.1	19
26	An Agent of the Plaintiff	7.3	20

Season 2 (1969)

6.64 avg 26 episodes 6.9 → 6.7 75 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Lady on the Rocks	6.9	15
2	A Hard Case of the Blues	6.9	28
3	Blind Man's Bluff	6.3	14
4	The Emissary	6.1	14
5	Chains of Command	7.6	19
6	Goodbye Harry	7.9	22
7	Give Till It Hurts	7.5	14
8	The Perfect Image	6.6	18
9	The Prisoner Within	6.1	10
10	The Civilized Men	6.4	8
11	High Card	5.2	10
12	The Power	5.9	11
13	Laurie Marie	6.1	16
14	The Tradition	5.7	18
15	Brass Ring	6.4	12
16	Island of Gold and Precious Stones	7.6	19
17	The Takeover	6.4	18
18	The Garden	6.5	18
19	Tarot	7.1	21
20	The King of Denmark	6.8	17
21	The Skim Game	6.0	9
22	Man of the People	6.2	9
23	Echo of a Nightmare	7.1	13
24	Jenny Wilde Is Drowning	7.5	22
25	One of the Girls in Research	7.2	16
26	The Other Kind of Spy	6.7	17

Season 3 (1970)

6.86 avg 24 episodes 7.7 → 7.2 75 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	So Long, Baby, and Amen	7.7	26
2	A Love to Remember	7.5	9
3	Cynthia Is Alive and Living in Avalon	7.6	22
4	Battle at Gannon's Bridge	6.6	8
5	The Enemy Before Us	7.4	23
6	The Time Is Now	7.2	20
7	The War Merchants	7.0	15
8	Little Bear Died Running	6.8	17
9	All the Old Familiar Faces	7.8	23
10	I Love You, Billy Baker: Part 1	7.3	20
11	I Love You, Billy Baker: Part 2	7.2	17
12	Why I Blew Up Dakota	6.6	19
13	Aquarius Descending	7.5	10
14	The Glory Shouter	6.7	24
15	A Sister from Napoli	6.0	16
16	LA 2017	6.6	342
17	The Man Who Killed a Ghost	5.7	9
18	Seek and Destroy	5.5	9
19	A Capitol Affair	6.5	12
20	The Savage Eye	6.9	25
21	Appointment in Palermo	6.4	16
22	Beware of the Watchdog	6.2	14
23	The Broken Puzzle	6.7	9
24	The Showdown	7.2	18