Vega$ (1978)

Crime · Drama · Mystery

Private detective Dan Tanna drives 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.

IMDb rating: 6.9 (2,541 votes)
Episode average: 7.7 ↑ +0.8 vs IMDb
Seasons: 3
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 3 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1978)

7.41 avg 23 episodes 7.0 → 7.5 50 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	High Roller	7.0	212
1	Centerfold	7.1	112
2	The Games Girls Play	7.5	102
3	Mother Mishkin	6.9	95
4	Love, Laugh and Die	7.4	86
5	Yes, My Darling Daughter	7.2	92
6	Lady Ice	7.2	91
7	Milliken's Stash	7.4	74
8	The Pageant	7.7	88
9	Lost Women	7.6	87
10	Second Stanza	7.2	72
11	Serve, Volley and Kill	7.7	81
12	Ghost of the Ripper	7.1	81
13	The Eleventh Event	7.0	72
14	Kill Dan Tanna!	7.9	69
15	Death Mountain	7.5	60
16	Best Friends	7.6	68
17	Demand and Supply	7.6	68
18	Everything I Touch	7.6	77
19	Doubtful Target	7.5	71
20	Touch of Death	7.9	74
21	The Way to Live	7.4	70
22	The Visitor	7.5	78

Season 2 (1979)

7.68 avg 23 episodes 7.9 → 7.6 57 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Red Handed	7.9	80
2	The Usurper	7.8	83
3	Mixed Blessings	7.5	66
4	Runaway	7.7	64
5	Design for Death	7.6	68
6	Shadow on a Star	7.8	64
7	Dan Tanna Is Dead	8.3	72
8	Macho Murders	7.7	64
9	The Day the Gambling Stopped	8.2	66
10	Classic Connection	7.9	65
11	The Private Eye Connection	7.7	61
12	Lost Monday	7.7	65
13	Casualty of War	7.3	64
14	All Kinds of Love	7.5	66
15	Magic Sister Slayings	7.4	57
16	The Lido Girls	7.6	67
17	Consortium	7.8	61
18	The Hunter Hunted	7.9	64
19	The Man Who Was Twice	7.2	60
20	Golden Gate Cop Killer: Part 1	7.7	63
21	Golden Gate Cop Killer: Part 2	7.5	48
22	Siege of the Desert Inn	7.4	56
23	Vendetta	7.6	51

Season 3 (1980)

7.97 avg 23 episodes 7.5 → 8.4

Saved best for last

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Aloha, You're Dead: Part 1	7.5	69
2	Aloha, You're Dead: Part 2	7.5	55
3	Black Cat Killer	7.8	56
4	Sudden Death	8.1	56
5	Love Affair	7.8	61
6	A Deadly Victim	8.0	61
7	Deadly Blessings	7.7	64
8	Christmas Story	7.6	63
9	The Andreas Addiction	8.0	52
10	Sourdough Suite	7.7	55
11	Murder by Mirrors	8.0	58
12	Backlash	8.2	54
13	Heist	7.5	51
14	No Way to Treat a Victim	7.9	52
15	Time Bomb	8.0	53
16	Out of Sight	7.9	52
17	Set Up	7.9	50
18	The Killing	8.1	47
19	Seek and Destroy	8.3	45
20	Dead Ringer	8.6	58
21	French Twist	8.3	54
22	Judgment Pronounced	8.5	53
23	Nightmare Come True	8.4	52

Vega$ (1978)

Cast

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