Shannon's Deal (1990)

8.0 (2 votes)

2 Seasons

April 16, 1990

English

Drama

Synopsis

Shannon's Deal is an American legal drama. The show centers on a successful Philadelphia corporate lawyer named Jack Shannon, who lost his family and his job to a compulsive gambling habit. The saga of Shannon, who leaves a prestigious law firm after years of becoming unhappy with the legal system and being forced to take his clients to court, and whom subsequently opens his own low-rent practice

Creator

Stan Rogow

Network

NBC

Episodes

Words to Music

Apr 16, 1990

A country singer claims a music-publishing syndicate stole her song.

Inside Straight

Apr 23, 1990

Shannon anticipates working for a paying client, a contractor whose employee is charged with manslaughter.

Art

Apr 30, 1990

An art-loving burglar asks for a light sentence but ends up the target of a mob hit; Shannon has a blind date with a blabby lush.

Custody

May 7, 1990

Shannon gets involved in a small town child-custody dispute in which grandparents have taken a 6-year-old from the aunt attempting an adoption.

Hitting Home

May 14, 1990

Shannon's estranged father seeks justice for a disgruntled dockworker friend arrested in a shootout after learning he was cheated out of his union pension.