$weepstake$

1h

Drama

An anthology depicting the lives of people who hope to win a large amount of money in a sweepstakes and what happens after they win — or do not win — the money.

Production Companies

Miller-Milkis Productions

Paramount Television

Episodes

Cast

Lynn and Grover and Joey

1. Lynn and Grover and Joey

1h 30min

26th Jan 1979

This week's ticker buyers are a man who just got out of jail and is on probation needs to try and find a legitimate job, a woman who's separated from her husband who has a girlfriend and a dog whose owner's relatives try to get a piece of what he wins.

Dewey and Harold and Sarah and Maggie

2. Dewey and Harold and Sarah and Maggie

1h

2nd Feb 1979

A blind girl faces expensive eye surgery. Another girl seeks her long-lost father. An artist whose paintings are painted on the wall of his own apartment building will be lost if the building is demolished.

Vince, Pete and Patsy, Jessica and Rodney

3. Vince, Pete and Patsy, Jessica and Rodney

1h

9th Feb 1979

A circus performer, an unhappily married couple plus a pickpocket and his victim all see a winning lottery ticket as a solution to their problems.

Billy, Wally and Ludmilla, and Theodore

4. Billy, Wally and Ludmilla, and Theodore

1h

16th Feb 1979

A wealthy man shuns his overly philanthropic nephew when the latter has given away his money to the poor.

Episode 5

5. Episode 5

1h

23rd Feb 1979

Roscoe, Elizabeth, and the M.C.

6. Roscoe, Elizabeth, and the M.C.

1h

2nd Mar 1979

Roscoe, a school bus driver who wants to go into business for himself, is a finalist. 12-year-old Elizabeth wants to make her parents' dreams come true.

Episode 7

7. Episode 7

1h

9th Mar 1979

Episode 8

8. Episode 8

1h

23rd Mar 1979

Cowboy, Linda and Angie, Mark

9. Cowboy, Linda and Angie, Mark

1h

30th Mar 1979

A former baseball player, fired for pranks, looks to regain former glory by starting his own team. A parking attendant needs the money to repay a loan used to try to impress a beautiful rich girl. Two girls share a ticket but have a falling-out about how to spend the money if they win.

First air date

26th Jan 1979

Last air date

30th Mar 1979

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks