Capital News is a short-lived American

United States

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 drama series

Dramatic programming

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 that aired on ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 in 1990. Starring Lloyd Bridges

Lloyd Bridges

Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr. was an American actor who starred in a number of television series and appeared in more than 150 feature films. Bridges is best known for his role of Mike Nelson in Sea Hunt, the most-popular syndicated American TV series in 1958...

 and Helen Slater

Helen Slater

Helen Rachel Slater is an American actress and singer-songwriter.She appeared in the title role in the 1984 film Supergirl. In the following years she starred in several very successful comedy-drama films such as Ruthless People, The Secret of My Success, and City Slickers...

, Capital News was created by David Milch

David Milch

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 and Christian Williams.

Synopsis

The series focuses on the editorial staff and writers of the Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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-based daily news paper "The Washington Capital" (a fiction

Fiction

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al journal inspiral by the actual "Washington Post

The Washington Post

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"). It was produced by MTM Enterprises

MTM Enterprises

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.

The series consists of one TV movie (also considered as the pilot) and twelve regular episodes, of which only three were shown on its initial run in the United States, after which the ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 canceled the series.

Cast

Actor	Role
Mark Blum Mark Blum Mark Blum is an American actor in movies, on television and stage.-Career:Blum started acting on stage in the 1970s. Beginning in the 1980s as an actor in movies like Lovesick, Desperately Seeking Susan and Crocodile Dundee, he later appeared in television series as guest, with the failed show...	Edison King
Lloyd Bridges Lloyd Bridges Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr. was an American actor who starred in a number of television series and appeared in more than 150 feature films. Bridges is best known for his role of Mike Nelson in Sea Hunt, the most-popular syndicated American TV series in 1958...	Jonathan 'Jo Jo' Turner
Christian Clemenson Christian Clemenson Christian Clemenson is an American film and television actor. He is well known for his portrayal of Jerry "Hands" Espenson in the television series Boston Legal, for which he won the 2006 Emmy Award for Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series.-Early life:Clemenson spent his childhood in Humboldt,...	Todd Lunden
Chelsea Field Chelsea Field Chelsea Field is an American actress. She played Teela in the 1987 film adaptation of Masters of the Universe. In a break from tradition and He-Man canon, she portrayed Teela as a brunette character wearing a full costume with pants and sleeves.- Personal life :Field has been married to actor...	Cassy Swann
Kurt Fuller Kurt Fuller Kurt Fuller is an American character actor. He has appeared in a number of television, film, and stage projects. He graduated from Lincoln High School in Stockton, California in 1971.-Career:...	Miles Plato
Charles Levin Charles Levin Charles Leonard Levin was a Michigan jurist. He served as a Michigan Court of Appeals judge from 1966 to 1972 and as a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1973 to 1996. He attended the University of Michigan where he received his B.A. in 1946 and his LL.B...	Vinnie DiSalvo
Richard Murphy	Richie Fineberg
Wendell Pierce Wendell Pierce Wendell Pierce is an American actor, best known for his work in HBO dramas, including his portrayal of Detective Bunk Moreland in The Wire and trombonist Antoine Batiste in Treme.-Life and career:...	Conrad White
Daniel Roebuck Daniel Roebuck Daniel James Roebuck is an American television film actor, writer and producer, primarily in films, soap operas and television.-Life and career:...	Haskell Epstein
William Russ William Russ William Russ is an American actor, best known for his role as Alan Matthews on Boy Meets World.-Early life:Russ was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, and is the son of a naval officer...	Redmond Dunne
Helen Slater Helen Slater Helen Rachel Slater is an American actress and singer-songwriter.She appeared in the title role in the 1984 film Supergirl. In the following years she starred in several very successful comedy-drama films such as Ruthless People, The Secret of My Success, and City Slickers...	Anne McKenna
Michael Woods Michael Woods Michael Woods is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician, who served in a wide range of cabinet positions, most notably as Minister for Agriculture and Food, Minister for Education and Science and Minister for Health.-Life:...	Clay Gibson
Jenny Wright	Doreen Duncan

Episodes

Episode #	Episode title	Original airdate
1-1	Pilot	April 9, 1990
1-2	"King for a Day"	April 23, 1990
1-3	"Finished? ... Not Dunne"	April 30, 1990
1-4	"Blues for Mr. White"	Unaired
1-5	"Tapes of Wrath"	Unaired
1-6	"Here Comes the Sun"	Unaired
1-7	"Swanns and Drakes"	Unaired
1-8	"Best Little Whorehouse in Virginia"	Unaired
1-9	"Bye Hooker, Bye Crook"	Unaired
1-10	"Sheel Game"	Unaired
1-11	"A Man's Home is His Hassle"	Unaired
1-12	"The Last Supper"	Unaired

External links

(Television movie)

• Capital News at TVGuide.com
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