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The Paper
Chase was a one hour dramatic series premiering on CBS in 1978 that
won great critical praise, garnering the Emmy for Outstanding New
Series. Based on the movie and novel, rural Minnesotan James T. Hart
(James Stephens) is unprepared for the life of a first year law
student at an Ivy League law school. In his first class, he elicits
the ire of revered and feared contracts professor Charles W.
Kingsfield (played by the brilliant John Houseman reprising his
Academy Award winning movie role). But Hart is committed. And smart.
And so is The Paper Chase. In order to keep up with the never-ending
workload, Hart joins a study group for support. Each episode
explores the trials and tribulations, the successes and failures,
the competition and camaraderie that each student faces. |
