CBS Wednesday Night Movie (1984-1985)
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- DirectorCorey AllenStarsCarroll O'ConnorLois NettletonLarry AtlasThe Chief of Detectives of the New York Police Department, is a tough cop who has worked his way up the ladder from being on a beat.
- DirectorHarry FalkStarsWilliam ShatnerTate DonovanJames Olson"Boys Town" drama about a man named Rawhide MacGregor, a one-time ex-convict who runs a cattle ranch as a correctional facility for urban juvenile delinquents where he tries through a variety of means and choirs to redeem them from their trouble-making ways.
- DirectorRobert Michael LewisStarsEmmanuel LewisLynne MoodyBen VereenFacing his parent's (Lynne Moody, Ben Vereen) impending divorce and emotional upheaval, a young boy (Emmanuel Lewis) runs away and joins a gang of London street urchins who live by their wits, begging, and thievery.
- DirectorRobert Ellis MillerStarsStacy KeachTeri GarrCathy Lee CrosbyA Vietnam War nurse, who was captured by the enemy and held prisoner of war for many years, escapes her captors and finds her way back to America. Upon returning to the States, she must cope with her readjustment to post-war society, POW nightmares and her husband's new wife.
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsPeter UstinovJean StapletonConstance CummingsDuring a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.
- DirectorSandor SternStarsRobert ConradKaren AustinRichard YoungA former government operative is called out of retirement to battle a new super weapon gone bad, a cyborg. Reluctantly, the retired operative trails the cyborg and tries to destroy it.
- DirectorArthur Allan SeidelmanStarsBill BixbyDee WallaceMegan FollowsWhen widower David marries divorcee Vicki, David's teenage son, Tim and Vicki's teenage daughter, Jenny become romantically involved. This makes David and Vicki VERY uncomfortable and Vicki's ex-husband Andy furious.
- DirectorMike RobeStarsMartin SheenPeter RiegertBarbara BabcockFrank Kenley faces a number of moral dilemmas when dealing with the latest scandal: a teacher accused of sexually assaulting a student. While trying to keep the case in court, rather than trying the teacher on television, an underhanded producer takes the matter out of his hands and succumbs to a Hearst-esque style of "yellow journalism".
- DirectorMichael MillerStarsRichard CrennaJohn SheaLorraine ToussaintFact-based story about a 1975 cover-up of a shooting by two white members of the Boston Tactical Unit. While on stakeout on a suspected getaway car used in a armed robbery, the two gunned down a black man who entered the car. The two claimed the man had a gun and they shot in self-defense. Police investigation decided it was a rightful shooting. The man's widow knew her husband would not be carrying a weapon and became determined to prove her husband's innocence. She hired a former cop who had become a lawyer to prove her case. Working with his four sons, the lawyer team takes on the police force in what eventually proved to be a landmark legal decision.
- DirectorLee PhilipsStarsSam ElliottRebecca GillingJohn MeillonA private investigator (Sam Elliott) battles a criminal (Robert Culp) in the Australian outback for the possession of a priceless opal in this all-out action flick.
- DirectorNoel NosseckStarsNicolas SurovyKirstie AlleyPat CorleySequel to the original movie about a hard-boiled Kansas City cop finds him tracking a colleague's killer to Las Vegas. There he teams up with a Las Vegas cop, who wants him to find the killer but doesn't like him coming into his jurisdiction.
- DirectorVincent McEveetyStarsWilliam ShatnerHeather LocklearJames DarrenHooker and his team become the protection detail of a Senator, and an old friend of Hooker's, after Hooker saves his life during a routine prisoner transfer in Hawaii while the Senator pushes his anti-terrorist bill.