Man of the People

Season 1 Episode 5: Of Cars and Kids and Cads

Oct 13, 1991 NR 30m 7.1

""Doyle's efforts to play in a high-society, high-stakes poker game are thwarted when members of the club snub him by raising the stakes inordinately high. However, Doyle lucks into some big money when he becomes treasurer of a youth league charity with fifty-thousand dollars in the kitty. But as the big game nears, Doyle finds, much to his frustration that he's come to like the unfortunate kids. Will Doyle do the right thing?"" (NBC)

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Pilot

1. Pilot

Aired: Sep 15, 1991

"When the well-respected and honorable City Councilwoman Marge Patterson dies...

Episode 3 The Pool Hall

3. The Pool Hall

Aired: Sep 29, 1991

"A typical crazy day in the life of hustling Jim Doyle. It's a juggling act f...

Episode 7 Kid of the People

7. Kid of the People

Aired: Oct 27, 1991

"Doyle meets his match in a twelve year-old boy who not only out-hustles the ...

Episode 10 The Freeway Issue

10. The Freeway Issue

Aired: Jul 13, 1992

"A desperate Constance resorts to desperate measures to stop the mayor from b...

Info about Man of the People

Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Production Country: United States

Genres: Comedy