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Adam's Rib

TV·1973–1973·1 season, 13 episodes·ABC·Comedy·30m·Created by Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin

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Adam's Rib is an American situation comedy broadcast on ABC-TV from September 14 to December 28, 1973. It was produced by MGM Television and had 13 episodes. The series was a TV adaptation of the 1949 motion picture of the same name.

Cast

Episodes by season

Season0113Episodes1973AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Illegal AidSeptember 14, 1973Amanda sets out to prove that men are favored over women in cases of soliciting.
  2. S01E02Two Pair of PantsSeptember 21, 1973A small-scale war begins after a restaurant refuses to serve Amanda because she is dressed in a pants suit instead of a dress.
  3. S01E03Danish PastrySeptember 28, 1973Amanda defends a theatre owner who is accused of showing a pornographic film called ""Danish Pastry"".
  4. S01E04Separate VacationOctober 5, 1973Amanda and Adam agree that Adam should still take a two-week vacation, even though Amanda is unable to leave work to join him. They soon fin
  5. S01E05Adam's Rib S01E05The Unwritten Law (1)October 12, 1973
  6. S01E06The Unwritten Law (2)October 19, 1973Adam is the prosecuting attorney for a case involving attempted murder by a wife who shot at her husband after she caught him in the arms of
  7. S01E07Katey at the BatOctober 26, 1973Adam and Amanda team up to help a young girl battle discrimination get into the midget league baseball.
  8. S01E08DelilahNovember 2, 1973Amanda takes on the case of a woman who hit a man for refusing to hire her as a jackhammer operator because she is a woman.
  9. S01E09For Richer, For PoorerNovember 9, 1973After an old flame of Adam's has her husband thrown into jail for a failure to pay alimony, Amanda agrees to defend the husband.
  10. S01E10Murder!November 16, 1973Adam decides to do a little detective work when a multimillionaire is shot and his mistress gives an unconvincing confession to the crime.
  11. S01E11Friend of the FamilyNovember 30, 1973Adam becomes jealous over the amount of attention Amanda shows her boss at a house party.
  12. S01E12The First HurrahDecember 7, 1973Adam encourages Amanda to run for City Council.
  13. S01E13Too Many CooksDecember 28, 1973Amanda plans her revenge subtly after Adam enrages her with a comment about cooking being part of her woman's duty.

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