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Baa Baa Black Sheep (renamed for Season 2 as Black Sheep Squadron and later syndicated under that title) is a television series that premiered on September 21, 1976, with a lead-in movie ("Flying Misfits") and ran from September 23, 1976, to April 6, 1978. The series consisted of 2 seasons, a 23-episode Season 1, and a 13-episode Season 2, for a total of 36 episodes.
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| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | ||||||
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| 1 | 1 | "Flying Misfits" | Russ Mayberry | Stephen J. Cannell | September 21, 1976 | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Best Three Out of Five" | Lawrence Doheny | Stephen J. Cannell | September 23, 1976 | ||||||
Guest stars: Charles Napier | |||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Small War" | Walter Doniger | Philip DeGuere Jr. | September 28, 1976 | ||||||
Guest star: Rene Auberjonois | |||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | "High Jinx" | John Peyser | Ken Pettus | October 5, 1976 | ||||||
Guest star: Donald Petrie | |||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Prisoners of War" | Jackie Cooper | Ken Pettus | October 12, 1976 | ||||||
Guest star: Clyde Kusatsu | |||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Presumed Dead" | Lawrence Doheny | Philip DeGuere Jr. & Milt Rosen | October 26, 1976 | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Meatball Circus" | John Peyser | Stephen J. Cannell | November 9, 1976 | ||||||
Guest stars: Stewart Moss, Robert Clarke | |||||||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Up for Grabs" | Ivan Dixon & Alex Beaton | Unknown | November 16, 1976 | ||||||
Guest stars: George Takei, Yuki Shimoda | |||||||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Anyone for Suicide?" | Jackie Cooper | Ken Pettus | November 23, 1976 | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "New Georgia on My Mind" | Jeannot Szwarc | Ken Pettus | November 30, 1976 | ||||||
Guest star: James Luisi | |||||||||||
| 12 | 12 | "The Cat's Whiskers" | Russ Mayberry | Milt Rosen | December 7, 1976 | ||||||
Guest star: Frank Maxwell | |||||||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Love and War" | William Wiard | Philip DeGuere Jr. | December 14, 1976 | ||||||
Guest star: Leslie Charleson | |||||||||||
| 14 | 14 | "The War Biz Warrior" | Lawrence Doheny | Gordon Dawson | January 4, 1977 | ||||||
Guest stars: James Darren, Ford Rainey | |||||||||||
| 15 | 15 | "The Deadliest Enemy of All: Part 1" | Barry Shear | Philip DeGuere Jr. | January 11, 1977 | ||||||
First episode with Larroquette, Manetti, and MacKay in the opening credits. Guest star: Anne Francis | |||||||||||
| 16 | 16 | "The Deadliest Enemy of All: Part 2" | Barry Shear | Philip DeGuere Jr. | January 18, 1977 | ||||||
Guest stars: Anne Francis, Greg Boyington | |||||||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Devil in the Slot" | Edward Dein | Stephen J. Cannell | January 25, 1977 | ||||||
Guest star: Red West | |||||||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Five the Hard Way" | Jackie Cooper | Ken Pettus | February 1, 1977 | ||||||
Guest star: Kenneth Mars | |||||||||||
| 19 | 19 | "The Last Mission Over Sengai" | Jackie Cooper | Philip DeGuere | February 8, 1977 | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "Trouble at Fort Apache" | Edward Dein | Stephen J. Cannell | February 15, 1977 | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Poor Little Lambs" | Jackie Cooper | Ken Pettus | February 22, 1977 | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "W*A*S*P*S" | Dana Elcar | Philip DeGuere | March 1, 1977 | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "Last One for Hutch" | Lawrence Doheny | Story by : Glen Olsen & Rod Baker Teleplay by : Glen Olsen & Rod Baker & James S. Crocker | March 8, 1977 | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "The Fastest Gun" | Philip DeGuere | Stephen J. Cannell & Philip DeGuere | March 22, 1977 | ||||||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1 | "Divine Wind" | Lawrence Doheny | Donald P. Bellisario | December 14, 1977 | |
| 26 | 2 | "The 200 Pound Gorilla" | Dana Elcar | Stephen J. Cannell | December 21, 1977 | |
| 27 | 3 | "The Hawk Flies on Sunday" | Robert Conrad | Frank Abatemarco | December 29, 1977 | |
| 28 | 4 | "Wolves in the Sheep Pen" | Edward Dein | Donald P. Bellisario | January 4, 1978 | |
| 29 | 5 | "Operation Stand-Down" | Philip DeGuere Jr. | Story by : Glen Olson & Rod Baker Teleplay by : Donald P. Bellisario | January 11, 1978 | |
| 30 | 6 | "Ten'll Get You Five" | Robert Conrad | Peter Lefcourt | January 18, 1978 | |
| 31 | 7 | "Forbidden Fruit" | Robert Conrad | Stephen J. Cannell & Donald P. Bellisario | February 22, 1978 | |
| 32 | 8 | "Fighting Angels" | Lawrence Doheny | Stephen J. Cannell | March 1, 1978 | |
| 33 | 9 | "The Iceman" | Dana Elcar | Donald P. Bellisario | March 8, 1978 | |
| 34 | 10 | "Hotshot" | Lawrence Doheny | Donald P. Bellisario | March 15, 1978 | |
| 35 | 11 | "The Show Must Go on... Sometimes" | Dana Elcar | James S. Crocker | March 23, 1978 | |
| 36 | 12 | "Sheep in the Limelight" | Lawrence Doheny | Frank Abatemarco | March 30, 1978 | |
| 37 | 13 | "A Little Bit of England" | Donald P. Bellisario | Donald P. Bellisario | April 6, 1978 | |
Guest star: Peter Frampton | ||||||
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