Palace Guard

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Palace Guard
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Genre Crime drama
Created by Stephen J. Cannell
Starring
Composer Mike Post
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8 (including a feature-length pilot, 5 unaired)
Production
Executive producers
  • Jacob Epstein
  • Ken Solarz
  • Stephen J. Cannell
Running time60 minutes per episode
Production company Stephen J. Cannell Productions
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseOctober 18 (1991-10-18) 
November 1, 1991 (1991-11-01)

Palace Guard is an American crime drama television series that was briefly broadcast by CBS from October 18 to November 1, 1991, as part of its 1991 fall lineup. It was produced by Stephen J. Cannell.

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Synopsis

Palace Guard is the story of a reformed jewel thief and cat burglar, Tommy Logan (D. W. Moffett), who, after serving three years in prison, is released on parole and accepts an offer to become the head of security for the posh Palace Hotel chain. There are two reasons for this somewhat unusual job offer: Logan had previously enjoyed great success in stealing from the high-class clientele of the Palace chain, and therefore he would understand how to prevent others from doing so; and Tommy was the illegitimate son of the chain's owner, Arturo Taft (Tony Lo Bianco), though Taft did not reveal this to Logan. The show centers primarily around the working relationship between Logan and his new boss, Christy Cooper (Marcy Walker), the hotel chain's vice-president of Public Relations. In each episode, Logan and Cooper travel to a hotel in a different city where Logan helps avert some disaster using quirky and questionable methods, leaving Cooper to sweep up the fallout.

Cast

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1
2
"Pilot" James A. Contner Stephen J. Cannell October 18, 1991 (1991-10-18)
3"The Three-Minute Egg" Frank E. Johnson Stephen J. CannellOctober 25, 1991 (1991-10-25)
4"Simian Enchanted Evening"UnknownUnknownNovember 1, 1991 (1991-11-01)
5"Eye of Newt"Gabrielle Beaumont & Charles SibertJacob Epstein & Ken SolarzUnaired
6"House Arrest"Nick MarckHoward Chaykin & John Francis MooreUnaired
7"The White Angel"TBDTBDUnaired
8"Iced"TBDTBDUnaired
9"Memories"TBDTBDUnaired

Broadcast

Palace Guard was broadcast by CBS from October 18 to November 1, 1991. Counting the show's feature-length pilot, only three of the eight completed episodes of Palace Guard were aired on CBS.[ citation needed ]

Home media

In July 2010, Mill Creek Entertainment released Prime Time Crime: The Stephen J. Cannell Collection on DVD in Region 1. This special collection contained 54 episodes from 13 different shows produced by Stephen J. Cannell Productions including all nine episodes of Palace Guard. [1]

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