Tony Randall plays a newly-elected Philadelphia municipal judge named Walter Franklin in The Tony Randall Show, which premiered in the Bicentennial Year of 1976.The Tony Randall Show is a half-hour comedy series starring Emmy Award-winner Tony Randall as Judge Walter' Franklin, a contemporary courtroom judge in Philadelphia who has as many trials and vexations off the bench as on, it debuted Thursday, Sept. 30, 1976 on ABC-TV. A widower, Franklin lives with his two children, Roberta (Devon Scott), 18, and Oliver Wendell Franklin, 11, along with their housekeeper, Mrs. McClellan (Rachel Roberts). At the courthouse, -he is assisted by his court reporter and confidant, Jack Terwilliger (Barney Martin) and his sharp-tongued, sardonic, secretary, Miss Reubner (Allyn Ann McLerie).
Walter Franklin has to cope with a bad case of nerves as he preens for his first date with widow Linda Jenkins in almost two years.
Judge Franklin (Tony Randall) must weigh the scales of justice outside the courtroom when he conducts interviews for a new law clerk, and the applicants include his court reporter, an aggressive young man, and a beautiful girl with excellent qualifications.
Judge Franklin gets more than he bargained for on the bench when he replaces another jurist and has to deal with an attorney notorious for his devious tactics.
When Judge Franklin's housekeeper, Mrs. McClellan, finds out that she may be deported because of an invalidated visa, she comes up with a plan to avoid deportation.
Judge Franklin strongly objects to his daughter Bobby's dating a much older man — until the tables are turned. Walter finds himself attracted to a younger woman, his son's teacher.
Judge Franklin goes to jail — sort of — when he is asked to spend his vacation in a minimun security jail to report on the conditions there. It doesn't quite work out as expected.
Judge Frankin's son comes to his father's courtroom to see his idol, the toughest hockey player in the league testify, and learns a lesson when he tries to emulate his hero's hockey style.
Franklin is perturbed when his children seek his housekeeper's advice instead of his.
Judge Walter Franklin's life is in danger and Mario Lanza, the person he can't stand, takes a leave from the District Attorney's office to protect him.
Judge Walter Franklin challenges Judge Samuel Barnett, veteran of 32 years on the years on the bench, for election as Superior Court Judge.
Bobby, Franklin's daughter, who has been away at school, decides to come back to Philadelphia to go to college. Return: Judge Walter Franklin (Tony Randall) begins a second season with a change of venue (CBS) and a change of cast (Penny Peyser now plays Bobby Franklin). But some things stay the same, including daughter Bobby's uncanny ability to outrage daddy, this time by dropping out of college and moving in with her boyfriend.
The Franklins are fascinated with globe-trotting tales of a photographer.
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Cleavon Little plays an escaped prisoner who invades Walter's chambers, takes Miss Reubner hostage and demands a getaway plane to a foreign country.
Judge Walter makes numerous frustrating attempts to save Miss Reubner from the clutches of Charlie Finmore, a handsome lawyer, whom he had known for years to be a casanova. Miss Reubner sees love, but all Walter can see is heartbreak ahead and his failure to convince her that Charlie is a gigolo.
Mario represents a teenage who is suing her parents.
Mis Reubner accepts Jack's invitation to attend a ballroom.
Some memorable moments of Walter's first days as a judge are relived when the Franklin family gives Walter a surprise anniversary party honoring his three years on the bench.