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Deadline was an American drama shown on NBC from October 2, 2000, to April 7, 2001. The program starred Oliver Platt as Wallace Benton, star columnist for the fictional New York Ledger, a daily tabloid newspaper seen in many episodes of Law & Order and modeled after the real-life New York Post.
Original Release
10/02/2000 on NBC
US Release
10/02/2000
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Lili Taylor | Hildy Baker |
| Hope Davis | Brooke Benton |
| Bebe Neuwirth | Nikki Masucci |
| Oliver Platt | Wallace Benton |
| Tom Conti | Si Beekman |
| Christina Chang | Beth Khambu |
| Damon Gupton | Charles Foster |
| Chip Zien | Sammy Klein |
| Terry Alexander | Jono |
| Michael Gaston | Walter |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot | Monday, 02 October 2000 |
| 2 | Lovers and Madmen | Monday, 09 October 2000 |
| 3 | Perception | Monday, 16 October 2000 |
| 4 | Daniel in the Lion's Den | Monday, 23 October 2000 |
| 5 | Howl | Monday, 30 October 2000 |
| 6 | The Old Ball Game | Saturday, 17 March 2001 |
| 7 | Don't I Know You? | Saturday, 17 March 2001 |
| 8 | The Undesirables | Saturday, 24 March 2001 |
| 9 | Somebody's Fool | Saturday, 24 March 2001 |
| 10 | The First Commandment | Saturday, 31 March 2001 |
| 11 | Just Lie Back | Saturday, 31 March 2001 |
| 12 | Red Herring | Saturday, 07 April 2001 |
| 13 | Shock | Saturday, 07 April 2001 |
Directors
Gus Makris, James Quinn, Don Scardino, Richard Dobbs, Alexander Cassini, David Platt, Robert Berlinger, Matthew Penn, Bob Balaban, Michael Fields
Writers
Robert Palm, Dick Wolf, Willie Reale, Yahlin Chang, Martin Weiss, Vanessa Place, Eva Nagorski, Robert F. Campbell, Jonathan Greene, Chris Mundy, Michael Berns, Matt Pyken, Liz Friedman
Creators
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Lili Taylor | Hildy Baker |
| Hope Davis | Brooke Benton |
| Bebe Neuwirth | Nikki Masucci |
| Oliver Platt | Wallace Benton |
| Tom Conti | Si Beekman |
| Christina Chang | Beth Khambu |
| Damon Gupton | Charles Foster |
| Chip Zien | Sammy Klein |
| Terry Alexander | Jono |
| Michael Gaston | Walter |
| Chris Beetem | Wentzel |
| Sarita Choudhury | Sahira Ondaatje |
| Christopher Coucill | Sports Editor |
| Anna Belknap | Chase |
| Erik Jensen | Feldman |
| Howard Atlee | Rick |
| Jean De Baer | Doctor Amy Parker |
| Mark Matkevich | Ratkovich |
| Gregory Russell Cook | Schreiber |
| Chip Zien | Detective Sammy Klein |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Dick Wolf | Executive Producer |
| Robert Palm | Executive Producer |
| John L. Roman | Producer |
