The White Shadow
Pregnant Pause
TV Flash files “Pregnant Pause” as a desk essential hour — The White Shadow (1978–1981) on CBS, season 1, episode 5, aired 1979-01-01, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E05: listed hour 5 of 54 in the The White Shadow guide, hour 5 of 15 in season 1. It aired 1979-01-01 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Bonus Baby” (S01E04). Next is “Wanna Bet?” (S01E06).
Essential hour: “Pregnant Pause”. Pregnant Pause is the social-drama classroom in a title. Sports television that actually talks: the team still the set, the after-school-special sugar refused on purpose.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Reese, Carver High's star player, is pressured to quit school by his girlfriend, who says she's pregnant and desperate to get married.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Pregnant Pause sit in the The White Shadow guide?
S01E05 is listed hour 5 of 54 — hour 5 of 15 in season 1, season 1 episode 5.
When did The White Shadow S01E05 air?
Pregnant Pause aired 1979-01-01 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is it a basketball show or a social drama?
Sports ensemble that treats race, class, and teenagers with unusual honesty. The gym is a classroom; the buzzer still ends the hour.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Ken Howard's white ex-pro coaches a mostly Black Los Angeles high-school team, and the gym becomes a social-drama classroom. Bruce Paltrow's shop lets race, class, and teenage ego into the locker room without after-school-special frosting. Sports television that actually talks, then hits the buzzer.
Picture a network night that still thought a gym could be civic furniture. CBS, 1978–1981: Ken Howard's Ken Reeves, white ex-pro, walks into a mostly Black Los Angeles high-school locker room and Bruce Paltrow's shop declines to frost it. The White Shadow is sports television that actually talks, then hits the buzzer. Jason Bernard, Byron Stewart, and Timothy Van Patten among the young ensemble. Race, class, and teenage ego in the paint. On the palate: gym varnish, a whistle, and a three-act clock that treats the…
Filed against
- Ken Howard as Coach Ken Reeves
Ken Howard's Coach Ken Reeves made The White Shadow a gym that talked — a white ex-pro coaching a mostly Black Los Angeles high-school team, Bruce Paltrow's shop letting race, class, and teenage ego into the locker room. TV Flash files…
- Jason Bernard as Jim Willis
Jason Bernard’s Jim Willis put The White Shadow’s gym in conversation with a grown-up — Ken Howard’s white ex-pro coaching a mostly Black Los Angeles high-school team, Bruce Paltrow’s shop letting race and class into the locker room.…
- Byron Stewart as Warren Coolidge
Byron Stewart played Warren Coolidge on The White Shadow — Ken Howard's white ex-pro coaching a mostly Black Los Angeles high-school team, the gym as a social-drama classroom. Bruce Paltrow's shop let race, class, and teenage ego into the…
- Timothy Van Patten as Mario 'Salami' Pettrino
Timothy Van Patten suited up The White Shadow as Mario 'Salami' Pettrino — white ex-pro coaching a mostly Black Los Angeles high-school team, gym as social-drama classroom, race and class in the locker room without after-school-special…