A criminology professor uses scientific methods, advanced computer technology, his expertise in chess, and the leg work of several of his students to track down a crazed killer in San Francisco.
Two teenage girls, one rich and one middle-class, become best friends over the summer.
An elderly married couple find that as their physical and mental health deteriorates, they find themselves dependent more and more upon their grown children.
A Beverly Hills hairdresser runs around town on the eve of the 1968 presidential election trying to make heads or tails of his financial and romantic entanglements. His attempts to gather the money to open his own salon are continually side-tracked by the distractions presented by his many lovers.
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.