Mathnet The Problem of the Missing Baseball (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Comedy, Crime, Family

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Mathnet

The Problem of the Missing Baseball (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Comedy, Crime, Family

In the pilot episode, a very important baseball goes missing in a house, but things get complicated for Mathnet detectives Kate Monday and George Frankly when the house disappears, too.

Director

Charles S. Dubin

Writers

David D. Connell | Jim Thurman

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Edit Released

Updated Jan 26, 1987

Release date

1987 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

1 nomination

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Cast	+ Add Cast
13 cast members

Name	Known for
Beverly Leech Sgt. Kate Monday Sgt. Kate Monday See fewer	Mathnet (1987)
Joe Howard Officer George Frankly Officer George Frankly See fewer	The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
Tyra Ferrell Ginnie Carlson Ginnie Carlson See fewer	White Men Can't Jump (1992)
James Earl Jones Chief Thad Greene (credit only) Chief Thad Greene (credit only) See fewer	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Edward Winter Clarence Sampson Clarence Sampson See fewer	Porky's II: The Next Day (1983)
Billie Hayes Mrs. MacGregor Mrs. MacGregor See fewer	The Black Cauldron (1985)
Jesse Howard Howie Howie See fewer	Mathnet (1987)
Nicholas Shaffer Toy Store Owner Toy Store Owner See fewer	Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
Nick DeMauro Man In Dodger Cap Man In Dodger Cap See fewer	Hard to Kill (1990)
Rocky Krakoff Rocky Rocky See fewer	Rocky IV (1985)
Jonnetta Thomas Nell Nell See fewer	Mathnet (1987)
Jason Wingreen General Scarlett General Scarlett See fewer	Archie Bunker's Place (1979)
Philip MacDonald Announcer (voice) (as Philip McDonald) Announcer (voice) (as Philip McDonald) See fewer	Mathnet (1987)