Blacke's Magic was a short-lived American TV show about a magician, Alexander Blacke (played by Hal Linden

Hal Linden

Hal Linden is an American stage and television actor and television director, best known for his role in the television comedy series Barney Miller and as presenter on the ABC educational series Animals, Animals, Animals....

), who, with some help from his con-man father, Leonard (Harry Morgan

Harry Morgan

Harry Morgan is an American actor. Morgan is well-known for his roles as Colonel Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H , Pete Porter on both Pete and Gladys and December Bride , Detective Bill Gannon on Dragnet , and Amos Coogan on Hec Ramsey...

), solves mysteries that get in the way of his performances. It ran for one season in 1986 for 13 episodes and featured crimes that tested logic against seemingly magical crimes. The stories were not so much whodunits as "how-he-do-its," for Alex Blacke often had to turn detective to solve the mysteries.

Episode list

№	Title	Airdate
0	"Breathing Room" (pilot Television pilot A "television pilot" is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell the show to a television network. At the time of its inception, the pilot is meant to be the "testing ground" to see if a series will be possibly desired and successful and therefore a test episode of an... )	1986·Jan·05
1	"Ten Tons of Trouble"	1986·Jan·08
2	"Knave of Diamonds, Ace of Hearts"	1986·Jan·15
3	"The Revenge of the Esperanza"	1986·Jan·22
4	"Death Goes to the Movies"	1986·Jan·29
5	"Vanishing Act"	1986·Feb·12
6	"Prisoner of Paradise"	1986·Feb·19
7	"Address Unknown"	1986·Feb·26
8	"Forced Landing"	1986·Mar·05
9	"Last Flight to Moscow"	1986·Mar·12
10	"A Friendly Game of Showdown"	1986·Mar·19
11	"It's a Jungle Out There"	1986·Apr·02
12	"Wax Poetic"	1986·May·07