Jessica Novak

Jessica Novak is an American drama television series that aired on CBS from November 5 until December 3, 1981 and was written by Ira Steven Behr. The cast includes Helen Shaver, Kip Gilman, Erik Kilpatrick, and Lara Parker.^[1] The series was cancelled after only 7 episodes and the last two episodes were only aired in West Germany.

Jessica Novak
Helen Shaver as Jessica Novak
Also known as	Close-Up: Jessica Novak
Genre	Drama
Created by	Jerry Ludwig
Written by	Ira Steven Behr
Starring	Helen Shaver Lara Parker
Composer	Fred Karlin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	7 (3 unaired)
Production
Executive producers	Jerry Ludwig Marc Merson
Producer	Paul Waigner
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Brownstone Productions 20th Century Fox Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	November 5 (1981-11-05) – December 3, 1981 (1981-12-03)

Synopsis

The series focused on Jessica Novak, a news reporter for KLA-TV, who did human interest stories and exposes.

Cast

• Helen Shaver as Jessica Novak
• David Spielberg as Max Kenyon
• Andrew Rubin as Phil Bonelli
• Eric Kilpatrick as Ricky Duran
• Nina Wilcox as Audrey Stiles
• Kenneth Gilman as Vince Halloran
• Lara Parker as Katie Roberts

Episodes

No.	Title	Original release date
1	"Closeup News (pilot)"	November 5, 1981 (1981-11-05)
2	"The Boy Most Likely"	November 12, 1981 (1981-11-12)
3	"Kenny"	November 19, 1981 (1981-11-19)
4	"Man on the Street"	November 26, 1981 (1981-11-26)
5	"Mirrorful of Gamblers"	December 3, 1981 (1981-12-03)
6	"Silent Night"	unaired
7	"The Reward"	unaired