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Deadline is a television series which was shown on NBC in the 2000–2001 season. It starred Oliver Platt as Wallace Benton, who worked for the fictional New York Ledger. This was a daily newspaper which was seen in many episodes of Law & Order.
Last Episode Aired
2001-04-07
S1E13 — Red Herring
Benton ends up afraid for his life and on his publisher's bad side when he dares to write a damning column on a stock scam run by the Russian mafia.
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Oliver Platt
Wallace Benton
Lili Taylor
Hildy Baker
Hope Davis
Brooke Benton
Damon Gupton
Charles Foster
Christina Chang
Beth Khambu
Tom Conti
Si Beekman
Bebe Neuwirth
Nikki Masucci
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