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First Reporter is a fictional character portrayed by John Harrington Bland in the TV series Spin City.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled The Rivals (season 1), they were 28 years old.
They appear in 9 episodes out of a total of 145 aired
First Reporter is also portrayed by Elaina Davis, Lisa Louise Langford, C.S. Lee, Deirdre Lovejoy, Oliver Solomon, Kim Sykes, Stewart J. Zully, James E. Tripp and David Cohen.

First Reporter

by John Harrington Bland

character

Episodes9

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    The Rivals
    episode S1.E5 october 1996
    Winston, jealous of the old Mayor Garfield's likability factor which he just can't seem to obtain, wishes death on the man and within a couple of days, he gets his wish! Mike and the staff try to console the Mayor by telling him it's not his fault and that Garfield had a bad heart. Nikki bets that none of the men in the office have what it takes to be a dad.
  • 7.3
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    A Star Is Born
    episode S1.E6 october 1996
    Dr. Bronsteen, an old professor of James', is appointed the city's new School Commissioner by Winston, but it is later revealed by the press that he was caught on camera smoking pot at a 1971 Grateful Dead concert causing duress for Mike and disbelief for James. Ashley is offered a job reporting for a local TV station.
  • 7.9
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    Meet Tommy Dugan
    episode S1.E9 november 1996
    A childlike janitor wins the Mayor For A Day contest intended for kids only and begins to have more influence over the press than the Mayor himself, who isn't particularly favored by the press.
  • 7.3
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    An Affair to Remember
    episode S1.E17 february 1997
    Mike plans a star-studded party for the Mayor's 50th birthday, but tries to keep him away from Holly Cohen, Randall's romantic interest from the governor's office so that the Winston marriage doesn't suffer.
  • 7.5
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    Striptease
    episode S1.E19 march 1997
    At a constituent's bachelor party in a strip club, the staffers find that Mike's new girlfriend is a stripper, then must deal with bad publicity from reporters and photographers.
  • 7.3
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    Mayor Over Miami
    episode S1.E24 may 1997
    Randall is depressed after signing divorce papers. Claudia pursues Paul. So both men skip town for Miami, leaving the other staffers to cover for them. Stuart has a personality change due to his new girlfriend.
  • 7.5
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    Miracle Near 34th Street
    episode S2.E12 december 1997
    Randall accidentally tells the public that there is no Santa Claus, and sets off a chain of mishaps during the Christmas season.
  • 7.8
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    Deaf Man Walking
    episode S2.E16 february 1998
    Randall has hearing problems; Stuart gets a new office upstairs; Stacey wants to move out of the family household, so her grandmother blames Mike and puts a curse on him.
  • 7.2
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    Single White Male
    episode S2.E23 may 1998
    Stuart wants to become Carter's new roommate so that both of them can have lower rent; animal lover James objects when Paul brings his cat to kill the rat that's on the loose in Mike's office.