[2] It starred Dabney Coleman as "Slap" Maxwell, an egocentric sportswriter for a newspaper called The Ledger, somewhere in the American Southwest.

The title character's nickname comes from the fact that someone else always ends up hitting him in every episode.

Slap has an on-again, off-again relationship with Judy (Megan Gallagher), one of the paper's secretaries.

The series also featured Annie (Susan Anspach) as Slap's ex-wife, who retains a soft spot for him.

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