Contempt

A character refuses to reveal the identity of a source and is charged with contempt and sent to jail.

Mork & Mindy

Appearances

• The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Season 5, episode 1, "Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?" (1974). Mary refuses to reveal the source of a news story to the Justice Department and is arrested and sent to jail.
• Barney Miller: Season 7, episodes 15-16, "Contempt" (1981). Barney refuses to name an informant in court and gets cited for contempt and sent to jail.
• Mork & Mindy: Season 4, episode 18, "Cheerleader in Chains" (1982). Mindy is served a subpoena to testify in court and reveal a source for a news story she reported, but she refuses and is sent to jail.
• Too Close for Comfort: Season 6, episode 2, "Front Page Monroe" (1986). On Monroe's first day working at the Marin County Bugle, a man bursts in and tells him about a corporation that's dumping toxic waste into the ocean. Monroe writes the story and prints it on the front page, and when the district attorney's office questions him about it, he refuses to reveal the name of his source and gets sent to jail.