Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.
Die erste amerikanische Fernsehserie mit den Abenteuern von Sherlock Holmes wurde im Herbst 1954 im Fernsehen ausgestrahlt. Die 39 halbstündigen, größtenteils originalgetreuen Geschichten wurden von Sheldon Reynolds produziert und in Frankreich von Guild Films verfilmt. In den Hauptrollen spielten Ronald Howard als Holmes und Howard Marion Crawford als Watson. Archie Duncan trat in vielen Episoden als Inspektor Lestrade auf. Richard Larke, bekannt als Kenneth Richards, spielte in etwa fünfzehn Episoden den Sergeant Wilkins. Die stellvertretende Produzentin der Serie, Nicole Milinaire, war eine der ersten Frauen, die eine leitende Rolle in der Produktion einer Fernsehserie übernahm.
Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room murders, and mysteries concerning the supernatural.
Es wird ein Verbrechen begangen, die Polizei ermittelt und verhaftet einen Unschuldigen. Dieser wird durch den Staatsanwalt Hamilton Burger angeklagt. Perry Mason wird mit der Verteidigung dieses Unschuldigen beauftragt und klärt mit Hilfe des Privatdetektivs Paul Drake und seiner Sekretärin Della Street die wahre Sachlage auf. In einem dramatischen Finale im Gerichtssaal wird der tatsächliche Täter entlarvt und der gerechten Strafe zugeführt.
Nur wenige Folgen weichen von diesem Schema ab. So gewinnt Hamilton Burger einmal einen Fall, verliert dann im Wiederaufnahmeverfahren aber prompt wieder.
Moonlight Mask (aka Gekko Kamen), is a black and white tokusatsu TV drama series, produced by the advertising agency Senkosha and was aired on KRTV (now TBS) from February 24, 1958 to July 5, 1959, with a total of 130 (or 131) episodes, divided into 5 segments.
Since the original show, Gekko Kamen has gained the popularity of being the first Japanese live action television superhero, appearing in films and TV shows well past the length of the original series.
Snooper and Blabber is one of the three sequences from The Quick Draw McGraw Show. This show was produced by Hanna-Barbera between September 19, 1959 and October 20, 1962, and consists of 45 episodes.
Der Feinschmecker Nero Wolfe reist nach Kanawha Spa, um an einem Kochwettbewerb als Ehrengast teilzunehmen. Dort ist ein Schreiben eingegangen, in dem vor den Machenschften Marko Vukows gewarnt wird, Wolfes Freund. Dina Laszio behelligt Wolfe zu dessen Verdruß noch mit der Behauptung, jemand habe versucht ihren Mann zu vergiften, Philipp Laszio. Sein Verdruß wird noch größer, als er einen der teilnehmenden Köche erstochen auffindet…
Glynis is an American situation comedy that aired on CBS from September 25 to December 18, 1963.
Die erste Farbversion einer Holmes-Verfilmung entstand mit der Verfilmung von „Der Hund von Baskervilles“, in der Peter Cushing als Holmes auftrat. Diese Version war so erfolgreich, dass die BBC in den Sechziger Jahren eine Fernsehserie in Auftrag gab, in der zunächst Douglas Wilmer Holmes spielte, später durfte erneut Cushing den Mantel des Detektiven überstreifen. Während für die amerikanische Version in den Fünfzigern eigene Geschichten entwickelt wurden, hielt sich die BBC ganz britisch korrekt eng an die Vorlagen Doyles.
Homicide was an Australian television police drama series The series dealt with the homicide squad of the Victorian Police force and the various crimes and cases the detectives are called upon to investigate. Many episodes were based on real life crime cases.
Rogues' Gallery was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1968 and 1969. It was set around London's Newgate Prison in the 18th century.
The Snoop Sisters is an American mystery television show that aired on NBC during the 1973–1974 season.
The series aired on a monthly rotation as part of the NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie, trading timeslots with Banacek, Tenafly, and Faraday and Company. Of these series, only Banacek demonstrated any longevity.
The Ghost Busters was a live-action children's television series that ran in 1975, about a team of bumbling detectives who would investigate ghostly occurrences. Only 15 episodes were created.
This series reunited Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch in roles similar to their characters in F Troop. Tucker played Jake Kong, and Storch played zoot suit-wearing Eddie Spencer. The third member of the trio was Tracy the Gorilla, played by actor Bob Burns.
The series was unrelated to the 1984 film Ghostbusters.
Ellery Queen is an American television detective mystery series based on the fictional character Ellery Queen. It aired on NBC during the 1975-76 television season and stars Jim Hutton as Ellery Queen, David Wayne as his father, Inspector Richard Queen, and Tom Reese as Sgt. Velie. Created by the writing/producing team of Richard Levinson and William Link, the title character "breaks" the fourth wall to ask the audience to consider their solution.
Matt Helm is an American mystery television series which aired on the ABC Network during the 1975-1976 season. The title character was played by Anthony Franciosa.
At Melbourne's Russell Street Police Headquarters, Sgt. "Bluey" Hills, unable to work within the existing police squads, oversees Department B. They're assigned cases other departments could not readily solve by conventional means, with Hills applying his unconventional methods to bring about their resolution. Bluey's investigations are supported by newly assigned Gary Dawson, long-time cohort Monica Rourke, and undercover officer Reg Truscott, who spends his time ostensibly working as a small-time burglar, and supplying Bluey with information on the activities of local criminals.