Detective's Wife

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Detective's Wife
Starring Lynn Bari
Donald Curtis
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseJuly 7 (1950-07-07) –
September 29, 1950 (1950-09-29)

Detectives's Wife is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from July 7 to September 29, 1950. The series was the summer replacement for Man Against Crime . [1]

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Synopsis

Set in New York City, [2] the sustaining program [3] focused on Adam Conway, a private detective, and his wife Connie, who always got involved in his cases. [4] Episodes focused more on her involvement than on his work. [1]

Lynn Bari portrayed Connie Conway, and Donald Curtis played Adam Conway. [3] Bari narrated each episode in her first regular role on a TV series. [5]

Production

Franklin Schaffner was the producer and director, [6] and the writer was Milton Lewis. [3] or Mort Lewis. [5] It was broadcast live from New York [7] with a total of 14 episodes. [8]

Critical response

A review of the July 14, 1950, episode in the trade publication Billboard described the program as "a brightly satirical comedy-mystery series with some of the smartest dialog to hit video yet." [3]

Jack Gould, writing in The New York Times , said that he gave up on the show's first episode after it became too complicated with five characters in addition to the two stars. "It takes more than a crowd to make a play," he concluded. [9]

A review in the trade publication Variety said the show "makes a fairly amusing whodunit." [6] It noted that the debut episode "foundered at times" but complimented Bari and Curtis on their work in the show. [6]

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References

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  2. ↑ Terrace, Vincent (1976). The Complete Encyclopedia of Television Programs, 1947-1976 (PDF). South Brunswick: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc. p. 203. ISBN   0-498-01561-0 . Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Bundy, June (July 22, 1950). "The Detective's Wife" (PDF). Billboard. pp. 9–10. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  4. ↑ Tucker, David C. (26 March 2015). The Women Who Made Television Funny: Ten Stars of 1950s Sitcoms. McFarland. p. 183. ISBN   978-0-7864-8732-5 . Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Radio and Television: C.B.S. to Offer $5,000 a Week for Clues Leading to Murder-Case Solutions" . The New York Times. June 24, 1950. p. 28. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 "The Detective's Wife". Variety. July 12, 1950. pp. 26, 32. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  7. ↑ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 214. ISBN   0-14-02-4916-8.
  8. ↑ Romanko, Karen A. (February 24, 2016). Television's Female Spies and Crimefighters: 600 Characters and Shows, 1950s to the Present. McFarland. p. 70. ISBN   978-0-7864-9637-2 . Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  9. ↑ Gould, Jack (July 8, 1950). "Radio and TV in Review: C.B.S. Video Has Busy Evening--Visits Stork Club, Starts Mystery Series and Plugs Songs" . The New York Times. p. 26. Retrieved July 29, 2023.


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