Created by Hollis Ludlow-Carroll SOMEHOW I missed the short-lived Canadian TV show Wong & Winchester (2023) when it first aired, but I'm glad I stumbled across it (while searching for something else on Plex, a streaming service that mysteriously popped up on my television, a few years later). It's not one of the great private eye … Continue reading Marissa Wong (Wong & Winchester)
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Andy Barker (Andy Barker, P.I.)
Created by Conan O'Brien & Jonathan Groff "Andy Barker. Accountant by day, private eye by accident." THE BEST P.I. show in years? Probably not, but it says a lot about the shaky state and even shakier confidence of modern American television (and the growing pervasiveness of technology) in 2007 that NBC only produced six episodes … Continue reading Andy Barker (Andy Barker, P.I.)
What Were They Thinking?
Miscast TV and Film Eyes (2001) As seen by The Casting Ouch!, film and television producers often make some pretty bizarre choices when casting actors in the role of private detective (Lorne Greene? Sammy Davis Jr.? The Hager Twins from Hee-Haw?) — but there should be a special place in hell for those who cast … Continue reading What Were They Thinking?
Vic Nardozza (The Michael Richards Show)
Created by Spike Feresten & Gregg Kavet & Michael Richards & Andy Robin How bad could it be? Evidently comedian Michael "Kramer" Richards wasn't quite rich enough, despite the endless royalties streaming in from endless Seinfeld reruns for the next millennium or so. So the humble, self-proclaimed master of physical comedy came back with a … Continue reading Vic Nardozza (The Michael Richards Show)
Shannon (The D.A.’s Man)
Based on a book by by James B. Horan and Harold Danforth The D.A.'s Man was a pretty much forgotten Jack Webb television production from back in the late fifties, relating the adventures of SHANNON, a tough private eye (or possibly ex-private eye, according to some other sources, or even not a private eye at … Continue reading Shannon (The D.A.’s Man)
Sugar Returns…
Because We Did Something Bad in a Past Life Hear that dim buzzing? It's the 20th-century pulp giants collectively rolling in their graves. IF YOU’RE an Apple TV user, or you drift around the more movie- and TV-centric regions of the web, you’ve likely picked up that Sugar, starring Colin Farrell, is coming back for a … Continue reading Sugar Returns…
Wade Griffin (Griff)
Created by Larry Cohen The Voice of Doom" as a P.I.? Pa Cartwright as a shamus? Canada's own Lorne Greene (why do you think they call it a "Greene Card"?) played WADE "GRIFF" GRIFFIN, a veteran LAPD captain who resigned from the force after thirty years of service over a matter of principle, but stormed … Continue reading Wade Griffin (Griff)
My Scrapbook: This or That? (A Lincoln Lawyer Dilemma)
My ScrapbookThis or That? I'm just asking... FURTHER INVESTIGATION Mickey Haller (The Lincoln Lawyer)Our take... My ScrapbookA Cornucopia of Tear Sheets, Illustrations, Photos, Scribbles & Other Crap That I Think is Cool. Respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.
Emerson Cod (Pushing Daisies)
Created by Bryan Fuller "In Cod We Trust." — advertising slogan on a billboard Hoo-boy. This one's a stretch, even on a site whose parameters are as elastic as this one. Sure, television's Pushing Daisies (2007-09, ABC) had a private eye as a regular character, but it was never really a PI show. What it … Continue reading Emerson Cod (Pushing Daisies)
Lee Raybon (The Lowdown)
Created by Sterlin Harjo "I'm a writer, huh? Most people call me an asshole, you know?" — Lee Raybon The 2025 TV series The Lowdown occupies the turf somewhere between Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiaasen, with a dash of the Coen Bros tossed in for good measure. It's a slapstick noir world of bad guys, … Continue reading Lee Raybon (The Lowdown)