Created by Rich Wilkes Vegas Dick was a UPN pilot, scheduled to air during the 2003-04 season, centering on DICKY BARRETT, a former con artist attempting to go straight, but who ends up scamming his way into a gig as the house detective at a swanky Las Vegas casino and hotel, after saving the life of … Continue reading Dicky Barrett (Vegas Dick)
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Henry Lee (The Law and Mr. Lee)
Created by John Wirth The Law and Mr. Lee, a TV show tentatively scheduled for the 2003-04-05 season but so far unaired, focuses on an Oakland-based private eye HENRY LEE, played by Danny Glover. Lee is a former Oakland police officer who spent 18 months in prison for "protecting a fellow officer" (that's a crime?). … Continue reading Henry Lee (The Law and Mr. Lee)
Mrs. Wabash (Dicks)
Created by ?? Dicks was a pilot allegedly in production for a proposed TV series, possibly a mid-season replacement on the WB network. It revolved around a quartet of aimless twenty-somethings (a girl and three guys) in Los Angeles -- the smart, sophisticated Molly and three guys--who go to junior college and learn how to be … Continue reading Mrs. Wabash (Dicks)
Take Me to the Pilot
Development Hell Department (2005-06) A Special Report from Chris Gumprich MARCH 2005 Coming to a television set neat you? Er, don't hold your breath... We've come a long, long way from the glory days of the 1970s and early eighties when it seemed every other TV drama involved a private eye. In the 2005-06 season, … Continue reading Take Me to the Pilot
Elliot & T.C. Cooper (Quick and Quiet)
Created by Bruce Kalish & Sam Bobrick "Being dead ain't easy..."--official tagline A reboot of a failed pilot from the previous year, Landon, Landon and Landon, Quick and Quiet aired on August 8th, 1981. It was CBS' second pilot to feature William Windom playing a dead private eye, but this time his name was THADDEUS CHARLES “T.C.” … Continue reading Elliot & T.C. Cooper (Quick and Quiet)
Ben, Holly and Nick Landon (Landon, Landon and Landon)
Created by Bruce Kalish & Philip John Taylor As the private eye boom of the seventies on American television sputtered out (we'd already had fat eyes, blind eyes, old eyes and beach bum eyes), the gimmicks started to get wilder and wilder (and the shows lamer and lamer, generally), to the point where we finally … Continue reading Ben, Holly and Nick Landon (Landon, Landon and Landon)
Sherlock Holmes & Jane Watson (Return of Sherlock Holmes)
Based on character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Developed for television by Bob Shayne What the hell were they smoking? The Great One himself, the one and only SHERLOCK HOLMES is defrosted (after eighty years of suspended animation, of course) by his great-great-great-niece JANE WATSON after discovering his frozen body in a basement in … Continue reading Sherlock Holmes & Jane Watson (Return of Sherlock Holmes)
Tony & Shep Thomas (Twin Detectives)
Created by Robert Carrington, Robert Specht and Everett Chambers Hee-Haw's very own Hager twins, Jim and Jon, played twin P.I.s, TONY and SHEP (SHEP!!!) THOMAS, who use their identical twin status to so they could con the bad guys by being in two places at once.It comes in handy when they take on a case … Continue reading Tony & Shep Thomas (Twin Detectives)
Bud Delaney (Last Hours Before Morning)
Created by Robert Garland & George Yanok If it wasn't for the fact that there's an IMDB page for this made-for-TV movie, I might think I just imagined that I watched Last Hours Before Morning back in 1975. There are no clips from it on YouTube, no images that a Google search came up with. But I recall … Continue reading Bud Delaney (Last Hours Before Morning)
Marcus “Gabby” Hayes & Gandolph “Gandy” Fitch (Gabby & Gandy)
Gandolph Fitch created by Gordon Dawson Marcus Hayes created by Chas. Floyd Johnson, Dorothy J. Bailey & Stephen J. Cannell "Gabby and Gandy--sounds like a puppet show." --Jim, on learning of the proposed new partnership, in "Just Another Polish Wedding" I loved the original Spenser for Hire, but have always wanted to see a crime show … Continue reading Marcus “Gabby” Hayes & Gandolph “Gandy” Fitch (Gabby & Gandy)