Detective's Wife

Detective's Wife
Starring	Lynn Bari Donald Curtis
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	July 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]

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]

References

1. Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (June 24, 2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Random House Publishing Group. p. 350. ISBN 978-0-307-48320-1. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
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. 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. "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. "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.

External links

• Detective's Wife at IMDb