Detective
Drama Gems
Radio and TV
Episodes Analyzed ... for Writers and Editors
Fifty Years of Coverage: Mid-1940s to the
Mid-1990s
Spotlighting Episodes that have outstanding scripts, solid
characters, and believable sequences. Meticulous Analysis of these classic Radio and TV productions can help
contemporary writers (editors, as well) learn fresh ways to push and pull an
audience through a complex set of events and choices...
www.ExactingEditor.com/the-Gems-Catalog.htm
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Issue Zero — Gems from Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator;
the
original Hawaii Five-O; and The
Streets of San Francisco
Issue #1 — Gems from Yours
Truly, Johnny Dollar;
77 Sunset Strip;
and Mannix
Issue #2 — Gems from The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe;
The Mod Squad; and Quincy, Medical Examiner
Issue #3 — Gems from Night
Beat; Mannix; and Miami
Vice
Issue #4 —
Gems from The Streets of San Francisco;
77
Sunset Strip; and Hawaii Five-O
Issue #5 — A Pair of Episodes
from Hill Street Blues;
along with Gems from Johnny Staccato and 87th Precinct
Issue #6 — Gems
from The Name of the Game;
Broadway is My Beat; and Law
& Order
Issue #7 — Gems from M Squad; Magnum, P.I.;
and The
New Adventures of Nero Wolfe
Broadway is My Beat; and Burke's Law
Issue #9 — Gems from The
Felony Squad; Rocky
Jordan;
and The Streets of San Francisco
Issue #10 — Gems from Night Heat;
Yours Truly,
Johnny Dollar; and Columbo
Issue #11 — Gems from Target:
The Corruptors; Hawaii Five-O;
and the "Made for TV"
movie (and pilot for) Columbo
Issue #12 — Gems from Law &
Order; The Adventures of
Philip Marlowe; and The Asphalt Jungle
Issue #13 — Gems from McMillan & Wife;
The Whistler;
and Cannon
Issue #14 — Gems from Hawaiian Eye;
Broadway
is My Beat; and The Name of the Game
Issue #15 — Gems from Night Heat;
The
Asphalt Jungle; and 77
Sunset Strip
Issue #16 — Gems from Naked City;
Mannix;
and Night Heat
Issue
#17 — Gems from The Mod Squad;
Magnum, P.I.; and Hawaiian Eye
Likely
GEM write-ups this year or next...
"The Big Hate" — July 10, 1952
From DRAGNET (NBC Radio, 1949 to '57)
"Babes
in Wall Street" — March 19, 1962
From TARGET: THE CORRUPTORS
(ABC-TV, 1961-62)
"Who Killed Cop Robin?" — March 23, 1965
From
BURKE'S LAW (ABC-TV, 1963 to '65)
"Up
the Rebels" — September 15, 1977
From
HAWAII FIVE-O (CBS-TV, 1968 to '80)
"Happily Ever After"
— October 23, 1990
From LAW & ORDER
(NBC-TV, 1990-2010 and Since '22)
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