Detective
Drama GEMS
Radio and TV Episodes Analyzed, Compelling
Evidence Submitted
Spotlighting Episodes
that have outstanding scripts, solid characters, and believable sequences. Meticulous Analysis of these
classic Radio and TV productions can
help today's writers (editors, too) perceive fresh ways to push and pull an
audience through a complex set of events and choices. Academics are also welcome ... because it takes an Attention Span to examine a
Gem.
Years of Coverage: Late 1940s to the Early 1990s
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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 (video)
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 (Paramount video)
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 (audio)
Broadway is My Beat; and Burke's
Law
Issue #9 — Gems from The
Felony Squad (video);
Rocky Jordan; and The
Streets of San Francisco
Issue #10 — Gems from Night Heat
(video);
Yours Truly, Johnny
Dollar (audio); 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
(audio); and Cannon
Issue #14 — Gems from Hawaiian Eye;
Broadway is My Beat (audio); and The Name of
the Game
Issue #15 — Gems from Night Heat (video)
The
Asphalt Jungle; and 77
Sunset Strip
Issue #16 — Gems from Naked City (colorized video);
Mannix; and Night Heat (video as of 4/26)
Issue
#17 — Gems from The Mod Squad;
Magnum, P.I. (viewing options) and Hawaiian
Eye
Issue #18
launched YEAR SIX by beginning coverage of
The New
Breed (video)
and reliving the '76 Shatner/Falk
Match
Issue #19 — available July 2026 — features Gems from
Dragnet (audio); The
Felony Squad; and Night
Heat (video)
Issue #20 — planned for November 2026 — begins coverage of
Kraft Suspense
Theatre (video)
and In the Heat of the Night
“The
Chesapeake Fraud Matter” — October 17-21, 1955
From YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR (CBS Radio,
1949-62)
"A Man is Waiting to Be Murdered" (video) — January 5, 1962
From TARGET: THE CORRUPTORS (ABC-TV,
1961-62)
"The
Rydecker Case" (colorized video)
— June 6, 1962
From NAKED
CITY (ABC-TV, 1958 to '63)
"Onward and Upward" — January 19, 1964
From ARREST AND
TRIAL (ABC-TV, 1963-64)
"Who Killed Cop Robin?" — March 24, 1965
From BURKE'S LAW (ABC-TV,
1963 to '65)
"Death of a Nobody" — December 7, 1971
From THE MOD SQUAD (ABC-TV,
1968 to '73)
"LABYRINTH" — February 27, 1975
From THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO (ABC-TV, 1972 to '77)
"Happily Ever After" — October 23, 1990
From LAW & ORDER (NBC-TV, 1990-2010 and Resumed
in '22)
"Ruda's Awakening" —
November 5, 1991
From IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (NBC then CBS, 1988 to '94)
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