Miami Undercover Explained

Genre:Crime drama
Director:Howard W. Koch
Starring:Lee Bowman
Rocky Graziano
Theme Music Composer:Johnny Green
Country:United States
Language:English
Num Seasons:1
Num Episodes:38
Producer:Howard W. Koch
Aubrey Schenck
Camera:Single-camera
Runtime:25 minutes
Company:Ziv-United Artists
Channel:Syndication

Miami Undercover is a low-budget 30-minute American crime drama series that aired in broadcast syndication in 1961 for a total of 38 episodes. The series stars Lee Bowman (who had previously played sleuth Ellery Queen on television) and boxer-turned-actor Rocky Graziano.[1] Most episodes were shot on location in Miami.

Synopsis

Jeff Thompson is a private investigator working for the Miami Hotel Owners' Association. Each episode featured "a different beauty contest winner".

Cast

Episodes

No. TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date

Production

United Artists' (UA) Aubrey Schenck-Howard W. Koch Productions filmed 38 episodes of Miami Undercover in Florida in the fall of 1959. Limited time slots for syndicated series and an excess of shows that featured private investigators resulted in the show's not being broadcast until January 1961. By then UA had acquired Ziv Productions, whose sales people helped to gain 141 markets for the show. An additional factor was that the UA-Ziv combination had no other new programs to meet its commitments for January 1961.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: TV Guide Guide to TV. 2004. Barnes & Noble. 0-7607-5634-1. 414. registration.
  2. Book: McNeil. Alex. Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present . 1996. Penguin Books USA, Inc.. New York, New York. 0-14-02-4916-8. 544 . 4th.
  3. Book: Erickson . Hal . Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987' . 1989 . McFarland & Company, Inc. . 0-7864-1198-8 . 111–112.