Ellery Queen
Created by Richard Levinson, William Link
On NBC
A cheerful 1940s-set detective procedural that treats murder mysteries as intellectual puzzles, inviting the audience to solve alongside the protagonist.
Ellery Queen is an American television detective mystery series based on the fictional character Ellery Queen. It aired on NBC during the 1975-76 television season and stars Jim Hutton as Ellery Queen, David Wayne as his father, Inspector Richard Queen, and Tom Reese as Sgt. Velie. Created by the writing/producing team of Richard Levinson and William Link, the title character "breaks" the fourth wall to ask the audience to consider their solution.
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