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- This Date in THE FBI History: Don Gordon, Harold J. Stone, Fred Beir, Rudy Solari, and Francine York star in “The Cober List,” airing Mar. 23, 1969
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- This Date in THE FBI History: Bradford Dillman and Jacqueline Scott star in “The Divided Man,” airing Mar. 20, 1966. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press
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Monthly Archives: December 2025
This Date in THE FBI History: Joel Fabiani, Frank de Kova, and Frank Campanella star in “The Bought Jury,” airing Dec. 16, 1973. THE FBI DOSSIER now available from Black Pawn Press
THE BOUGHT JURY Original Airdate: Dec. 16, 1973 Synopsis. In Boston, mafia kingpin Mario Dracus (played by Frank de Kova) goes into hiding after the federal case against him results in a mistrial. Knowing that the New England syndicate has … Continue reading →
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Tagged an important look at an unheralded chapter of television history, Anne Archer, based on actual cases from the files of the FBI, Beau Bridges, Dawn Wells, Donna Mills, Ed Asner, Efrem Zimbalist, Eric Braeden, FBI book, Henry Darrow, Jack Garner, Jerry Houser, Joan van Ark, Jr., Ketty Lester, Lindsay Wagner, Michael Bell, one of the most popular shows of the late 1960s, Peter Mark Richman, Philip Abbott, Quinn Martins longest running television series, Richard Anderson, robert hooks, Roy Thinnes, Stefanie Powers, Stephen Brooks, Suzanne Pleshette, The FBI, The FBI A QM Production, The FBI A Quinn Martin Production, The FBI Bill Sullivan, The FBI Dossier, The FBI Ed Robertson, The FBI Efrem Zimbalist Jr., The FBI Quinn Martin, The FBI Sunday nights ABC, The FBI television series, The FBI TV series, The FBI William Reynolds, the mission of the FBI is to protect the innocent and identify the enemies of the Government of the United States, Walter Grauman, William Reynolds
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This Date in ROCKFORD FILES History: “The Queen of Peru,” Gretchen Corbett’s final appearance as Beth Davenport, airs on Dec. 16, 1977. LEARN MORE about this episode in 45 YEARS OF THE ROCKFORD FILES, available in softcover paperback and now as an eBook through Black Pawn Press
THE QUEEN OF PERU Original Air Date: December 16, 1977 Synopsis. An insurance company hires Rockford to help them recover a stolen diamond worth more than a million dollars.“The Queen of Peru” marks Gretchen Corbett’s final appearance as Beth Davenport. … Continue reading →
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Tagged 45 Years of The Rockford Files, 45 Years Rockford book, Angel Martin, Black Pawn Press, chas. floyd johnson, Chas. Floyd Johnson First Monday, Chas. Floyd Johnson Rockford Files, David Chase, David Chase Rockford Files, David Chase The Sopranos, Ed Robertson, Ed Robertson Rockford Files, Evelyn Martin, Gretchen Corbett, Gretchen Corbett Beth Davenport, James Garner, James Garner Animal Rescue Fund, James Garner First Monday, James Garner Jim Rockford, James Garner lawsuit, James Garner Maverick, James Garner profit participation, James Garner Rockford, James Garner Rockford Files, JGARF, Jim Rockford, Jim Rockford Bret Maverick, Jo Swerling, Jo Swerling Rockford Files, Jo Swerling Roy Huggins, Joe Santos, Joe Santos Dennis Becker, Juanita Bartlett, Juanita Bartlett Rockford Files, Maverick, Meta Rosenberg, Meta Rosenberg James Garner, Meta Rosenberg Rockford Files, Rockford Files book, Rockford Files lawsuit, Rockford Files The Sopranos, Rockford Rockfish, Roy Huggins, Roy Huggins Maverick, Roy Huggins Rockford Files, Roy Huggins Stephen J. Cannell, Stephen J. Cannell Rockford Files, Stephen J. Cannell Roy Huggins, Stuart Margolin, Stuart Margolin Angel, Stuart Margolin James Garner, Stuart Margolin Rockford Files
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 718.4 with guest Stefanie Powers is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts
Stefanie Powers on why Love Letters appeals to actors and audiences alike Original Airdates: Dec. 12-15, 2025 TVC 718.4: Ed welcomes back Stefanie Powers, the actress known around the world as Jennifer Hart on Hart to Hart (ABC, 1979-1984), and … Continue reading →
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Tagged A.K. Gurney Love Letters, Bridges of Toko-Ri, business end of the show, George Chakiris, Hart to Hart, It Takes a Thief, Jerome Robbins West Side Story, John Wayne, Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Roger Moore, Stefanie Powers Agent of Change, Stefanie Powers animal preservation, Stefanie Powers benefit performance, Stefanie Powers Die Die My Darling, Stefanie Powers El Portal Theatre, Stefanie Powers Feather and Father, Stefanie Powers Harold Gould, Stefanie Powers James Garner, Stefanie Powers Jerome Robbins, Stefanie Powers Love Letters, Stefanie Powers McLintock!, Stefanie Powers MGM, Stefanie Powers Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers philanthropist, Stefanie Powers Polish-American heritage, Stefanie Powers Pope John Paul II, Stefanie Powers Quinn Martin, Stefanie Powers Rockford Files, Stefanie Powers studio system, Stefanie Powers Tallulah Bankhead, Stefanie Powers The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., Stefanie Powers Tom Mankiewiscz, Stefanie Powers Vision for the Future, Stefanie Powers WHWF, Stefanie Powers William Holden Wildlife Foundation, twilight of studio system, WHWF.org, William Holden, William Holden animal preservation, William Holden East Africa, William Holden legacy, William Holden Wildlife Foundation
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show Nos. 717 and 718 with guest Mark Shaw is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts
Mark Shaw on the journey that led him to write Abuse of Power Original Airdates: Dec. 5-8, 2025 TVC 717.1: Ed welcomes back Mark Shaw, investigative journalist, former criminal defense attorney, onetime legal analyst for CNN, ESPN, and USA Today, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Carl Kolchak, Carlos Marcello, Collateral Damage book, Collateral Damage The Mysterious Deaths of Marilyn Monroe and Dorothy Kilgallen and The Ties That Bind Them to Robert Kennedy and the JFK Assassination, death of Marilyn Monroe, Dorothy Kilgallen Denial of Justice, Dorothy Kilgallen Story, Dorothy Kilgallen Whats My Line, fifty connections Marilyn Monroe Dorothy Kilgallen, Jack Ruby, JFK assassination, John F. Kennedy, Joseph Kennedy, Kennedy assassination, Kennedy family, Kennedy family tragedy, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Lee Harvey Oswald, Marilyn Monroe Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe Fragments, Marilyn Monroe Happy Birthday Mr. President, Marilyn Monroe JFK, Marilyn Monroe Joe DiMaggio, Marilyn Monroe Lee Strasberg, Marilyn Monroe memoir, Marilyn Monroe My Story, Marilyn Monroe RFK, Marilyn Monroe Some Like It Hot, Marilyn Monroe The Misfits, Mark Shaw, Mark Shaw Collateral Damage, Mark Shaw criminal defense attorney, Mark Shaw Denial of Justic, Mark Shaw Dorothy Kilgallen, Mark Shaw legal analyst, Mark Shaw Melvin Belli, Mark Shaw Purdue University, Mark Shaw The Reporter Who Knew Too Much, most credible reporter to investigate the JFK assassination, mysterious death Dorothy Kilgallen, mysterious death Marilyn Monroe, New Orleans, President John F. Kennedy, RFK assassination
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This Date in THE FBI History: Barry Morse, Marie Windsor, and David Frankham star in “The Flaw,” the 100th episode of the series, airing Dec. 15, 1968. THE FBI DOSSIER now available from Black Pawn Press
THE FLAW Original Airdate: Dec. 15, 1968 Synopsis. In Colorado, Erskine infiltrates a spy ring that wants to steal the formula for Project New Thrust, a new rocket propellant. LEARN MORE about “The Flaw” in THE FBI DOSSIER, everything you … Continue reading →
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Tagged an important look at an unheralded chapter of television history, Anne Archer, based on actual cases from the files of the FBI, Beau Bridges, Dawn Wells, Donna Mills, Ed Asner, Efrem Zimbalist, Eric Braeden, FBI book, Henry Darrow, Jack Garner, Jerry Houser, Joan van Ark, Jr., Ketty Lester, Lindsay Wagner, Michael Bell, one of the most popular shows of the late 1960s, Peter Mark Richman, Philip Abbott, Quinn Martins longest running television series, Richard Anderson, robert hooks, Roy Thinnes, Stefanie Powers, Stephen Brooks, Suzanne Pleshette, The FBI, The FBI A QM Production, The FBI A Quinn Martin Production, The FBI Bill Sullivan, The FBI Dossier, The FBI Ed Robertson, The FBI Efrem Zimbalist Jr., The FBI Quinn Martin, The FBI Sunday nights ABC, The FBI television series, The FBI TV series, The FBI William Reynolds, the mission of the FBI is to protect the innocent and identify the enemies of the Government of the United States, Walter Grauman, William Reynolds
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This Date in MAVERICK TV History: “Anything for a Friend,” an episode of BRET MAVERICK, airs on Dec. 15, 1981. MAVERICK: LEGEND OF THE WEST: Revised Third Edition is now available both as an eBook and in softcover paperback through Black Pawn Press
ANYTHING FOR A FRIEND Original Airdate: December 15, 1981 Synopsis. Bret and Tom protect a wounded Billy the Kid from bounty hunters by hiding the outlaw at The Lazy Ace. LEARN MORE about this episode in the revised third edition … Continue reading →
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Tagged Arthur Silver, Bart Maverick, Beau Maverick, Big Mike McComb, Black Pawn Press, Brent Maverick, Bret Maverick, Bret Maverick TV series, Budd Boetticher, Coles Trapnell, Darleen Carr, Ed Bruce, Ed Robertson Maverick, Gigi Garner, Jack Garner, Jack Kelly, Jack Kelly Maverick, James Garner, James Garner Animal Rescue Fund, James Garner Bret Maverick, James Garner Clint Eastwood, James Garner Maverick, JGARF, Leo Gordon, Luis Delgado, Marion Hargrove, Maverick book, Maverick didn't come here to lose, Maverick is the legend of the west, Maverick Legend of the West, Maverick Solitaire, Maverick tall dark stranger, Maverick theme song, Maverick TV series, Maverick Warner Bros. Television, Robert Colbert, Rockford Files, Roger Moore, Roger Moore Maverick, Roy Huggins, Roy Huggins Maverick, William T. Orr
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This Date in THE FBI History: John Vernon, Ken Swofford, and Fred Sadoff star in “Journey into Night,” airing Dec. 14, 1969
JOURNEY INTO NIGHT Original Airdate: Dec. 14, 1969 Synopsis. In Albany, New York, escaped federal convict David Mark Starret (played by John Vernon) kidnaps his twelve-year-old son from the parking lot of a medical clinic, unaware that the boy has … Continue reading →
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Tagged an important look at an unheralded chapter of television history, Anne Archer, based on actual cases from the files of the FBI, Beau Bridges, Dawn Wells, Donna Mills, Ed Asner, Efrem Zimbalist, Eric Braeden, FBI book, Henry Darrow, Jack Garner, Jerry Houser, Joan van Ark, Jr., Ketty Lester, Lindsay Wagner, Michael Bell, one of the most popular shows of the late 1960s, Peter Mark Richman, Philip Abbott, Quinn Martins longest running television series, Richard Anderson, robert hooks, Roy Thinnes, Stefanie Powers, Stephen Brooks, Suzanne Pleshette, The FBI, The FBI A QM Production, The FBI A Quinn Martin Production, The FBI Bill Sullivan, The FBI Dossier, The FBI Ed Robertson, The FBI Efrem Zimbalist Jr., The FBI Quinn Martin, The FBI Sunday nights ABC, The FBI television series, The FBI TV series, The FBI William Reynolds, the mission of the FBI is to protect the innocent and identify the enemies of the Government of the United States, Walter Grauman, William Reynolds
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This Date in MAVERICK TV History: Adele Mara stars as “The Spanish Dancer,” airing Dec. 14, 1958. MAVERICK: LEGEND OF THE WEST: Revised Third Edition is now available both as an eBook and in softcover paperback through Black Pawn Press
THE SPANISH DANCER Original Airdate: December 14, 1958 Synopsis. While peddling goods in the New Mexico mining camp of Riverhead, Bart and Gentleman Jack Darby fall for Elena Grande (played by Adele Mara), an exotic dancer who hopes one day … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adela Mara Spanish Dancer, Adele Mara, Adele Mara Luis Delgado, Adele Mara Maverick, Adele Mara Roy Huggins, Adele Mara Xavier Cugat, Arthur Silver, Black Pawn Press, Bret Maverick, Bronco, Budd Boetticher, Coles Trapnell, Ed Robertson Maverick, Gentleman Jack Darby Maverick, Gigi Garner, Jack Kelly, Jack Kelly Maverick, James Garner, James Garner Animal Rescue Fund, James Garner Clint Eastwood, James Garner Maverick, James Garner Pappy, JGARF, Leo Gordon, Leslie Martinson, Marion Hargrove, Maverick book, Maverick debut episode, Maverick is the legend of the west, Maverick Legend of the West, Maverick Pappy episode, Maverick Point Blank, Maverick Solitaire, Maverick tall dark stranger, Maverick theme song, Maverick TV series, Maverick Warner Bros. Television, my dear ole Pappy, my ole Pappy used to say, Pappy Maverick, Point Blank, Richard Long, Richard Long Arlene Howell, Richard Long Bourbon Street Beat, Richard Long Gentleman Jack Darby, Richard Long Maverick, Robert Colbert, Rockford Files, Roy Huggins, Roy Huggins Point Blank, The Goose-Drownder, Warner Bros. Western actors, Warner Bros. Westerns, Western actors
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This Date in THE FBI History: Don Grady, Murray Hamilton, Roger Perry, and Flora Plumb star in “The Witness,” airing Dec. 13, 1970. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press
THE WITNESS Original Airdate: Dec. 13, 1970 Synopsis. In San Diego, a pair of prescription sunglasses found on the beach near a Navy depot puts Erskine on the trail of John McElroy (played by Don Grady), the playboy son of … Continue reading →
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Tagged an important look at an unheralded chapter of television history, Anne Archer, based on actual cases from the files of the FBI, Beau Bridges, Dawn Wells, Donna Mills, Ed Asner, Efrem Zimbalist, Eric Braeden, FBI book, Henry Darrow, Jack Garner, Jerry Houser, Joan van Ark, Jr., Ketty Lester, Lindsay Wagner, Michael Bell, one of the most popular shows of the late 1960s, Peter Mark Richman, Philip Abbott, Quinn Martins longest running television series, Richard Anderson, robert hooks, Roy Thinnes, Stefanie Powers, Stephen Brooks, Suzanne Pleshette, The FBI, The FBI A QM Production, The FBI A Quinn Martin Production, The FBI Bill Sullivan, The FBI Dossier, The FBI Ed Robertson, The FBI Efrem Zimbalist Jr., The FBI Quinn Martin, The FBI Sunday nights ABC, The FBI television series, The FBI TV series, The FBI William Reynolds, the mission of the FBI is to protect the innocent and identify the enemies of the Government of the United States, Walter Grauman, William Reynolds
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This Date in MAVERICK TV History: Richard Long, Fay Spain, and H.M. Wynant star in “The Goose-Drownder,” one of the few straightforward dramatic episodes of Maverick, airing Dec. 13, 1959
THE GOOSE-DROWNDER Original Airdate: December 13, 1959 Synopsis. Stranded in the ghost town of Silverado, Nevada, Bart and Gentleman Jack Darby (Richard Long) spend the night with the town’s lone resident, Boone Gillis (played by Will Wright). They are later … Continue reading →
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Tagged Arthur Silver, Black Pawn Press, Bret Maverick, Bronco, Budd Boetticher, Coles Trapnell, Ed Robertson Maverick, Gentleman Jack Darby Maverick, Gigi Garner, Jack Kelly, Jack Kelly Maverick, James Garner, James Garner Animal Rescue Fund, James Garner Clint Eastwood, James Garner Maverick, James Garner Pappy, JGARF, Leo Gordon, Leslie Martinson, Marion Hargrove, Maverick book, Maverick debut episode, Maverick is the legend of the west, Maverick Legend of the West, Maverick Pappy episode, Maverick Point Blank, Maverick Solitaire, Maverick tall dark stranger, Maverick theme song, Maverick TV series, Maverick Warner Bros. Television, my dear ole Pappy, my ole Pappy used to say, Pappy Maverick, Point Blank, Richard Long, Richard Long Arlene Howell, Richard Long Bourbon Street Beat, Richard Long Gentleman Jack Darby, Richard Long Maverick, Robert Colbert, Rockford Files, Roy Huggins, Roy Huggins Point Blank, The Goose-Drownder, Warner Bros. Western actors, Warner Bros. Westerns, Western actors
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