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This Date in THE FBI History: Monte Markham, Maurice Evans, and Georg Stanford Brown star in “The Intermediary,” airing Dec. 1, 1968. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

THE INTERMEDIARY Original Airdate: Dec. 1, 1968 LEARN MORE about this episode in THE FBI DOSSIER, everything you wanted to know—and more—about the long-running ABC-TV series produced by Quinn Martin and starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. THE FBI DOSSIER is available through … Continue reading

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This Date in MAVERICK TV History: BRET MAVERICK premieres on NBC with “The Lazy Ace,” a two-hour episode airing Dec. 1, 1981. MAVERICK: LEGEND OF THE WEST: Revised Third Edition is now available both as an eBook and in softcover paperback through Black Pawn Press

THE LAZY ACE Original Airdate: December 1, 1981 Synopsis. Bret Maverick rides into Sweetwater, a town in the Arizona territory, to play in a high-stakes poker game with Doc Holliday, Ramsey Bass, Joe Dakota, Lyman Nickerson, the Delta Fox, and … Continue reading

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This Date in MAVERICK TV History: “The Wrecker,” an adaptation of the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, airs on Dec. 1, 1957. MAVERICK: LEGEND OF THE WEST: Revised Third Edition is now available both as an eBook and in softcover paperback through Black Pawn Press

THE WRECKER Original Airdate: December 1, 1957 Synopsis. After buying their way into an exclusive ring of auction bidders, the Maverick brothers try to purchase The Flying Scud, a beached brig containing a cargo of Oriental rice and silk valued … Continue reading

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This Date in THE FBI History: Lloyd Bochner stars in “The Inside Man,” airing Nov. 30, 1969. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

THE INSIDE MAN Original Airdate: Nov. 30, 1969 LEARN MORE about this episode in THE FBI DOSSIER, everything you wanted to know—and more—about the long-running ABC-TV series produced by Quinn Martin and starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. THE FBI DOSSIER is available … Continue reading

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This Date in MAVERICK TV History: Edgar Buchanan stars in “Island in the Swamp,” the second of five episodes written by Montgomery Pittman, airing Nov. 30, 1958. MAVERICK: LEGEND OF THE WEST: Revised Third Edition is now available both as an eBook and in softcover paperback through Black Pawn Press

ISLAND IN THE SWAMP Original Airdate: November 30, 1958 Synopsis. Set adrift in a lifeboat after he was robbed, Bret lands on an island outside New Orleans, where he meets Buddy Forge (played by Edgar Buchanan) and his eccentric community … Continue reading

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This Date in ROCKFORD FILES History: Rita Moreno stars as Rita Capkovic in “No-Fault Affair,” airing Nov. 30, 1979. LEARN MORE in 45 YEARS OF THE ROCKFORD FILES, now available both as an eBook and in softcover paperback through Black Pawn Press

NO-FAULT AFFAIR Original Air Date: November 30, 1979 Synopsis. After advising a young girl to get out of prostitution while she can, Rita Capkovic decided to practice what she preached: she completed beauty school, and now wants to begin a … Continue reading

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This Date in THE FBI History: William Shatner stars in “Antennae of Death,” airing Nov. 29, 1970. THE FBI DOSSIER now available from Black Pawn Press

ANTENNAE OF DEATH Original Airdate: Nov. 29, 1970 Synopsis. In Phoenix, Arizona, Erskine’s probe of interstate federal fugitive Arthur Majors (played by William Shatner) puts the Bureau on the trail of a major crime syndicate that is moving large shipments … Continue reading

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This Date in MAVERICK TV History: Herbert Rudley stars in “Trooper Maverick,” airing Nov. 29, 1959. MAVERICK: LEGEND OF THE WEST: Revised Third Edition is now available both as an eBook and in softcover paperback through Black Pawn Press

TROOPER MAVERICK Original Airdate: November 29, 1959 Synopsis. Whenever he’s in the Dakota Territories, Bart drops in on the Army fort run by his friend, Colonel Sam Percy, so that he can check out the poker action between the soldiers … Continue reading

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This Date in ROCKFORD FILES History: Richard Herd, Kathie Browne, and Warren Kemmerling star in “Pastoria Prime Pick,” airing Nov. 29, 1975. 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

PASTORIA PRIME PICK Original Air Date: November 29, 1975 Synopsis. Rockford becomes the latest victim of a horrifying blackmail scheme orchestrated by the mayor and sheriff of a small community called New Pastoria.  Early in this episode, Rockford calls himself … Continue reading

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This Date in THE FBI History: Burt Reynolds, James Farentino, and Norman Fell star in “All the Streets are Silent,” the episode that Quentin Tarantino immortalized in Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, airing Nov. 28, 1965. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press

ALL THE STREETS ARE SILENT Original Airdate: Nov. 28, 1965 Academy Award-winning writer/director Quentin Tarantino immortalized both “All the Streets Are Silent” and The FBI in general in Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019), the epic-length Oscar-winning love letter … Continue reading

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