Premiering on January 28, 1973, the crime drama-detective mystery series "Barnaby Jones" made its debut in a episode of "Cannon" titled "Requiem For A Son" that introduce the character where he teams up with Detective-Private Investgator Frank Cannon(William Conrad) to solve a vicious murder. On the strength of tha episode along with impressive ratings, CBS greenlighted "Barnaby Jones" as a weekly series about a retired private investigator who owns and operates a private detective agency with the help of his widowed daughter(Lee Meriwether) as his secretary who runs the firm along with his cousin and former Chicago police officer(Mark Shera) who joins the firm midway through the series run.
Created and developed by Edward Hume along with producers Philip Saltzman and Adrian Samish along with executive producer Quinn Martin(under his production company Quinn Martin Productions) in association with the CBS Television Network and was filmed at the Samuel Goldwyn Studios. "Barnaby Jones" starred veteran of stage, screen and television Buddy Ebsen(of "The Beverly Hillbillies") in the title role as the elderly private investigator who takes on various cases with the help of the police department along with his assistants at the firm. The series was a major hit running eight seasons on CBS and producing 178 episodes until the last telecast of the series on April 3, 1980.
It was Quinn Martin's second most successful show of the 1970's and became Buddy Ensen's greatest role after his nine year stint as Jed Clampett on "The Beverly Hillbillies" and this was a good detective-mystery series that had a plethora of guest stars each week...William Windom, Claude Akins, Ida Lupino, Stephanie Powers, Janice Rule, Roddy McDowell, Bill Bixby, Mark Richman, Jackie Cooper, Gary. Lockwood, Dabney Coleman, Mark Goddard, William Shatner, Donna Douglas, Jacqueline Scott, Bradford Dillman, and Pat Hingle just to name a few.
The best episodes includes the two part episode "Requiem For A Son", followed by "The Price Of Terror", "Friends Till Death", "Blind Terror", "Death Leap", "To Catch A Dead Man","Sons Of Thy Father", and the two part episode "A Nightmare In Hawaii" just to name a few. During it's run it was nominated for four Prime Time Emmys and nominated for two Golden Globes for Outstanding Dramatic Series. Even after 50 years it is one of the best detective shows from the 1970's.
Created and developed by Edward Hume along with producers Philip Saltzman and Adrian Samish along with executive producer Quinn Martin(under his production company Quinn Martin Productions) in association with the CBS Television Network and was filmed at the Samuel Goldwyn Studios. "Barnaby Jones" starred veteran of stage, screen and television Buddy Ebsen(of "The Beverly Hillbillies") in the title role as the elderly private investigator who takes on various cases with the help of the police department along with his assistants at the firm. The series was a major hit running eight seasons on CBS and producing 178 episodes until the last telecast of the series on April 3, 1980.
It was Quinn Martin's second most successful show of the 1970's and became Buddy Ensen's greatest role after his nine year stint as Jed Clampett on "The Beverly Hillbillies" and this was a good detective-mystery series that had a plethora of guest stars each week...William Windom, Claude Akins, Ida Lupino, Stephanie Powers, Janice Rule, Roddy McDowell, Bill Bixby, Mark Richman, Jackie Cooper, Gary. Lockwood, Dabney Coleman, Mark Goddard, William Shatner, Donna Douglas, Jacqueline Scott, Bradford Dillman, and Pat Hingle just to name a few.
The best episodes includes the two part episode "Requiem For A Son", followed by "The Price Of Terror", "Friends Till Death", "Blind Terror", "Death Leap", "To Catch A Dead Man","Sons Of Thy Father", and the two part episode "A Nightmare In Hawaii" just to name a few. During it's run it was nominated for four Prime Time Emmys and nominated for two Golden Globes for Outstanding Dramatic Series. Even after 50 years it is one of the best detective shows from the 1970's.