Peter Gunn
American private eye television series created by Blake Edwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series, starring Craig Stevens as Peter Gunn with Lola Albright as his girlfriend, Edie Hart. The series was broadcast by NBC from September 22, 1958,[2] to 1960 and by ABC in 1960–61.[3] The series was created by Blake Edwards, who, on occasion, was also writer (for 39 episodes) and director (for 9 episodes).[4][5][6]
Peter Gunn | |
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Genre | Action Crime drama |
Created by | Blake Edwards[1] |
Written by | Steffi Barrett Tony Barrett Gene L. Coon Blake Edwards George Fass Gertrude Fass Vick Knight P. K. Palmer Lester Pine Lewis Reed |
Starring | Craig Stevens[1] Lola Albright Herschel Bernardi Hope Emerson Minerva Urecal Byron Kane |
Composer | Henry Mancini[1] |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 114 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Blake Edwards Gordon Oliver |
Camera setup | Single-camera |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Spartan Productions |
Original release | |
Network | NBC (1958–60) ABC (1960–1961) |
Release | September 22, 1958 (1958-09-22) – September 18, 1961 (1961-09-18) |
According to Vincent Terrace, Peter Gunn was the first detective series whose character was created especially for television, instead of adapted from other media.[3]
The series is probably best remembered today for its music, including the iconic "Peter Gunn Theme", which was nominated for an Emmy Award[7] and two Grammys for Henry Mancini. Subsequently it has been performed and recorded by many jazz, rock and blues musicians. The progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer recorded the song adding synthesizers. The series was number 17 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1958–59 TV season and number 29 for the 1960-61 TV season.[8][9]