Tenafly (TV series)

Tenafly
GenreDrama
Written byRichard Levinson
William Link
Directed byRichard Colla
StarringJames McEachin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes4
Production
Running time90 mins.
Production companyUniversal Television
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseOctober 10, 1973 (1973-10-10) –
January 2, 1974 (1974-01-02)
Related
The NBC Mystery Movie
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Tenafly is a crime-drama series starring James McEachin that was part of The NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie wheel for the 1973-74 season.[1] It was created by Richard Levinson and William Link, the creators of popular mystery television shows such as Columbo and Murder, She Wrote.[2] It was one of the first television series that season to feature an African-American character as the protagonist (the other being Shaft starring Richard Roundtree).[3] Due to low ratings, NBC removed Tenafly from the wheel when it moved the mid-week Mystery Movie block to Tuesdays in January 1974 (the Mystery Movie block itself would only air on Sundays starting in the 1974-75 season).[1]

  1. ^ a b Hyatt, Wesley (2003). Short-Lived Television Series, 1948–1978: Thirty Years of More Than 1,000 Flops. McFarland p. 222. ISBN 978-1-4766-0515-9.
  2. ^ O'Connor, John J. (February 14, 1973). "TV: Tensfly[sic], Black Detective, Arrives". The New York Times. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  3. ^ Gazzar, Brenda (December 9, 2012). "Actor, Korean War veteran James McEachin soldiers on for veterans". Pasadena Star-News. Retrieved September 23, 2018.