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One Of The First ‘Private Eye’ Shows “Man Against Crime”

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One Of The First ‘Private Eye’ Shows

This is ‘Man Against Crime’ which starred Ralph Bellamy as Mike Barnett, a New York freelance private eye. This production was broadcast live from 1949 till 1952 on CBS and this studio would have been at the old CBS Grand Central location.

In ’53, the show moved from CBS and changed it’s name to ‘Follow That Man’…it also went to film. Interestingly, ‘Follow That Man’ was broadcast on NBC and Dumont in the 1953 season. In ’54, the show became exclusive to NBC and the last episode aired in 1956.

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5 responses to “One Of The First ‘Private Eye’ Shows “Man Against Crime””

  1. Eyes Of A Generation.com

    Paul Welford, it has a viewfinder, just not a viewfinder hood. Some operators liked them, some didn’t. The cameraman on the right is mostly outside of the light ring and can see his screen better than the left cameraman who’s inside the light ring, probably shooting close ups.

  2. Paul Welford

    why doesn’t the camera on right have a viewfinder?

  3. Bryan Durr

    Awesome list – Thank you sir. And Happy Holidays!

  4. Eyes Of A Generation.com

    Here is a list of all of the network studios in NYC http://www.cbsretirees.com/studiolist.htm

  5. Bryan Durr

    Does anybody know exactly where the Grand Central studio was?

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