Post by Admin on Jun 9, 2022 15:11:35 GMT -4
Tenafly (1973-1974)
Just one day after the TV premiere of Shaft, another Black-led detective show premiered on NBC as part of its Wednesday Mystery Movie wheel.
Tenafly was created and written by Link and Levinson (the same team that created Columbo and Murder, She Wrote), and it starred James McEachin as the titular character, Harry Tenafly, a former cop and current private detective based in Los Angeles.
Unlike John Shaft, Harry Tenafly was a suburban family man.
Tenafly premiered on October 10th 1973, but it too was cancelled after its first season. A total of four TV movies were produced for the series, with the final one airing on January 2nd 1974.
Nowadays, it’s very difficult to find much information about the show. It has not been released on DVD and is not available to stream anywhere (to my knowledge). I have only been able to find a few (very) short clips of the show by searching on YouTube and other websites, and it’s such a shame it seems the show is otherwise lost.
Just one day after the TV premiere of Shaft, another Black-led detective show premiered on NBC as part of its Wednesday Mystery Movie wheel.
Tenafly was created and written by Link and Levinson (the same team that created Columbo and Murder, She Wrote), and it starred James McEachin as the titular character, Harry Tenafly, a former cop and current private detective based in Los Angeles.
Unlike John Shaft, Harry Tenafly was a suburban family man.
Tenafly premiered on October 10th 1973, but it too was cancelled after its first season. A total of four TV movies were produced for the series, with the final one airing on January 2nd 1974.
Nowadays, it’s very difficult to find much information about the show. It has not been released on DVD and is not available to stream anywhere (to my knowledge). I have only been able to find a few (very) short clips of the show by searching on YouTube and other websites, and it’s such a shame it seems the show is otherwise lost.
