Shannon (1961 TV series)

Shannon is an American crime drama series that aired in syndication from October 16, 1961 to June 12, 1962. The series stars George Nader as the title Joe Shannon, an insurance investigator for the Transport Bonding and Surety Company. Regis Toomey portrays Shannon's boss Bill Cochran. Shannon drove a modern 1961 Buick Special, equipped with cameras, a dictating machine, tape recorders, weapons, and notably, a mobile phone, when private car phones were rare.

For the 1981 CBS crime drama starring Kevin Dobson, see Shannon (1981 TV series).
Shannon
GenreCrime drama
Written byTodhunter Ballard
Gene Roddenberry
Directed byFred Jackman, Jr.
StarringGeorge Nader
Regis Toomey
Jan Arvan
ComposersEmil Cadkin
Arthur Morton
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes36
Production
ProducersJerry Briskin
Robert Sparks
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time22–24 minutes
Production companyScreen Gems Television
DistributorScreen Gems
(1961-1962)
Columbia TriStar Domestic Television
Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original networkSyndication
Picture formatBlack-and-white
Audio formatMonaural
Original releaseOctober 16, 1961 (1961-10-16) –
June 12, 1962 (1962-06-12)

Guest stars

Production notes

Jerry Briskin produced the series for Screen Gems. Gene Roddenberry wrote two of the teleplays.[2]

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References
  1. "Episode List of Shannon (1961)". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved March 15, 2009.
  2. Alex McNeil, Total Television, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed., p. 747


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