The F.B.I. (TV series)

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The F.B.I. is an American police procedural television series created by Quinn Martin and Philip Saltzman for ABC and co-produced with Warner Bros. Television, with sponsorship from the Ford Motor Company, Alcoa and American Tobacco Company (Tareyton and Pall Mall brands) in the first season. Ford sponsored the show alone for subsequent seasons. The series was broadcast on ABC from 1965 until its end in 1974. Starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott and William Reynolds, the series, consisting of nine seasons and 241 episodes, chronicles a group of FBI agents trying to defend the American government from unidentified threats. For the entirety of its run, it was broadcast on Sunday nights.

Premise

Produced by Quinn Martin and based in part on concepts from the 1959 Warner Bros. theatrical film The FBI Story, the series was based on actual FBI cases, with fictitious main characters carrying the stories. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. played Inspector Lewis Erskine, a widower whose wife had been killed in an ambush meant for him. Philip Abbott played Arthur Ward, assistant director to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Although Hoover served as series consultant until his death in 1972, he never appeared in the series.

Stephen Brooks played Inspector Erskine's assistant, Special Agent Jim Rhodes, for the first two seasons. Lynn Loring played Inspector Erskine's daughter and Rhodes' love interest, Barbara, in the twelve episodes of the show's first season. Although the couple were soon engaged on the show, that romantic angle was soon dropped.

In 1967, Brooks was replaced by William Reynolds, who played Special Agent Tom Colby until 1973. The series would enjoy its highest ratings during this time, peaking at No. 10 in the 1970–1971 season. For the final season, Shelly Novack played Special Agent Chris Daniels.

Some episodes ended with a "most wanted" segment hosted by Zimbalist, noting the FBI's most wanted criminals of the day, decades before the Fox Network aired America's Most Wanted. The most famous instance was in the April 21, 1968, episode, when Zimbalist asked for information about fugitive James Earl Ray, who was being hunted for the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

The series aired on ABC at 8 p.m. Sunday from 1965 to 1973, when it was moved up to 7:30 p.m. for the final season. The series was a co-production of Quinn Martin Productions and Warner Bros. Television, as Warner Bros. held the television and theatrical rights to any project based on The FBI Story. It was the longest-running of all of Quinn Martin's television series, airing nine seasons.Template:Citation needed

Every detail of every episode of the series was carefully vetted by F.B.I. second-in-command Clyde Tolson.<ref>Curt Gentry, J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets (NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 1991), 581.</ref> Actors playing F.B.I. agents, and other participants, were given background checks to guarantee that no "criminals, subversives, or Communists" were associated with the show.<ref>Gentry, 581.</ref> The premiere episode of the first season, "The Monster," about a handsome serial killer who strangled women with their own hair, so shocked Tolson that he recommended the show be cancelled.<ref>Gentry, 581.</ref> J. Edgar Hoover attempted to cancel the show on at least seven other occasions.<ref>Gentry, 582.</ref> Upon Tolson's direction, the violence in the show was severely curtailed in the final three seasons.<ref>Gentry, 582.</ref>

Cast

Guest stars

  • James B. Sikking S1E7 The Problem with the Honorable Wife, S1E20 Quantico, S2E3 The Assassin, S2E20 The Conspirators, S2E22 The Hostage, S2E25 The Executioners: Part 1, S4E1 Wind It Up and It Betrays You, S6E1 The Condemned, S6E26 Three-Way Split, S7E9 The Game of Terror, S9E10 Deadly Ambition<ref name=CST>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=Berman>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name=Stanton>Template:Cite news</ref>
  • Robert Duvall S1E10 The Giant Killer, S2E5 The Scourge, S2E25 The Executioners: Part 1, S4E9 The Harvest, S5E2 Nightmare Road
  • Norman Fell S1E11 All the Streets Are Silent, S3E27 The Mercenary, S4E22 The Catalyst
  • Julie Adams S5E9 Blood Tie
  • Fritz Weaver S2E12 The Camel's Nose, S3E27 The Mercenary, S5E8 The Challenge, S7E4 Dynasty of Hate
  • Darlene Carr S6E5 The Savage Wilderness, S8E6 End of a Nightmare
  • Gary Lockwood S9E16 The Animal
  • Kevin McCarthy S1E21 The Spy Master, S3E2 Counter-Stroke, S4E3 Conspiracy of Silence
  • Robert Colbert S1E16 The Forests of the Night
  • Charles Bronson S1E29 The Animal
  • Burt Reynolds S1E11 All the Streets Are Silent, S3E15 Act of Violence
  • Suzanne Pleshette S2E13 List for a Firing Squad, S3E27 The Mercenary, S6E14 The Inheritors
  • Steve Ihnat S2E2 The Escape, S3E20 Region of Peril, S4E20 The Maze, S5E13 The Prey, S6E13 Incident in the Desert, S7E6&7 The Mastermind: Parts 1&2
  • Murray Hamilton S2E12 The Camel's Nose, S3E23 The Ninth Man, S4E17 A Life in the Balance, S6E12 The Witness
  • Harrison Ford S4E18 Caesar's Wife, S5E11 Scapegoat
  • Arthur Hill S1E23 Flight to Harbin, S2E6 The Plague Merchant, S3E5&6 By Force and Violence: Parts 1&2, S4E21 The Attorney
  • Barry Morse S4E10 The Flaw
  • Leslie Nielsen S1E14 Pound of Flesh
  • Wayne Rogers S1E28 The Tormentors, S2E29 The Extortionist, S3E12&23 The Legend of John Rim & The Ninth Man, S5E25 Deadfall, S6E2 The Traitor, S7E11 Superstition Rock
  • Woodrow Parfrey S6E15 The Victim Unknown
  • Murray Matheson S2E24 Flight Plan, S5E19 The Diamond Millstone
  • Linden Chiles S2E11 The Contaminator, S3E25 The Predators, S4E21 The Attorney, S5E1 Target of Interest, S7E18 Judas Goat
  • James Caan S4E17 A Life in the Balance
  • Don Stroud S6E5 The Savage Wilderness, S9E3 Break-In
  • Carl Betz S5E4 Boomerang, S6E22 Downfall
  • Don Gordon S3E6&7 By Force and Violence Parts 1&2, S4E25 The Cober List, S5E16 Tug-of-War, S8E15 Dark Christmas, S9E19 Deadly Ambition
  • Dawn Wells S4E21 The Attorney
  • John McIntire S1E15 The Hijackers, S2E4 The Cave-In, S7E3 The Last Job
  • Jessica Walter S1E23 Flight to Harbi, S2E21 Rope of Gold, S3E2 Counter-Stroke, S4E5 Death of a Fixer, S7E14 The Recruiter, S8E17 A Gathering of Sharks
  • Elizabeth Ashley S9E18 Diamond Run
  • Diane Baker S2E12 The Camel's Nose, S4E9 The Harvest, S5E1 Target of Interest
  • Robert Quarry S9E15 The Betrayal
  • Michael Tolan S3E17 Ring of Steel, S4E1 Wind It Up and It Betrays You, S5E9 Blood Tie, S8E2 Edge of Desperation, S9E15 The Betrayal
  • Gene Hackman S2E17 The Courier
  • Billy Dee Williams S4E15 Eye of the Storm, S5E10 The Sanctuary, S6E4 The Architect
  • Robert Blake S2E1 The Price of Death
  • R.G. Armstrong S1E3 A Mouthful of Dust, S2E29 The Extortionist, S3E3 Blood Verdict
  • Pat Hingle S8E24 Memory of a Legend
  • Edward Andrews S1E8 Courage of a Conviction, S4E8 Breakthrough, S6E26 Three-Way Split
  • Lois Nettleton S2E9 Vendetta, S6E7 The Innocents
  • Nancy Wilson S9E2 The Confession
  • Bradford Dillman S1E25 The Divided Man S2E23 Sky on Fire, S3E21 Southwind, S6E2 The Traitor, S7E6&7 The Mastermind: Parts 1&2
  • Robert Urich S8E1 The Runner
  • Harold J. Stone S4E25 The Cober List
  • Beau Bridges S1E12 An Elephant is Like a Rope
  • David Hedison S7E15 The Buyer, S8E17 A Gathering of Sharks
  • Robert Hogan S1E6&11 To Free My Enemy & All The Streets Are Silent, S3E&6 By Force and Violence Parts 1&2, S3E6 Crisis Ground, S8E9 The Wizard
  • Steve Forrest S6E16 The Stalking Horse
  • Joseph Campanella S2E10 Anatomy of a Prison Break, S4E5 Death of a Fixer, S8E3 The Fatal Showdown
  • Ed Asner S1E28 The Tormentors, S3E13 The Dynasty, S4E21 The Attorney
  • Don Dubbins S1E18 The Sacrifice, S2E18 A Question of Guilt, S4E15 Eye of the Storm
  • Gary Crosby S6E19 The Fatal Connection
  • Laurence Luckinbill S9E18 Diamond Run
  • Miiko Taka S1E7 The Problem of the honorable wide
  • Henry Silva S3E9 Line of Fire, S7E5 Dynasty of Hate, S9E17 The Two Million Dollar Hit
  • Hal Linden S9E2 The Confession
  • Susan Oliver S1E8 Courage of a Conviction, S9E7 Fatal Reunion
  • Robert Hooks S5E5 Silent Partner, S9E19 Deadly Ambition
  • Cecil Kellaway S1E15 The Hijackers
  • Claude Akins S1E13 How to Murder an Iron Horse, S7E25 Dark Journey
  • Louise Latham S1E13 How to Murder an Iron Horse, S2E23 Sky on Fire, S3E5&6 By Force and Violence: Parts 1&2, S4E21 Southwind
  • Gene Tierney S4E23 Conspiracy of Silence
  • Jack Lord S2E8 Collision Course
  • John Vernon S3E21 Southwind, S5E14 Journey Into Night, S7E26 Escape to Nowhere, S9E21 The Vendetta
  • Lloyd Bochner S5E12 The Inside Man
  • John Anderson S1E16 The Forests of the Night, S8E10 The Loner
  • Ruth Roman S2E17 The Courier
  • Joseph Wiseman S7E13 Bitter Harbor, S9E4 The Pay-Off
  • Diana Hyland S2E22 The Hostage, S3E8 Overload, S6E16 The Stalking Horse, S7E20 Arrangement with Terror
  • Joe Maross S1E11&31 All the Streets Are Silent & The Bomb That Walked Like a Man
  • Meg Foster S7E16 A Second Life, S9E16 The Animal
  • Frank Converse S7E1 Death on Sunday, S8E11 Canyon of No Return
  • Lynda Day George S2E23 Sky on Fire, S3E9 Line of Fire, S4E14 The Widow, S5E23 Return to Power
  • Vera Miles S5E3 The Swindler
  • James Olson S5E18 Conspiracy of Corruption, S6E3 Escape Of Terror, S9E15 The Betrayal
  • Harry Guardino S6E3 Escape to Terror
  • John Larch S2E1 The Price of Death, S8E14 The Outcast
  • Harold Gould S1E4 Slow March Up a Steep Hill, S1E24 The Man Who Went Mad by Mistake, S2E17 The Courier, S3E14 The Daughter, S4E11 The Butcher, S6E16 The Stalking Horse, S7E22 The Test
  • Jeffrey Hunter S1E1 The Monster, S4E6 The Enemies
  • Walter Pidgeon S2E25&26 The Executioners: Parts 1&2
  • Arthur Franz S2E20 The Conspirators, S3E20 Region of Peril, S5E11 Scapegoat, S6E4 The Architect, S7E14 The Recruiter
  • Andrew Duggan S1E31 The Bomb Walked Like a Man, S2E18 A Question of Guilt, S3E4 Traitor, S6E19 The Fatal Connection
  • Jeff Bridges S5E4 Boomerang
  • Dean Stockwell S4E3 The Quarry, S8E6 End of a Nightmare
  • James Daly S1E17 The Chameleon, S3E1 The Gold Card, S4E23 Conspiracy of Silence
  • Ralph Bellamy S2E14 The Death Wind, S4E11 The Butcher
  • Simon Oakland S4E20 The Maze
  • Dean Jagger S2E3 The Assassin
  • Alfred Ryder S2E9 Vendetta, S4E25 The Cober List, S8E8 A Game of Chess, S9E7 Fatal Reunion
  • Ed Nelson S7E10 End of a Hero, S8E7 The Engineer, S9E7 Fatal Runion
  • Harvey Keitel S9E19 Deadly Ambition
  • Telly Savalas S2E25&26 The Executioners: Parts 1&2
  • Russell Johnson S3E13 The Dynasty, S4E18 Caesar's Wife, S5E26 The Quest
  • Belinda Montgomery S7E2 Recurring Nightmare, S8E1 The Runner
  • Dorothy Green S2E27 The Satellite
  • Richard Anderson S2E8 Collision Course, S3E4&27 Traitor & The Mercenary, S4E6 The Enemies, S5E8 The Challenge, S8E4 The Franklin Papers, S9E1 The Big Job
  • James Gregory S1E6 To Free My Enemy, S9E21 The Vendetta
  • Kent Smith S3E3 Blood Verdict, S4E23 Conspiracy of Silence, S6E9 The Impersonator, S8E2 Edge of Desperation
  • Milton Selzer S1E23 Flight to Harbin, S2E1 The Price of Death, S3E23 The Ninth Man, S8E21 The Wedding Gift, S9E9 Fool's Gold
  • J.D. Cannon S1E24 The Man Who Went Mad by Mistake, S2E24 Flight Plan, S4E4 The Runaways, S5E18 Conspiracy of Corruption

Episodes

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} List of The F.B.I. episodes

Home media

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A 1969 "Ten Most Wanted List" segment; these were seen at the close of some episodes.

Warner Bros. (under the Warner Home Video label) has released all nine seasons of The F.B.I. on DVD in region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection. These are Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) releases and are available through Warner's online store and Amazon.com.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>The F.B.I. - Package Art Pics for Warner Archives DVDs of 'The 4th Season' Template:Webarchive</ref><ref>The F.B.I. – 'The 5th Season' is Now Available from the Warner Archive Template:Webarchive</ref> The ninth and final season was released on September 23, 2014.<ref>The 9th and Final Season is Now Available on DVD! Template:Webarchive</ref>

DVD name Ep # Release date
The First Season, Part 1 16 May 24, 2011
The First Season, Part 2 16 August 2, 2011
The Second Season, Part 1 16 February 14, 2012
The Second Season, Part 2 13 February 14, 2012
The Third Season, Part 1 16 September 11, 2012
The Third Season, Part 2 11 September 11, 2012
The Fourth Season, Part 1 13 February 26, 2013
The Fourth Season, Part 2 13 February 26, 2013
The Fifth Season, Part 1 13 June 4, 2013
The Fifth Season, Part 2 13 June 4, 2013
The Sixth Season 26 October 15, 2013
The Seventh Season 26 February 25, 2014
The Eighth Season 26 June 10, 2014
The Ninth Season 23 September 23, 2014

In December 2023, Warner Bros. Discovery, via Warner Bros, Television Studios (current rights owner of the series) launched a free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel dedicated to the series and made all nine seasons of the series available for streaming online on Tubi.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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