| McMillan & Wife | |
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| Information | |
| Title: | McMillan & Wife |
| Format: | Live-action |
| Genres: | Crime drama |
| Running time: | 60 min. |
| country: | USA |
| Network: | NBC |
| Seasons: | 6 |
| Episodes: | 40 |
| Production | |
| Production company: | Universal TV |
| Executive producers: | Leonard Stern; Paul Mason |
| Producers: | Jon Epstein; Ted Rich; Tony Kiser |
| Principal cast: | Rock Hudson; Susan Saint James; John Schuck; Nancy Walker; Martha Raye; Richard Gilliland; Gloria Stroock; Bill Quinn |
| Air dates | |
| First aired: | September 29th, 1971 |
| Last aired: | April 24th, 1977 |
McMillan & Wife is an American crime drama that aired on NBC for six seasons from 1971 to 1977, totaling forty episodes. It was produced by Universal TV and starred Rock Hudson as police commissioner Stewart "Mac" McMillan and Susan Saint James as "wife" Sally McMillan. Other stars on the series included John Schuck as Sergeant Charles Enright and Nancy Walker as Mildred.
Susan Saint James left the series following season five, necessitating a program name change. In December, 1976, the show was billed only as McMillan. New cast members for this season included Martha Raye as Agatha Thornton, Richard Gilliland as Sergeant Steve DiMaggio, Gloria Stroock as Maggie and Bill Quinn as Chief Paulsen. The final episode of the show aired on April 24th, 1977. All six seasons of McMillan & Wife have been released on DVD, with season six labeled as just McMillan.
Episodes[]
Season One[]
- Main article: McMillan & Wife/Season 1
| Episode | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1x0 | Once Upon a Dead Man | September 17th, 1971 |
| 1x1 | Murder by the Barrel | September 29th, 1971 |
| 1x2 | The Easy Sunday Murder Case | October 20th, 1971 |
| 1x3 | Husbands, Wives, and Killers | November 10th, 1971 |
| 1x4 | Death is a Seven Point Favorite | December 8th, 1971 |
| 1x5 | The Face of Murder | January 5th, 1972 |
| 1x6 | 'Til Death Do Us Part | February 16th, 1972 |
| 1x7 | An Elementary Case of Murder | March 1st, 1972 |
Season Two[]
- Main article: McMillan & Wife/Season 2
| Episode | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 2x1 | The Night of the Wizard | September 24th, 1972 |
| 2x2 | Blues for Sally M | October 22nd, 1972 |
| 2x3 | Cop of the Year | November 19th, 1972 |
| 2x4 | Terror Times Two | December 13th, 1972 |
| 2x5 | No Hearts, No Flowers | January 14th, 1973 |
| 2x6 | The Fine Art of Staying Alive | March 11th, 1973 |
| 2x7 | Two Dollars on Trouble to Win | April 1st, 1973 |
Season Three[]
- Main article: McMillan & Wife/Season 3
| Episode | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 3x1 | Death of a Monster... Birth of a Legend | September 30th, 1973 |
| 3x2 | The Devil, You Say | October 21st, 1973 |
| 3x3 | Free Fall to Terror | November 11th, 1973 |
| 3x4 | Man Without a Face | January 6th, 1974 |
| 3x5 | Reunion in Terror | January 27th, 1974 |
| 3x6 | Cross and Double Cross | February 17th, 1974 |
Season Four[]
- Main article: McMillan & Wife/Season 4
| Episode | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 4x1 | Downshift to Danger | September 29th, 1974 |
| 4x2 | The Game of Survival | October 20th, 1974 |
| 4x3 | Buried Alive | November 10th, 1974 |
| 4x4 | Guilt by Association | December 8th, 1974 |
| 4x5 | Night Train to L.A. | January 19th, 1975 |
| 4x6 | Love, Honor and Swindle | February 16th, 1975 |
Season Five[]
- Main article: McMillan & Wife/Season 5
| Episode | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 5x1 | The Deadly Inheritance | September 28th, 1975 |
| 5x2 | Requiem for a Bride | October 26th, 1975 |
| 5x3 | Aftershock | November 9th, 1975 |
| 5x4 | Secrets for Sale | December 7th, 1975 |
| 5x5 | The Deadly Cure | January 18th, 1976 |
| 5x6 | Greed | February 15th, 1976 |
| 5x7 | Point of Law | March 7th, 1976 |
Season Six[]
- Main article: McMillan & Wife/Season 6
| Episode | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 6x1 | All Bets Off | December 5th, 1976 |
| 6x2 | Dark Sunrise | January 2nd, 1977 |
| 6x3 | Phillip's Game | January 23rd, 1977 |
| 6x4 | Coffee, Tea, or Cyanide? | January 30th, 1977 |
| 6x5 | Affair of the Heart | March 20th, 1977 |
| 6x6 | Have You Heard About Vanessa? | April 24th, 1977 |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The setting for the series is San Francisco, California.
- McMilland & Wife aired on Sunday evenings.
- McMillan, the title change for the sixth season, redirects to this page.
- McMillan and Wife also redirects to this page, though the series always used the ampersand (&) rather than the word "and".
- Actress Susan Saint James left the series following season five due to contract disputes. Her character was written out of the show as having died in a plane crash.
- Actor Martin E. Brooks, best known for playing the role of bionics expert Doctor Rudy Wells on The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman appeared in six episodes of McMilland & Wife as Deputy district attorney Chapman.
Home Video[]
- McMillan & Wife: Season One
- McMillan & Wife: Season Two
- McMillan & Wife: Season Three
- McMillan & Wife: Season Four
- McMillan & Wife: Season Five
- McMillan: Season Six
- McMillan & Wife: The Complete Series
See also[]
External Links[]
- McMillan & Wife at IMDB
- McMillan & Wife at the TV IV
- McMillan & Wife at Wikipedia
- McMillan & Wife at ShareTV.org
- McMillan & Wife at TV.com guide
- McMillan & Wife at TV Rage.com
- McMillan & Wife at Themoviedb.org