Tenafly

1973

Tenafly

7.2 | en | Drama

Tenafly is a crime-drama series that was part of the NBC Mystery Movie wheel for the 1973-74 season. It was created by Richard Levinson and William Link, the creators of popular mystery television shows such as Columbo and Murder, She Wrote. It was the one of the first television series that season to star an African-American character as the main protagonist. Due to low ratings, Tenafly only lasted one season.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP5 Man Running

Jan. 26,1974

Tenafly's chief suspect in a rash of burglaries disappears.

EP4 The Window That Wasn't

Dec. 05,1973

A child tries to convince the police that he truly saw a murder, but the cops think he's just got an active imagination. The killer believes him, however ...

EP3 The Cash and Carry Caper

Oct. 31,1973

Tenafly gets more blisters than suspects when he goes undercover at a department store to take a bite out of shoplifting.

EP2 Joyride to Nowhere

Oct. 10,1973

Harry becomes a cab driver to investigate a series of hackie robberies.

EP1 Tenafly

Feb. 12,1973

Harry Tenafly is a private eye with a wife and kids. In the opener, he searches for the killer of the wife of a radio talk show host.

7.2 | en | Drama , Crime | More Info

Released: 1973-10-10 | Released Producted By: Universal Television , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

Synopsis

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Cast

James McEachin , Sal Mineo , David Huddleston

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Cast

James McEachin

as Harry Tenafly

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Sal Mineo

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Reviews

Brian W. Fairbanks After striking ratings gold with the original NBC Mystery Movie ("Columbo," "McMillan and Wife," "McCloud") in 1971-72, the network and Universal hoped to duplicate the success with a second night of rotating detective shows. The NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie premiered a year later, but though viewers tuned in to "Banacek," "Madigan," and "Cool Million," they apparently didn't warm to them, and in fall 73, the network wiped the slate clean (except for the returning "Banacek") and introduced three new shows, one of which, "Tenafly," seemed to have potential since it was the creation of Richard Levinson and William Link, the team responsible for the show that made Peter Falk a household name. "Tenafly" starred James McEachin, a Universal contract player whose most notable role was as Clint Eastwood's fellow DJ in "Play Misty For Me." An African-American family man whose job just happened to be as a private detective, Tenafly was refreshing due to his lack of gimmicks (no lollipops, no wheelchair, no Stetson, no raincoat, etc). Maybe a gimmick would have helped the show distinguish itself in a television season dubbed by Time magazine as "The Year of the Cop." After four 90 minute episodes, "Tenafly," like the other Mystery Movie segments introduced in fall 1973 ("The Snoop Sisters," "Faraday and Company"), disappeared after one season.The four episodes (a pilot boosts the episode count to five) are all entertaining but fairly standard fare typical of the era.