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The Law & Harry McGraw

1987–1988 · 1 season

A breezy, bantering detective show where mismatched colleagues trade quips while cracking cases, easy to dip into and enjoy.

Created by
Peter S. Fischer
Genres
Mystery
Starring
Jerry Orbach, Barbara Babcock, Juliana Donald
Overview
The Law & Harry McGraw is an American mystery crime drama television series created by Peter S. Fischer and a spin-off of Murder, She Wrote. The series stars Jerry Orbach as a Harry McGraw, a loudmouthed, uncouth, old school private detective who continually finds himself solving mysteries on behalf of the prim and proper attorney Ellie Maginnis who has an office across the hall.

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Created by
Peter S. Fischer
Genres
Mystery
Starring
Jerry Orbach, Barbara Babcock, Juliana Donald
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • crime
  • justice
  • friendship
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • procedural
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour6
Realism6
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
mystery
Created by
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Written by
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Starring
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Length
1 seasons, 16 episodes, 46 min each
Network
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Languages
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