Telemystery, your source for one of the most comprehensive listings of crime drama, amateur sleuth, private investigator, mystery and suspense television series, mini-series and made-for-television movies, now available on or coming soon to DVD or Blu-ray disc, is profiling three series seasons being released this week.
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Tom Bosley stars as Father Frank Dowling, a Chicago priest with a proclivity for finding and solving local murders in his community, in Father Dowling Mysteries. The character is based on one created by crime novelist Ralph McInerny, who featuring him in a long-running series of mysteries published from 1977 through 2009.
Helping Father Dowling in his efforts is Sister Stephanie "Steve" Oskowski (Tracy Nelson), a clever and resourceful young nun resourceful enough that she could pick locks or wheedle information out of street people with great ease.
Father Dowling Mysteries: Season One is available on DVD and consists of episodes that originally aired on NBC — its only season on this network before moving to ABC — during the spring of 1989. The series pilot, "Final Confession", which aired in 1987, is not included in this set.
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Amanda Redman stars as Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, who leads the office of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS), in New Tricks.
The death of a respected journalist, an actress's disappearance, the demise of a dodgy timeshare dealer, and the murder of a butcher whose body is found neatly cut into pieces are just a few of the cases Pullman and her team of retired detectives — Brian, Gerry, and Jack — tackle this season.
New Tricks: Season Six is available on DVD and consists of episodes that originally aired on BBC during the Summer of 2009.
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Angie Dickinson stars as LAPD Sergeant Pepper Anderson in Police Woman, an undercover officer with the Criminal Conspiracy Unit, charged with the task of investigating all kinds of crimes, from sexual assault to narcotics and homicide.
Led by Sgt. Bill Crowley (Earl Holliman) and joined by partners Pete Royster (Charles Dierkop) and Joe Styles (Ed Bernard), Anderson must go undercover to get dangerously close to the criminal underworld before taking it down.
Police Woman: Season Two is available on DVD and consists of episodes that originally aired on NBC during the 1975/1976 television season.
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