No new mystery television series on DVD are being released this week, but we have updated our website with three additional series to the over 100 already available.
Former NFL player Fred Dryer starred as Detective Sergeant Rick Hunter in Hunter, a series than ran for 7 seasons from 1984 through 1991 on NBC. For the first 6 seasons, Stepfanie Kramer starred as his partner, Sergeant Dee Dee McCall. Hunter and McCall were homicide investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department.
Hunter was originally conceived as a Dirty Harry for television and as a result the first season is often criticized for having a considerable amount of violence. As Dryer settled into the character of Hunter and the series evolved, the violence lessened (somewhat) for subsequent seasons.
The executive producer for the first season of Hunter was Stephen J. Cannell who was also responsible for many other mystery television series available on this site including The Rockford Files, 21 Jump Street, Silk Stalkings, The Commish, The Greatest American Hero, and others that we hope will soon be available on DVD.
The first 3 seasons of Hunter are currently available on DVD.
Maigret was a 12 episode series that ran on ITV in the UK from 1992 through 1993. Based on the character created by Georges Simenon, Michael Gambon starred as Inspector Jules Maigret of the Sûreté.
Over the years there have been several adaptations of Maigret on television with this particular series being one of the more successful. In 1988, Richard Harris played Maigret in a short-lived series, also on ITV. Harris later went on to play Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter movies. Following Harris' death in 2002, in a bit of an ironic twist, Michael Gambon assumed the role of Dumbledore in the subsequent movies.
All 12 episodes of Maigret are available on a single DVD set entitled The Maigret Collection.
Murder City was a limited run series produced in the UK and originally airing on ITV. 6 episodes (which comprise Season 1) aired in the spring of 2004; 4 additional episodes (which comprise Season 2) aired two years later. Set in a busy inner city murder squad, the series starred Amanda Donahoe as tough, methodical detective Susan Alembis and Kris Marshall as Luke Stone, her inexperienced and unorthodox partner. Working closely with the rest of the squad, their investigations bring them face to face with tormented pasts, grim secrets and deadly deceptions as they follow up grisly discoveries and frequently put their own lives in jeopardy.
The first season of Murder City is currently available on DVD.
Visit the Mysteries on TV website to discover more television mystery series currently available on DVD.
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