The series revolved around editor Walter Burns and his star reporter Hildy Johnson.
In the series premiere an assassination attempt has been made on the city's corrupt mayor. Hildy is on his honeymoon, so Burns compels him to come back and cover the story by kidnapping Hildy's mother-in-law. After a follow-up assassination plot is discovered and foiled, Burns keeps Hildy in town by getting the mayor to arrest Hildy.[2]
Donald Davis was the producer, Frank Heller was the director, and Alvin Sapinsley was the writer. The show originated from WCBS-TV.[5]
Critical response
A review of the premiere episode in The New York Times called Daly's role "serious miscasting" and said he "is in seriously over his head".[6] The review explained that the newspaper's managing editor needed to have a "vivid personality" and be tough and ruthless.[6] "Under such circumstances, Mr. Daly's sonorous and pear-shaped tones, coupled with an excessively suave and almost delicate interpretation, are completely out of character."[6] Otherwise, it said the cast did well. It said that some situations in the episode were "wholly implausible", and that the scenes had little relation to actual events at newspapers.[6]
^McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 306. ISBN0-14-02-4916-8.