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Ellery Queen (1975)

Crime · Drama · Family

Ellery Queen is an American television detective mystery series based on the fictional character Ellery Queen. It aired on NBC during the 1975-76 television season and stars Jim Hutton as Ellery Queen, David Wayne as his father, Inspector Richard Queen, and Tom Reese as Sgt. Velie. Created by the writing/producing team of Richard Levinson and William Link, the title character "breaks" the fourth wall to ask the audience to consider their solution.

IMDb rating
8.4 (1,831 votes)
Episode average
8.0 -0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons
1
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1975)

8.01 avg 23 episodes 8.0 → 8.2 51 min avg

Ep 0: 8.0 · 415 votesEp 1: 7.6 · 186 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 182 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 155 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 149 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 158 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 151 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 144 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 166 votesEp 9: 7.9 · 142 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 139 votesEp 11: 8.1 · 145 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 144 votesEp 13: 8.0 · 126 votesEp 14: 8.3 · 148 votesEp 15: 7.9 · 136 votesEp 16: 7.6 · 133 votesEp 17: 8.0 · 166 votesEp 18: 8.2 · 125 votesEp 19: 8.2 · 126 votesEp 20: 8.6 · 132 votesEp 21: 8.0 · 121 votesEp 22: 8.2 · 108 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
0Too Many Suspects8.0415
1The Adventure of Auld Lang Syne7.6186
2The Adventure of the Lover's Leap8.0182
3The Adventure of the Chinese Dog7.8155
4The Adventure of the Comic Book Crusader8.0149
5The Adventure of the 12th Floor Express8.2158
6The Adventure of Miss Aggie's Farewell Performance8.1151
7The Adventure of Colonel Nivin's Memoirs7.8144
8The Adventure of the Mad Tea Party8.1166
9The Adventure of Veronica's Veils7.9142
10The Adventure of the Pharaoh's Curse7.7139
11The Adventure of the Blunt Instrument8.1145
12The Adventure of the Black Falcon8.0144
13The Adventure of the Sunday Punch8.0126
14The Adventure of the Eccentric Engineer8.3148
15The Adventure of the Wary Witness7.9136
16The Adventure of the Judas Tree7.6133
17The Adventure of the Sinister Scenario8.0166
18The Adventure of the Two-Faced Woman8.2125
19The Adventure of the Tyrant of Tin Pan Alley8.2126
20The Adventure of Caesar's Last Sleep8.6132
21The Adventure of the Hardhearted Huckster8.0121
22The Adventure of the Disappearing Dagger8.2108

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