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The Law and Harry McGraw (1987)

Crime · Drama · Mystery

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.

IMDb rating
7.5 (180 votes)
Seasons
1
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1987)

7.82 avg 16 episodes 7.8 → 8.9 60 min avg

Ep 1: 7.8 · 17 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 18 votesEp 3: 7.0 · 19 votesEp 4: 7.0 · 18 votesEp 5: 8.1 · 11 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 10 votesEp 7: 8.5 · 15 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 14 votesEp 9: 7.3 · 13 votesEp 10: 7.6 · 13 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 13 votesEp 12: 8.1 · 15 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 14 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 13 votesEp 15: 8.0 · 10 votesEp 16: 8.9 · 10 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Dead Men Don't Make Phone Calls7.817
2Murder by Landslide7.418
3Mr. Chapman, I Presume?7.019
4The Fallen Arrow7.018
5Rappaport's Back in Town8.111
6She's Not Wild About Harry7.910
7Angela's Secret8.515
8Solve It Again, Harry7.714
9State of the Art7.313
10Yankee Boodle Dandy7.613
11Old Heroes Never Lie7.813
12Gilhooley's Is History8.115
13Beware the Ides of May7.814
14Waiting Game8.213
15Harry Does the Hustle8.010
16Maginnis for the People8.910