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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 (182 votes)
Seasons
1
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1987)

7.56 avg 16 episodes 7.6 → 8.4 60 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 18 votesEp 2: 7.2 · 19 votesEp 3: 6.9 · 20 votesEp 4: 6.9 · 19 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 12 votesEp 6: 7.4 · 11 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 16 votesEp 8: 7.5 · 15 votesEp 9: 7.1 · 14 votesEp 10: 7.4 · 14 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 14 votesEp 12: 7.8 · 16 votesEp 13: 7.5 · 15 votesEp 14: 8.0 · 14 votesEp 15: 7.6 · 11 votesEp 16: 8.4 · 11 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Dead Men Don't Make Phone Calls7.618
2Murder by Landslide7.219
3Mr. Chapman, I Presume?6.920
4The Fallen Arrow6.919
5Rappaport's Back in Town7.912
6She's Not Wild About Harry7.411
7Angela's Secret8.216
8Solve It Again, Harry7.515
9State of the Art7.114
10Yankee Boodle Dandy7.414
11Old Heroes Never Lie7.514
12Gilhooley's Is History7.816
13Beware the Ides of May7.515
14Waiting Game8.014
15Harry Does the Hustle7.611
16Maginnis for the People8.411