Paris Precinct
Starring: Claude Dauphin, Louis Jordan
First Aired: April 3, 1955
Number of Seasons: 1
Estimated Production Cost: $50,000 per episode*
The film Paris Precinct was an attempt to create a French police procedural drama. The show had one season and starred Louis Jourdan and Claude Dauphin. The show had a thirty-minute run length and broadcast on ABC. It premiered in 1955 and was canceled after only a few episodes due to low viewership figures. Because it was based on data from the Surete, which is the French equivalent of detectives and police, Paris Precinct was set in France. Andre Hakim was the director of photography. The show was also known as World Crime Hunt for a short time, a tribute to its international focus.
Paris Precinct
Our Man Higgins
Starring: Stanley Holloway, Audrey Totter, Frank Maxwell, Ricky Kelman, K.C. Butts
First Aired: October 3, 1962
Number of Seasons: 1
Estimated Production Cost: $100,000 per episode*
From October 3, 1962, to May 17, 1973, the show Our Man Higgins aired for one season and thirty-four episodes. Higgins, an English butler portrayed by Stanley Holloway, was the focus of the episode. A suburban American family inherits the butler, resulting in a big cultural conflict. The parents of the suburban family are played by Frank Maxwell and Audrey Totter. Ricky Kelman, Regina Groves, and K.C. Butts play the three youngsters. The show began as a radio comedy series in the early 1950s, but it was converted for comedic television by ABC.
Our Man Higgins
