Jimmy Hughes, Rookie Cop

Jimmy Hughes, Rookie Cop is an American crime show that aired on the DuMont Television Network^[1] from May 8, 1953, to July 3, 1953.^[2]

Jimmy Hughes, Rookie Cop
Genre	Crime
Written by	Bruce Geller
Starring	William Redfield
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Running time	24 mins.
Original release
Network	DuMont
Release	May 8 (1953-05-08) – July 3, 1953 (1953-07-03)

Premise

Jimmy Hughes (William Redfield) returns from the Korean War when his policeman father is killed by criminals. Inspector Ferguson (Rusty Lane) becomes his mentor when Jimmy joins the police to find his father's killers. Betty Hughes (Wendy Drew), Jimmy's sister, was the only other regular character. In later episodes, Conrad Janis took over the title role.^[3]

As the series progressed, Hughes moved beyond seeking his father's killer to work on cases that involved topics such as kidnapping, narcotics, and teenage gangs.^[3]

Production

Barry Shear was the producer of Jimmy Hughes, Rookie Cop.^[2] The series was written by Bruce Geller, later famous as the creator of the TV series Mission: Impossible.^{[citation needed]}

Reception

Columnist C. E. Butterfield of The Evening Star expressed disappointment that the DuMont Network had dropped Dark of Night "in favor of a who-dun-it" whose "opening performance seemed amateurish".^[4]

Broadcast history

Jimmy Hughes, Rookie Cop was originally announced as debuting on Monday, April 27, 1953.^[5] However, it actually premiered on Friday, May 8, 1953 at 8:30 pm EDT on the DuMont network.^[6]

Only nine episodes were broadcast, ending with July 3, 1953, though The Daily Record of Long Branch, New Jersey continued listing it through July 17, 1953.^[7][8] Other newspapers, however, showed Guide Right moved to the Friday 8:30 pm time slot on DuMont stations.^[9][10]

Episode status

Only one episode of the series survives, the network premiere on May 8, 1953, which is held at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.^[11]

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	TBA	Barry Shear	William C. Crane and Bob Corcoran	May 8, 1953 (1953-05-08)[6]
Cast: Ed Peck, Don Hamner, Bernard Kates, Paul Andor
2	2	TBA	Unknown	Unknown	May 15, 1953 (1953-05-15)
Cast:
3	3	TBA	Unknown	Unknown	May 22, 1953 (1953-05-22)
Cast:
4	4	TBA	Unknown	Unknown	May 29, 1953 (1953-05-29)
Cast:
5	5	TBA	Unknown	Unknown	June 5, 1953 (1953-06-05)[12]
Cast:
6	6	TBA	Unknown	Unknown	June 12, 1953 (1953-06-12)[13]
Cast:
7	7	TBA	Unknown	Unknown	June 19, 1953 (1953-06-19)[14]
Cast:
8	8	TBA	Unknown	Unknown	June 26, 1953 (1953-06-26)[15]
Hughes suspects a kidnapping is fake. Cast:[16]
9	9	TBA	Unknown	Unknown	July 3, 1953 (1953-07-03)[17]
Cast:

See also

• List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
• List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts