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The Defenders is an American courtroom drama television series that ran on CBS from 1961 to 1965. It was created by television writer Reginald Rose, and stars E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys Lawrence and Kenneth Preston. Original music for the series was scored by Frank Lewin and Leonard Rosenman.
November 18, 1961 () Kenneth's girlfriend ( Joan Hackett ) is accused of assaulting a man with a brick during a protest, a situation that eventually leads to a stubborn and arrogant public works commissioner ( Loring Smith ) being accused of bribery.
Robert Reed (born John Robert Rietz Jr.; October 19, 1932 – May 12, 1992) was an American actor.He played Kenneth Preston on the legal drama The Defenders from 1961 to 1965 alongside E. G. Marshall, and is best known for his role as patriarch Mike Brady, opposite Florence Henderson's role as Carol Brady, on the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch, which aired from 1969 to 1974.
This table displays the top-rated primetime television series of the 1961–62 season as measured ... The Perry Como Show: 22.5 26: The Defenders: CBS: 22.4 27: The ...
Dangerous Curves (TV series) The Defenders (1961 TV series) Delvecchio (TV series) Detective in the House; Diagnosis: Unknown; Diamonds (Canadian TV series) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre; Dink, the Little Dinosaur; Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; Dr. Vegas; Dolphin Cove (TV series) Double Dare (TV series) Doubt (American TV series) Dundee and the ...
Despite the praise for these four series, the authors also highlight several less worthy series which debuted during the 1961–62 season: Room for One More, Window on Main Street, Hazel ("possibly the dumbest family in TV history"), and the truly terrible The Hathaways ("possibly the worst series ever to air on network TV"). [1]
The Defenders (1961 TV series) The Dick Powell Show; The Dick Tracy Show; ... Wide World of Sports (American TV program) Window on Main Street; Woodrow the Woodsman; Y.
The story led Reginald Rose to develop a spinoff series, The Defenders, which began airing in 1961. E.G. Marshall played Walter Preston (renamed Lawrence Preston) and Robert Reed as Kenneth Preston. The Show ran for four seasons and 132 episodes. [6] The program was revived in 1997 by the Showtime cable network. [7]