October 8, 1972 –
Richard Boone starred in the TV series Hec Ramsey, about a gunfighter intrigued with new methods of criminology at the turn of the previous century, which premiered on this date.
In the fall of 1972, NBC moved its successful Wednesday night Mystery Movie series consisting of Columbo, McCloud, and McMillan and Wife to Sunday nights and added a fourth show, Hec Ramsey, while turning the original slot over to three new mysteries (Banacek, Madigan, and Cool Million). Hec Ramsey was a product of Jack Webb’s then prolific production company. The series, which ran for two seasons (a total of ten 90 minute to 2 hour episodes) was superficially a Western, but it was set in the waning days of the Wild West when science was beginning to play a more significant role in crime solving than gunplay.
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