Series synopsis
Petrocelli is an American drama television series that premiered on NBC on September 11, 1974. It ended on March 24, 1976. It was created by Sidney J. Furie. It stars Barry Newman, Albert Salmi, David Huddleston and Susan Howard.
Tony Petrocelli is an Italian-American Harvard-educated lawyer who gave up the big money and frenetic pace of major-metropolitan life to practice in a sleepy city in the American Southwest. He and wife Maggie live in a trailer in the country while waiting for their new house to be built, and travel around in a beat-up old pickup truck. For a quiet rural area, Petrocelli seems to have no trouble running into his share of murderers to defend.
Premise
Tony Petrocelli is an Italian-American Harvard-educated lawyer who gave up the big money and frenetic pace of major-metropolitan life to practice in a sleepy city in the American Southwest. He and wife Maggie live in a trailer in the country while waiting for their new house to be built, and travel around in a beat-up old pickup truck. For a quiet rural area, Petrocelli seems to have no trouble running into his share of murderers to defend.
Premise: He's real and his own man.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Barry Newman as Anthony J. Petrocelli
- Albert Salmi as Pete Ritter
- David Huddleston as Lieutenant Ponce
- Susan Howard as Maggie Petrocelli
- Robbie Rist
- Julie Kavner
- Kenneth Tobey as Jason Strafford
- Paul Koslo
Supporting cast
- Susan Dey
- Annette O'Toole
- Eric Server
- Robert Hooks
- Thayer David as Arnold MacIver
- Ward Costello
- James Daughton
- Alan Vint
- Alan Oppenheimer
- Charles Martin Smith as Frankie
- Ben Masters
- Elizabeth MacRae as Lucille Bates
Guest cast
- Robbie Rist
- Julie Kavner
- Kenneth Tobey as Jason Strafford
- Paul Koslo
- Susan Dey
- Annette O'Toole
- Eric Server
- Robert Hooks
- Thayer David as Arnold MacIver
- Ward Costello
- James Daughton
- Alan Vint
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 45 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | March 16, 1974 | March 16, 1974 |
| Season 1 | 22 | September 11, 1974 | April 2, 1975 |
| Season 2 | 22 | September 10, 1975 | March 24, 1976 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Night Games Petrocelli defends a millionaire's wife charged with slaying her husband's associate. |
March 16, 1974 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Golden Cage A rich trophy wife gets accused of murder when she tries to leave her powerful controlling husband. |
September 11, 1974 |
| 2 |
Music to Die By A singer hires Petrocelli to defend him when his career is jeopardized by a homicide accusation. |
September 18, 1974 |
| 3 |
By Reason of Madness Petrocelli defends a wife accused of killing her husband. She knows she killed him but says she didn't know she was doing it. Petrocelli soon realizes she was mentally ill and has to prove her not guilty by reason of insanity. |
September 25, 1974 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Death Ride Petrocelli defends a rodeo clown accused of the murder of a rodeo star. |
September 10, 1975 |
| 2 |
The Mark of Cain A boyhood friend pays a visit to Petrocelli and later is arrested on a homicide charge. |
September 17, 1975 |
| 3 |
Five Yards of Trouble Petrocelli defends a man who, enraged to find his wife posing for a photographer at another man's home, has a reason to be suspected for murder. |
September 24, 1975 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | NBC |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 11, 1974 |
| Last aired | March 24, 1976 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Wednesday at 22:00:00 |