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''Meet McGraw'' preceded ''The Bob Cummings Show'' on Tuesday evenings on NBC. It aired at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT opposite John Lupton’s western series, ''[[Broken Arrow (TV series)|Broken Arrow]]'' on [[ABC]] and Bud Collyer's ''To Tell the Truth'' quiz show on CBS.<ref>Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', 1997, appendix.</ref> After its cancellation, ''Meet McGraw'' was repeated as ''The Adventures of McGraw'' on ABC in 1958-1959,<ref name=ctva/> but not in prime time.<ref name=ctva/>
''Meet McGraw'' preceded ''The Bob Cummings Show'' on Tuesday evenings on NBC. It aired at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT opposite John Lupton’s western series, ''[[Broken Arrow (TV series)|Broken Arrow]]'' on [[ABC]] and Bud Collyer's ''To Tell the Truth'' quiz show on CBS.<ref>Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', 1997, appendix.</ref> After its cancellation, ''Meet McGraw'' was repeated as ''The Adventures of McGraw'' on ABC in 1958-1959,<ref name=ctva/> but not in prime time.<ref name=ctva/>
==Early episodes==
==Early episodes==
The pilot episode, which was broadcast as a segment of CBS's ''Four Star Playhouse'' on February 25, 1954, involves a woman who hires McGraw to protect her from her threatening husband. It features Audrey Totter, Paul Picerni, Ellen Corby, and Peter Whitney. The second pilot episode entitled "The Long Count," which was shown as a segment of CBS's Stage 7 series on March 27, 1955, features Ted de Corsia, Richard Deacon, and Biff Elliot. The plot involves a [[boxing]] promoter who hires McGraw to watch his prize boxer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0581885/|title=''Meet McGraw''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=December 19, 2019}}</ref>
The pilot episode, which was broadcast as a segment of CBS's ''Four Star Playhouse'' on February 25, 1954, involves a woman who hires McGraw to protect her from her threatening husband. It features Audrey Totter, Paul Picerni, Ellen Corby, and Peter Whitney. The second pilot episode entitled "The Long Count," which was shown as a segment of CBS's Stage 7 series on March 27, 1955, features Ted de Corsia, Richard Deacon, and Biff Elliot. The plot involves a [[boxing]] promoter who hires McGraw to watch his prize boxer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0581885/|title=''Meet McGraw''|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=December 19, 2019}}</ref>