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{{Infobox television |
| show_name = Dan Raven
| image = Paul Anka Skip Homeier Dan Raven 1960.JPG
| caption = Paul Anka and Skip Homeier as Dan Raven in "The Trade".
| runtime = 60 mins.
| creator =
| starring = [[Skip Homeier]] <br> Dan Barton <br> [[Quinn K. Redeker]]
| company = [[Screen Gems]]
| distributor = [[Sony Pictures Television]] (current)
| country = United States
| executive_producer =
| network = [[NBC]]
| opentheme =
| camera =
| first_aired = September 23, 1960 (Half-hour episodes started in January 1960.)-
| last_aired = January 6, 1961
| num_episodes = 13 (hour-long episodes)
| num_seasons = 1
}}
'''''Dan Raven''''' is an [[United States|American]] crime drama starring Skip Homeier (1930-2017) which aired on [[NBC]] between January 23, 1960, and January 6, 1961. The setting of the [[television]] series is the Sunset Strip of West Hollywood, [[California]]. The series focuses on activities of the [[sheriff]]'s department, including those of the fictitious Lieutenant Dan Raven and his assistant, Sergeant Burke, played by Dan Barton (1921-2009). Quinn K. Redeker (born 1936) appeared as [[photograph]]er Perry Levitt. The program aired for a half-hour from January to September 1960, when it expanded for thirteen hour-long segments.
''Dan Raven'' featured contemporary celebrities appearing as themselves, including Buddy Hackett (1924-2003), Paul Anka]], Marty Ingels (1936-2015), Bob Crewe, and Bobby Darin (1936-1973), who appeared in the first of the hour-long episodes, "The High Cost of Fame."<ref>Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'' (New York, Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed.), p. 195.</ref>
The Warner Brothers series, ''77 Sunset Strip,'' ran on [[ABC]] at 9 p.m. Eastern on the same Friday evenings as ''Dan Raven,'' which started at 7:30. ''Dan Raven,'' in the hour format, faced difficult opposition from the second season of [[CBS]]' ''Rawhide,'' starring Eric Fleming and [[Clint Eastwood]]. Its competition on ABC was the sitcom ''Harrigan and Son,'' starring Pat O'Brien and Roger Perry.<ref>1960-1961 American network television schedule in appendix of McNeil's ''Total Television.''</ref>
Other selected episodes include:
*"The Mechanic" with Buddy Hackett on September 30
*"The Trade" with Paul Anka on October 7
*"Penny" with Paul Richards (1924–1974) on October 21
*"The Empty Frame" with Suzanne Storrs on October 28
*"The Night Is Numbered" with Paul Crewe on November 4
*"The Satchel Man" with Paul Anka and Parley Baer on November 11
*"The Junket" with Don Dubbins (1928–1991) and Mel Torme (1925–1999) on November 18
*"The Man on the Ledge" with Marty Ingels on November 25
*"Amateur Night" with Marty Ingels and Claude Akins (1926–1994) on December 2
*"Tinge of Red" with Julie London (1926–2000), Judson Pratt (1916–2002) , and Gavin MacLeod (born 1930) on December 16
*"Buy a Nightmare" with Don Haggerty (1914–1988), Harvey Lembeck (1923–1982), and [[[[Adrienne Ellis, the series finale.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053495/episodes; TV.com, ''Dan Raven", Episode List: http://www.tv.com/dan-raven/show/6987/episode_listings.html|title=''Dan Raven'' Episode list|publisher=TV.com|accessdate=January 26, 2020}}</ref>
''Dan Raven'' was replaced on January 13, 1961, by the return of the Ronnie Burns ''Happy'' comedy series.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dan Raven}}
[[Category:Television shows]]
[[Category:California]]
[[Category:Drama]]
| show_name = Dan Raven
| image = Paul Anka Skip Homeier Dan Raven 1960.JPG
| caption = Paul Anka and Skip Homeier as Dan Raven in "The Trade".
| runtime = 60 mins.
| creator =
| starring = [[Skip Homeier]] <br> Dan Barton <br> [[Quinn K. Redeker]]
| company = [[Screen Gems]]
| distributor = [[Sony Pictures Television]] (current)
| country = United States
| executive_producer =
| network = [[NBC]]
| opentheme =
| camera =
| first_aired = September 23, 1960 (Half-hour episodes started in January 1960.)-
| last_aired = January 6, 1961
| num_episodes = 13 (hour-long episodes)
| num_seasons = 1
}}
'''''Dan Raven''''' is an [[United States|American]] crime drama starring Skip Homeier (1930-2017) which aired on [[NBC]] between January 23, 1960, and January 6, 1961. The setting of the [[television]] series is the Sunset Strip of West Hollywood, [[California]]. The series focuses on activities of the [[sheriff]]'s department, including those of the fictitious Lieutenant Dan Raven and his assistant, Sergeant Burke, played by Dan Barton (1921-2009). Quinn K. Redeker (born 1936) appeared as [[photograph]]er Perry Levitt. The program aired for a half-hour from January to September 1960, when it expanded for thirteen hour-long segments.
''Dan Raven'' featured contemporary celebrities appearing as themselves, including Buddy Hackett (1924-2003), Paul Anka]], Marty Ingels (1936-2015), Bob Crewe, and Bobby Darin (1936-1973), who appeared in the first of the hour-long episodes, "The High Cost of Fame."<ref>Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'' (New York, Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed.), p. 195.</ref>
The Warner Brothers series, ''77 Sunset Strip,'' ran on [[ABC]] at 9 p.m. Eastern on the same Friday evenings as ''Dan Raven,'' which started at 7:30. ''Dan Raven,'' in the hour format, faced difficult opposition from the second season of [[CBS]]' ''Rawhide,'' starring Eric Fleming and [[Clint Eastwood]]. Its competition on ABC was the sitcom ''Harrigan and Son,'' starring Pat O'Brien and Roger Perry.<ref>1960-1961 American network television schedule in appendix of McNeil's ''Total Television.''</ref>
Other selected episodes include:
*"The Mechanic" with Buddy Hackett on September 30
*"The Trade" with Paul Anka on October 7
*"Penny" with Paul Richards (1924–1974) on October 21
*"The Empty Frame" with Suzanne Storrs on October 28
*"The Night Is Numbered" with Paul Crewe on November 4
*"The Satchel Man" with Paul Anka and Parley Baer on November 11
*"The Junket" with Don Dubbins (1928–1991) and Mel Torme (1925–1999) on November 18
*"The Man on the Ledge" with Marty Ingels on November 25
*"Amateur Night" with Marty Ingels and Claude Akins (1926–1994) on December 2
*"Tinge of Red" with Julie London (1926–2000), Judson Pratt (1916–2002) , and Gavin MacLeod (born 1930) on December 16
*"Buy a Nightmare" with Don Haggerty (1914–1988), Harvey Lembeck (1923–1982), and [[[[Adrienne Ellis, the series finale.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053495/episodes; TV.com, ''Dan Raven", Episode List: http://www.tv.com/dan-raven/show/6987/episode_listings.html|title=''Dan Raven'' Episode list|publisher=TV.com|accessdate=January 26, 2020}}</ref>
''Dan Raven'' was replaced on January 13, 1961, by the return of the Ronnie Burns ''Happy'' comedy series.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dan Raven}}
[[Category:Television shows]]
[[Category:California]]
[[Category:Drama]]