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Line 1: − {{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. − − + − + − Line 42:
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'''''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>
''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>
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:
==Other selected episodes==
*"The Mechanic" with Buddy Hackett on September 30
*"The Mechanic" with Buddy Hackett on September 30
*"The Trade" with Paul Anka on October 7
*"The Trade" with Paul Anka on October 7
''Dan Raven'' was replaced on January 13, 1961, by the return of the Ronnie Burns ''Happy'' comedy series.
''Dan Raven'' was replaced on January 13, 1961, by the return of the Ronnie Burns ''Happy'' comedy series.
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