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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 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''''' 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 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== ​

==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​