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'''''Meet McGraw''''' is an [[United States|American]] dramatic [[television]] series starring Frank Lovejoy (1912-1962) in the role of the hard-hitting detective McGraw, a man specifically given no first name in the program.<ref name=ctva>{{cite web|url=http://ctva.biz/US/Crime/MeetMcGraw.htm|title=''Meet McGraw''|publisher=Classic TV Archives|accessdate=December 19, 2019}}</ref> Lovejoy described McGraw as follows: "He's not a superman. He's just a guy who tries to do the best he can, and is interested in saving his own neck quite frequently."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/clip/2057242/lovejoys_description_of_mcgraw/=|author=Dorothy Roe|title=Actor Admits Women Don't Swoon When He Appears|publisher=''The Austin ([[Minnesota]]) Daily Herald''|date=August 6, 1957|page=5|accessdate= March 24, 2015; no longer on-line}}</ref>

'''''Meet McGraw''''' is an [[United States|American]] [[drama]]tic [[television]] series starring Frank Lovejoy (1912-1962) in the role of the hard-hitting detective McGraw, a man specifically given no first name in the program.<ref name=ctva>{{cite web|url=http://ctva.biz/US/Crime/MeetMcGraw.htm|title=''Meet McGraw''|publisher=Classic TV Archives|accessdate=December 19, 2019}}</ref> Lovejoy described McGraw as follows: "He's not a superman. He's just a guy who tries to do the best he can, and is interested in saving his own neck quite frequently."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/clip/2057242/lovejoys_description_of_mcgraw/=|author=Dorothy Roe|title=Actor Admits Women Don't Swoon When He Appears|publisher=''The Austin ([[Minnesota]]) Daily Herald''|date=August 6, 1957|page=5|accessdate= March 24, 2015; no longer on-line}}</ref>

Forty-two half-hour episodes aired on [[NBC]] during the 1957-1958 season. Sponsored by Procter & Gamble. The series was produced at Desilu Studios, most of whose productions were broadcast by [[CBS]]. The theme song for the series is "One For My Baby" by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer.<ref name=ctva/>

Forty-two half-hour episodes aired on [[NBC]] during the 1957-1958 season. Sponsored by Procter & Gamble. The series was produced at Desilu Studios, most of whose productions were broadcast by [[CBS]]. The theme song for the series is "One For My Baby" by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer.<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/>​

''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==

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