sentences: "Although "The Amazing Mr. Malone" ran for only one season on ABC from September 1951 to March 1952 it is fondly remembered by older viewers as the first crime series to feature a wise-cracking relationship between a Chicago lawyer and a police Captain... which had originated in print, transferred successfully to the cinema, and then made it to TV—though not with the success it had enjoyed in the other two media.... All in all, "The Amazing Mr. Malone" deserved a better fate than the one to which it was condemned by poor ratings."