Slattery's People

Slattery's People
Crenna with guest star Ed Wynn, 1964.
Genre	Drama
Starring	Richard Crenna Ed Asner Tol Avery
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1.5
No. of episodes	36
Production company(s)	Bing Crosby Productions (filmed at the studios of Desilu)
Distributor	Viacom Paramount Television CBS Paramount Television CBS Television Distribution (current)
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	Black-and-white
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	September 21, 1964 – November 26, 1965

Slattery's People is a 1964–65 American television series about local politics starring Richard Crenna as title character James Slattery, a state legislator, co-starring Ed Asner and Tol Avery, and featuring Carroll O'Connor and Warren Oates in a couple of episodes each. James E. Moser was executive producer. The program, telecast on CBS, was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.

Slattery's People is mainly notable for having been one of the few American television series spotlighting the travails of local politicians, a topic that other programs of the period mainly avoided.

Many television critics highly praised the series. Many politicians also approved of the program. U.S. Representative James C. Corman said in a Congressional Record statement on September 30, 1964, “I am pleased that they have taken the high road to show a legislator’s life, and have not pandered to sensationalism or unreality to stimulate an audience following.”

Moser's script for the pilot ("Question: What is truth?") was printed as an appendix in Teleplay; an introduction to television writing by Coles Trapnell.

Television composer Nathan Scott wrote the theme music for Slattery's People.

Quentin Durgens, M.P., a similar Canadian TV series that aired around the same time.