Brenner (TV series)
| Brenner | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | Herbert Brodkin |
| Written by |
Alvin Boretz George Bellak |
| Directed by | Gerald Mayer Herman Hoffman |
| Starring |
Edward Binns James Broderick Dick O'Neill Walter Greaza Sydney Pollack Crahan Denton Gene Hackman |
| Theme music composer | Frank Lewin |
| Composer(s) | Sydney Pollack Laurence Rosenthal |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 25 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Herbert Brodkin |
| Producer(s) | Arthur Lewis |
| Location(s) | New York City, U.S. |
| Cinematography | Maurice Hartzband George Jacobson |
| Editor(s) | Sidney Katz Arline Garson Earl Booth Alvin Boretz |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Plautus Productions |
| Distributor |
Viacom (1971-2006) CBS Paramount Domestic Television (2006-2007) CBS Television Distribution (2007-present) |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | June 6, 1959 – July 19, 1964 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Playhouse 90 |
| Related shows | Naked City |
Brenner was an American crime drama of the 1950s and 1960s. The series was filmed live from New York City and centers around Lieutenant Roy Brenner, a 20 year veteran of the Internal Affairs Department of the NYPD, and his son Ernie, a rookie detective, who travel around the city solving various crimes. The series starred Edward Binns and James Broderick as Lt. Roy Brenner and Det. Ernie Brenner, respectively. Brenner aired originally on CBS with new episodes airing from June 6, 1959–September 19, 1959 and again from May 17–July 19, 1964. Reruns would air during the summers of 1961, 1962 and finally from July 26–September 13, 1964.
The show was centered around the careers of the Brenners, Roy and his son Ernie. Roy (Edward Binns) is a street hardened lieutenant of the Internal Affairs Department of the NYPD. Roy was a part of the NYPD for twenty years. Roy's son Ernie (James Broderick) is an idealistic rookie detective also working for the NYPD. Together, Roy and Ernie face, fight and solve crime as well as police corruption and all its ugliness and try to learn from their different views of life, death, and work. It was somewhat of a challenge for Binns and Broderick to make a convincing father-and-son duo because in real life, Binns was only 11 years older than Broderick.
The series was created by producer Herbert Brodkin. Brodkin was already well-known among the American people. Brolin had made himself a household name with having producing credits on The Philco Television Playhouse, Goodyear Television Playhouse and The Alcoa Hour for NBC and Studio One and Playhouse 90 for CBS. Brodkin later produced several other well-well-known television series including The Defenders and The Nurses.
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