Meet McGraw

Meet McGraw
Frank Lovejoy as McGraw, 1957.
Created by	Gwen Bagni John Bagni
Written by	Blake Edwards Richard M. Bluel Seeleg Lester E. Jack Neuman (among others)
Directed by	Alvin Ganzer Anton M. Leader
Starring	Frank Lovejoy
Opening theme	"One for My Baby"
Composer(s)	Harold Arlen Johnny Mercer
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	42
Production
Executive producer(s)	Don W. Sharpe
Producer(s)	Warren M. Lewis William Castle
Running time	25 minutes
Production company(s)	Sharpe-Lewis Productions/ M.M., Inc.
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	July 2, 1957 – April 22, 1958

Meet McGraw is an American dramatic television series starring Frank Lovejoy in the role of the hard-hitting detective McGraw, a man specifically given no first name in the program. 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."

Forty-two half-hour episodes aired on NBC during the 1957-1958 season, sponsored by Procter & Gamble. The series was produced at the 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.

Meet McGraw preceded The Bob Cummings Show on Tuesday evenings on NBC. It aired at 9:00pm ET/PT opposite John Lupton’s Western series, Broken Arrow on ABC and Bud Collyer's To Tell the Truth quiz show on CBS.

After its cancellation, Meet McGraw was repeated as The Adventures of McGraw on ABC in 1958-1959, but not in prime time.

The first pilot episode, which was broadcast as a segment of CBS's Four Star Playhouse on February 25, 1954, involves a woman who hires McGraw to protect her from her threatening husband. It features Audrey Totter, Paul Picerni, Ellen Corby, and Peter Whitney. The second pilot episode entitled "The Long Count", which was shown as a segment of CBS's Stage 7 series on March 27, 1955, features Ted de Corsia, Richard Deacon, and Biff Elliot. The plot involves a boxing promoter who hires McGraw to watch his prize boxer.