Mr. Merlin

Mr. Merlin
Mr. Merlin Title Card
Genre	Situation comedy, Fantasy
Created by	Larry Rosen Larry Tucker
Written by	Larry Rosen (5 episodes) Larry Tucker (5 episodes) Tom Chehak (4 episodes)
Directed by	Bill Bixby (6 episodes) Harry Winer (4 episodes) James Frawley (2 episodes)
Starring	Barnard Hughes Clark Brandon Elaine Joyce Jonathan Prince Phil Morris
Composer(s)	Ken Harrison
Country of origin	USA
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22
Production
Executive producer(s)	Larry Rosen Larry Tucker
Producer(s)	Joel Rogosin
Cinematography	Chuck Arnold Ronald W. Browne
Editor(s)	Robert F. Shugrue John Farrell Kenneth R. Koch
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Larry Larry Productions
Distributor	Columbia Pictures Television Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	Film
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	October 7, 1981 – March 22, 1982

Mr. Merlin is an American sitcom that ran for one season, from 1981 to 1982, about Merlin the wizard (played by Barnard Hughes), who is immortal, living in modern-day San Francisco, and disguised as Max Merlin, a mechanic. Mr. Merlin was produced by Larry Rosen and Larry Tucker, working as the Larry Larry Company, in association with Columbia Pictures Television.

Merlin hires Zachary Rogers (Clark Brandon) to work in his garage, and when Zac pulls a crowbar out of a bucket of cement, the crowbar is revealed to be Arthur's sword Excalibur and Merlin must reveal himself to Zac and make him an apprentice. Leo Samuels (Jonathan Prince) is Zac's best friend, who naturally has no idea his best buddy is a "wizard in training". Elaine Joyce is Alexandra ("Alex"), Max's equally magical liaison with an unseen "council" (who insisted Merlin take on an apprentice or lose both his powers and immortality).

* Originally presented as an hour-long episode.

Note: a Mr. Merlin strip ran briefly in the British TV Comic.