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1989
TV-PG
ABC

1989
TV-PG
ABC

Father Dowling Mysteries

Summary The show began as an NBC Made for TV Movie in 1987 and the show was to have begun weekly in 1988 though because of a writer's strike in 1988 it didn't begin weekly until 1989. After it's 1st season the show left NBC and ABC took the show from 1990 until 1991. The show was based upon characters from The Father Dowling Mystery books writte...

1989
TV-PG
ABC

1989
TV-PG
ABC

Father Dowling Mysteries

Season 1 Premiere: Jan 20, 1989

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Summary The show began as an NBC Made for TV Movie in 1987 and the show was to have begun weekly in 1988 though because of a writer's strike in 1988 it didn't begin weekly until 1989. After it's 1st season the show left NBC and ABC took the show from 1990 until 1991. The show was based upon characters from The Father Dowling Mystery books writte...

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8 Episodes • 1989

13 Episodes • 1990

22 Episodes • 1990

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San Diego Union-Tribune

Jul 28, 2014

The opener is a dandy little puzzler, opening with what appears to be a certain suicide in view of a crowd. [30 Nov 1987, p.D-9]

By Robert P. Laurence FULL REVIEW

Chicago Tribune

Jul 28, 2014

Bosley, usually competent, is wasted in the kind of chubby, cozy Irish-American role that Frank McHugh played in the '30s. [30 Nov 1987, p.6]

By Clifford Terry FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:

Dean Hargrove Productions
Fred Silverman Company
Viacom Productions

Initial Release Date: Jan 20, 1989

Number of seasons: 3 Seasons

Rating: TV-PG

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• 1 Nomination

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