McMillan and Wife

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McMillan & Wife was a lighthearted American crime drama television series that aired on NBC from September 17th, 1971 to April 24th, 1977. The series premiered in the fall of 1971 in 90-minute episodes as part of the wheel series NBC Mystery Movie, in rotation with Columbo and McCloud. Initially airing on Wednesday night, the original line-up was shifted to Sundays in the second season, where it aired for the rest of its run. In 1977, Saint James' character was killed off and the show ran for its final season under the title McMillan.

1 Plot
2 Popularity
3 DVD releases
4 Trivia
5 External links

[edit] Plot

McMillan and Wife centered around a fortyish San Francisco police commissioner, Stewart McMillan (Rock Hudson) and his attractive, bright, but slightly daffy twentyish wife Sally (Susan Saint James). Often, the storylines featured Mac and Sally attending fashionable parties and charity benefits before solving robberies and murders. John Schuck appeared as Sgt. Charles Enright and Nancy Walker was Mildred, the couple's maid, both characters serving as comic relief.

[edit] Popularity

Like the other shows in the Mystery Movie, McMillan & Wife was an immediate hit. It appeared regularly in the form of syndicated reruns on local and cable American television.

[edit] DVD releases

Universal Studios Home Entertainment has released the first Season of McMillan & Wife on DVD.

Name	Cover Art	Region 1	Region 2
Season One	Image:McMillan&WifeDVD1.jpg	August 9 2005	September 25 2006

[edit] Trivia

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The address for the couple was once given in the show as 250 Carson Street. Two different exterior shots were used for the same interior set. The primary one used was a town house located on Greenwich Street in San Francisco. The second exterior shot was a free standing house.
Sally wore a long red football jersey nightshirt with the number 18 emblazoned on it.
In 1977 the show was renamed McMillan. Because of a contract dispute between Saint James and the studio, Sally's character was killed off in an airplane crash, and Mildred left Mac's employment to run a diner. Mac got a new apartment and a new housekeeper, Agatha (Martha Raye), who was Mildred's sister. No mention was made of the McMillans' child.