The Dick Powell Theatre

Wow, what a gem to discover, as described by the other reviewers. As described in the bio, that Dick Powell saw the change from the movie studio format for creating great movies and culivating actors, actresses, musicians and comics, and writers and producers and directors, with short, well told television stories, many of which could work as radio plays or in the theatre. Perhaps other shows at the time did the same like Perry Mason, which seems to have had connections through its producers and Raymond Burr to the Pasadena theatre of the time. I discovered this Dick Powell Theatre by looking up, through IMBD a Perry Mason episode.

Perhaps some of the current popular shows, with key actors and producers, are trying to do the same, in the face of cross currents of streaming that are diluting the viewership. Mark Harmon and the producers of NCIS seemed to have done so well, as did Person of Interest, the Law and Order franchise, Tony Shaloub and the producers of Monk, and, for awhile, Showtime and the actors and producers of Homeland and Ray Donovan, and other shows like The Shield and Justified. Hopefully they can keep this up, with Dick Powell as an inspiration.