Only five episodes aired, between February and September 1989.
The five episodes of "Gideon Oliver" appeared as part of "The ABC Mystery Movie", a series of two-hour episodes featuring a different crime-solver each week, from among Gideon Oliver (Louis Gossett, Jr.), Columbo (Peter Falk), Kojak (Telly Savalas), and B.L. Stryker (Burt Reynolds).