The format proved popular and the show moved to ABC's national daytime schedule.
In December 1958, Accused debuted as the prime time version of Day in Court.
[3] Similar to other courtroom dramas of the time, the defendants and witnesses were actors (including, for example, Pamela Mason and Robert Culp).
The court was presided over by Edgar Allan Jones, Jr.[4] Jones had a law degree from the University of Virginia, was a member of the UCLA law faculty and a labor arbitrator.
[5] The show was produced by Selig J. Seligman, a former U.S. Army lawyer who served at the Nuremberg Trials.