[3] Charlie Wild was a private investigator with headquarters in New York City, with most of his cases involving murder.

[4] A review of the program's premiere episode in the trade publication Billboard described the plot as "run-of-the-mill" except that "the menace ran to silk dressing gowns and Beethoven symphonies" as Wild solved two murders.

Haps Kemper wrote that the "plot was routine, the script hardly scintillating, and the performance unenthusiastic" except for that of the female guest star.

On March 13, 1952, the DuMont Television Network picked the series up for the last three months, with 17 episodes, ending on June 19, 1952.

Fifteen episodes are held by the UCLA Film and Television Archive, including two from the DuMont series.