Front Page Detective is an American crime drama series which aired on the DuMont Television Network on Fridays at 9:30 p.m.
[1] Front Page Detective stars Edmund Lowe as David Chase, a newspaper columnist who helps police solve especially difficult mysteries.
The trade publication Variety described one episode of Front Page Detective as "a dull affair, which the actors seemed to realize and refuse to help.
"[3] A review in The New York Times of the series's initial episode found that its drama paled in comparison to that of the Kefauver Commission hearings that were then being televised.
[7] A review in the trade publication Variety panned the June 27, 1952, episode, describing it as "a dull affair which the actors seemed to realize and refuse to help".