For Newsweek, Byron offered a back story on Wells, noting that he was born September 28, 1912, sold newspapers and worked as a $16-a-week cub reported on a New York daily newspaper before becoming a featured columnist with traits of Nellie Bly, Richard Harding Davis and Walter Winchell.

[5] A review in the trade publication Variety said that the premiere episode had "an unbelievable situation" in which "All the old cliches and pat quips were yanked out and strung together.

"[5] The review found fault with McCormick's acting as well as with the scripts and said that Byron's direction did not match the quality of his work on Mr. District Attorney.

[5] Jack Gould wrote in a review in The New York Times that the premiere episode "was produced with Mr. Byron's usual eclat and assurance".

[7] A review in the trade publication Billboard called the program "straight escapist stuff" with "no attempt to adhere to realism".