[2] In 1959 ITV in the United Kingdom introduced The Four Just Men, a 39 episode series linking the common purpose of four characters: Jeff Ryder (Richard Conte), Tim Collier (Dan Dailey), Ben Manfred (Jack Hawkins) and Ricco Poccari (Vittorio De Sica).
[4] In NBC's 90 Bristol Court (1964-65), three unrelated comedy programs set in the same place were shown consecutively in one evening.
[5] NBC began working with the mystery crime drama wheel format in 1968 with the 90-minute The Name of the Game.
It was joined by two new shows, Columbo (derived from the 1968 NBC telefilm Prescription: Murder) and McMillan and Wife.
Rival programs ABC's The Men, and The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies did not last long either.