Wire Service is an American television drama series that aired on ABC as part of its 1956–57 season lineup.

It was the first hour-long, weekly scheduled dramatic series with continuing characters to last a full season on network television.

[2][citation needed] However, the three reporters functioned independently of each other,[3] meaning that the series was essentially three different ones sharing a time slot and title.

However, when a gap developed in the ABC schedule in February 1959, the episodes starring Dane Clark (only) were then rebroadcast under the title Deadline for Action.

[citation needed] A DVD set, Wire Service Volume 1, was released by Alpha Video on March 1, 2016.