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Burke's Law - Season 1, Volume 1 will be coming out April 29. Cory in the House - Newt & Improved Edition will be coming out May 27. The Jackie Gleason Show - The Color Honeymooners: Collection 3 will be coming out May 27. Joey - The Complete 2nd Season will be coming out May 13 (Canada only). Speed Racer: The Next Generation - The Beginning will be coming out May 6. Visit TVShowsOnDVD.com for the complete stories on these and other news items. read more

I remember the show Burke's ...

Gene Barry and Gary Conway, Burke's Law

Question: I remember the show Burke's Law from the '90s or so, but wasn't there an earlier version of it on TV some years before? Thanks.


Answer: That there was, Drew. The original Burke's Law, which starred Gene Barry as L.A. chief of detectives Amos Burke when it launched — he became secret agent Amos Burke in the show's last season, when it was titled Amos Burke — Secret Agent — ran on ABC for two and a half years beginning in September 1963.

If Barry'd stuck to the way he'd been thinking about TV a couple of years earlier, however, he'd never have stepped into the role, which was first played by Dick Powell a couple of seasons before on Dick Powell Theatre. Barry didn't really like TV, and after leaving his previous show, Bat Masterson, read more

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