Underplayed Gems

Brenner (1959)

Brenner poster
Genre
drama
Country
United States
Length
2 seasons, 25 episodes
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

A veteran NYPD internal affairs lieutenant and his rookie detective son work together solving crimes in New York City. The series follows their professional partnership across multiple cases over several years.

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What happens

Brenner is an American crime drama that began on June 6, 1959, and ended on September 13, 1964. The series was filmed in New York City focusing on Lieutenant Roy Brenner, a 20-year veteran of the Internal Affairs Department of the NYPD, and his son Ernie, a rookie detective, who travel around the city solving various crimes. The series starred Edward Binns and James Broderick as Lt. Roy Brenner and Det. Ernie Brenner, respectively. Brenner, a perennial summer replacement series, aired new episodes on CBS from June 6, 1959–September 19, 1959 and again from May 17–July 19, 1964. Reruns plus two previously unaired episodes were seen during the summer of 1961, an additional summer of reruns in 1962 and a final set of new and repeat broadcasts from July 26–September 13, 1964. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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