Episode 1
TV series
Meet McGraw
1957NR1 season6.5 / 10
Meet McGraw is an American dramatic television series starring Frank Lovejoy in the role of the hard-hitting detective McGraw, a man specifically given no first name in the program. Forty-one half-hour episodes aired on NBC during the 1957-1958 season, sponsored by Procter & Gamble. The series was produced by the Desilu Studios, most of whose productions were broadcast by CBS. The theme song for the series is "One For My Baby" by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer. Meet McGraw preceded The Bob Cummings Show on Tuesday evenings on NBC. It aired at 9:00pm ET/PT opposite John Lupton’s Western series, Broken Arrow on ABC and Bud Collyer's To Tell the Truth quiz show on CBS. After its cancellation, Meet McGraw was repeated as The Adventures of McGraw on ABC in 1958-1959, but not in prime time. A number of episodes of the series, including "Mohave" and "Lady in Limbo," are available on DVD.
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Meet McGraw is an American dramatic television series starring Frank Lovejoy in the role of the hard-hitting detective McGraw, a man specifically given no first name in the program. Forty-one half-hour episodes aired on NBC during the 1957-1958 season, sponsored by Procter & Gamble. The series was produced by the Desilu Studios, most of whose productions were broadcast by CBS. The theme song for the series is "One For My Baby" by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer. Meet McGraw preceded The Bob Cummings Show on Tuesday evenings on NBC. It aired at 9:00pm ET/PT opposite John Lupton’s Western series, Broken Arrow on ABC and Bud Collyer's To Tell the Truth quiz show on CBS. After its cancellation, Meet McGraw was repeated as The Adventures of McGraw on ABC in 1958-1959, but not in prime time. A number of episodes of the series, including "Mohave" and "Lady in Limbo," are available on DVD.
Season 1 episodes
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Episode 2
Lady in Limbo
Episode 3
New Orleans Story
Episode 4
Tycoon
Episode 5
The Girl from Molina
Episode 6
Border City
Episode 7
The Torn Map
McGraw finds himself involved in an intrigue with a pretty girl and two gunmen. He finds a torn map and then tries to find out a mystery surrounding the map in this episode of "Meet McGraw" entitled "The Torn Map."
Episode 8
The Florentine Shield
Episode 9
The Cheat
Episode 10
Ballerina
Episode 11
Acapulco
Episode 12
Wild Autumn
Episode 13
The Good Doctor
Episode 14
The Texas Story
Episode 15
The Funeral
Episode 16
The Fighter
Episode 17
Lucky's Diner
Episode 18
Mojave
Episode 19
Kiss of Death
Episode 20
King's Ransom
Episode 21
Barnaby
Episode 22
The Brief Case
Episode 23
McGraw in Reno
Episode 24
The White Rose
Episode 25
The Joshua Tree
Episode 26
In Memoriam
Episode 27
The Snow Job
Episode 28
McGraw Meets McGinley
Episode 29
Vivian
Episode 30
Time for Dying
Episode 31
The Island
Episode 32
The Diploma
Episode 33
Rendezvous with Death
Episode 34
Escape
Episode 35
Friend of the Court
Episode 36
The Big Chance
Episode 37
The Setup
Episode 38
The Long Aloha
In Hawaii, a friend of McGraw's is murdered by a poison dart in the middle of a barbecue party. Partners in his import/export company are suspected.
Episode 39
Face of the Dead
Episode 40
The Lie That Came True
Episode 41
The Diamond
Episode 42
Rare Perfume
Episode information updated Jul 22, 2026
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