# Ironside (1967)

> A paralyzed former Chief of Detectives directs his old colleagues from a wheelchair as a consultant on San Francisco's toughest cases.

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## Facts

- Seasons: 8
- Episodes: 191
- Episode runtime: 60 min
- Status: Canceled
- Genres: crime, drama, mystery
- Created by: Collier Young
- Network: NBC
- Cast: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Don Mitchell, Barbara Anderson, Elizabeth Baur, Louisa Moritz, Burgess Meredith, Gary Collins
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061266/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: mild
- Tone: measured, warm, reassuring, methodical

## What critics say

Audiences rate the series as mixed, with its early seasons better regarded than its later ones.

## Synopsis

Ironside (1967-1975) is a American network police procedural series created by Collier Young for NBC. Raymond Burr plays Robert Ironside, a former Chief of Detectives who is left paralyzed by an assassin's bullet and becomes a consultant to the San Francisco police department. Working from his wheelchair, he relies on Detective Sergeant Ed Brown (Don Galloway) and policewoman Eve Whitfield (Barbara Anderson) to run down varied and fascinating cases, while Mark Sanger (Don Mitchell), an ex-convict hired as his home help, grows into a full member of the team. The engine of the show is Ironside's sharp mind pulling clues from the people around him, with each episode built around a self-contained crime that the team must solve through street work and interviews. Across eight seasons it runs as a case-of-the-week series in a single shared world, with a steady, reassuring rhythm rather than serialized tension. The tone is measured and warm, with a crisp late sixties San Francisco atmosphere and a focus on competence and loyalty. Fans of Columbo, Cannon and Hawaii Five-O will find familiar pleasures in its procedural structure and its dependable, character-driven detective work.

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