Jimmy Hughes, Rookie Cop

Jimmy Hughes (William Redfield) returns from the Korean War when his policeman father is killed by criminals. Inspector Ferguson (Rusty Lane) becomes his mentor when Jimmy joins the police to find his father's killers. Betty Hughes (Wendy Drew), Jimmy's sister, was the only other regular character. For the final two episodes, Conrad Janis took over the title role.

The series was written by Bruce Geller, later famous as the creator of the TV series Mission: Impossible.^{[citation needed]}

Columnist C. E. Butterfield of The Evening Star expressed disappointment that the DuMont Network had dropped Dark of Night "in favor of a who-dun-it" whose "opening performance seemed amateurish".^[2]

Jimmy Hughes, Rookie Cop was originally announced as debuting on Monday, April 27, 1953.^[3] However, it actually premiered on Friday, May 8, 1953 at 8:30 pm EDT on the DuMont network.^[4]

Only nine episodes were broadcast, ending with July 3, 1953, though The Daily Record of Long Branch, New Jersey continued listing it through July 17, 1953.^[5][6] Other newspapers, however, showed Guide Right moved to the Friday 8:30 pm time slot on DuMont stations.^[7][8]

Episode status

Only one episode of the series survives, the network premiere on May 8, 1953, which is held at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.^[9]

Episodes

• List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
• List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts

• David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
• Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8
• Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1

• Jimmy Hughes, Rookie Cop at IMDb
• DuMont historical website