Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: September 30, 1958
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 138
Networks: ABC
Genres: Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure

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Naked City(1958)
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There are eight million stories in the Naked City.

TMDB Rating: 5.5 (11 votes)

Overview

Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic “semi-documentary” format. In 1997, the episode “Sweet Prince of Delancey Street” was ranked #93 on TV Guide’s “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time”.

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Season 1

39 episodes • 1958Avg: 7.5Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Meridian	Sep 30, 1958	6.0
2	Nickel Ride	Oct 7, 1958	7.0
3	Line of Duty	Oct 14, 1958	6.0
4	Sidewalk Fisherman	Oct 21, 1958	8.0
5	The Violent Circle	Oct 28, 1958	9.0
6	Stakeout	Nov 4, 1958	9.0
7	No More Rumbles	Nov 11, 1958	6.0
8	Belvedere Tower	Nov 18, 1958	7.0
9	The Bird Guard	Nov 25, 1958	0.0
10	The Other Face of Goodness	Dec 2, 1958	9.0
11	Lady Bug, Lady Bug	Dec 9, 1958	9.0
12	Susquehanna 4-7598	Dec 16, 1958	7.0
13	And a Merry Christmas to the Force on Patrol	Dec 23, 1958	6.0
14	The Explosive Heart	Dec 30, 1958	8.0
15	The Manhole	Jan 6, 1959	8.0
16	Even Crows Sing Good	Jan 13, 1959	7.0
17	Burst of Passion	Jan 20, 1959	0.0
18	Goodbye, My Lady Love	Jan 27, 1959	0.0
19	The Shield	Feb 3, 1959	0.0
20	One to Get Lost	Feb 10, 1959	0.0
21	Hey, Teach!	Feb 17, 1959	0.0
22	Ticker Tape	Feb 24, 1959	0.0
23	Fire Island	Mar 3, 1959	0.0
24	Ten Cent Dreams	Mar 10, 1959	0.0
25	The Bumper	Mar 17, 1959	0.0
26	A Running of Bulls	Mar 24, 1959	0.0
27	Fallen Star	Mar 31, 1959	0.0
28	Beyond Truth	Apr 7, 1959	0.0
29	Baker's Dozen	Apr 14, 1959	0.0
30	The Rebirth	Apr 21, 1959	0.0
31	Four Sweet Corners	Apr 28, 1959	0.0
32	The Sandman	May 5, 1959	0.0
33	Turn of Events	May 12, 1959	0.0
34	A Little Piece of the Action	May 19, 1959	0.0
35	The Bloodhounds	May 26, 1959	0.0
36	The Scorpion Sting	Jun 2, 1959	0.0
37	Saw My Baby There	Jun 9, 1959	0.0
38	The Canvas Bullet	Jun 16, 1959	0.0
39	A Wood of Thorns	Jun 23, 1959	0.0

Season 2

32 episodes • 1960

#	Episode	Air Date
1	A Death of Princes	Oct 12, 1960
2	The Pedigree Sheet	Oct 19, 1960
3	A Succession of Heartbeats	Oct 26, 1960
4	Down the Long Night	Nov 2, 1960
5	To Walk In Silence	Nov 9, 1960
6	Killer with A Kiss	Nov 16, 1960
7	Debt of Honor	Nov 23, 1960
8	The Human Trap	Nov 30, 1960
9	The Man Who Bit the Diamond In Half	Dec 14, 1960
10	Bullets Cost Too Much	Jan 4, 1961
11	Murder Is a Face I Know	Jan 11, 1961
12	Landscape with Dead Figures	Jan 18, 1961
13	A Hole in the City	Feb 1, 1961
14	The Well-Dressed Termite	Feb 8, 1961
15	The Day It Rained Mink	Feb 15, 1961
16	Button in the Haystack	Feb 22, 1961
17	Shoes for Vinnie Winford	Mar 1, 1961
18	The Deadly Guinea Pig	Mar 8, 1961
19	Vengeance Is a Wheel	Mar 15, 1961
20	The Fault in Our Stars	Mar 22, 1961
21	Tombstone for a Derelict	Apr 5, 1961
22	A Memory of Crying	Apr 12, 1961
23	New York to L.A.	Apr 19, 1961
24	A Very Cautious Boy	Apr 26, 1961
25	An Economy of Death	May 3, 1961
26	C3H5(NO3)3	May 10, 1961
27	Make-Believe Man	May 17, 1961
28	To Dream Without Sleep	May 24, 1961
29	A Kettle of Precious Fish	May 31, 1961
30	Sweet Prince of Delancey Street	Jun 7, 1961
31	The Day the Island Almost Sank	Jun 14, 1961
32	Take and Put	Jun 21, 1961

Season 3

33 episodes • 1961Avg: 6.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Take Off Your Hat When a Funeral Passes	Sep 27, 1961	0.0
2	Dead on the Field of Honor	Oct 4, 1961	0.0
3	The Corpse Ran Down Mulberry Street	Oct 11, 1961	0.0
4	The Fingers of Henri Tourelle	Oct 18, 1961	0.0
5	A Wednesday Night Story	Nov 1, 1961	0.0
6	The Tragic Success of Alfred Tiloff	Nov 8, 1961	0.0
7	Which Is Joseph Creeley?	Nov 15, 1961	6.0
8	Show Me the Way to Go Home	Nov 22, 1961	0.0
9	The Hot Minerva	Nov 29, 1961	0.0
10	Requiem for a Sunday Afternoon	Dec 6, 1961	0.0
11	Ooftus Goofus	Dec 13, 1961	0.0
12	Bridge Party	Dec 27, 1961	0.0
13	The Face of the Enemy	Jan 3, 1962	0.0
14	Portrait of a Painter	Jan 10, 1962	0.0
15	The Night the Saints Lost Their Halos	Jan 17, 1962	0.0
16	The Contract	Jan 24, 1962	0.0
17	One of the Most Important Men in the Whole World	Jan 31, 1962	0.0
18	A Case Study of Two Savages	Feb 7, 1962	0.0
19	Let Me Die Before I Wake	Feb 14, 1962	0.0
20	To Walk Like a Lion	Feb 28, 1962	0.0
21	Today the Man Who Kills Ants Is Coming	Mar 7, 1962	0.0
22	A Run for the Money	Mar 14, 1962	0.0
23	The One Marked Hot Gives Cold	Mar 21, 1962	0.0
24	Without Stick or Sword	Mar 28, 1962	0.0
25	Lament for a Dead Indian	Apr 11, 1962	0.0
26	The Sweetly Smiling Face of Truth	Apr 25, 1962	0.0
27	...And If Any Are Frozen, Warm Them...	May 9, 1962	0.0
28	Strike a Statue	May 16, 1962	0.0
29	The Multiplicity of Herbert Konish	May 23, 1962	0.0
30	The King of Venus Will Take Care of You	May 20, 1962	0.0
31	The Rydecker Case	Jun 6, 1962	0.0
32	Memory of a Red Trolley Car	Jun 13, 1962	0.0
33	Goodbye Mama, Hello Auntie Maud	Jun 20, 1962	0.0

Season 4

34 episodes • 1962

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Hold for Gloria Christmas	Sep 19, 1962
2	Idylls of a Running Back	Sep 26, 1962
3	Daughter, Am I in My Father's House?	Oct 3, 1962
4	And By the Sweat of Thy Brow...	Oct 10, 1962
5	Kill Me While I'm Young So I Can Die Happy	Oct 17, 1962
6	Five Cranks for Winter... Ten Cranks for Spring	Oct 24, 1962
7	Go Fight City Hall	Oct 31, 1962
8	Torment Him Much and Hold Him Long	Nov 7, 1962
9	Make It Fifty Dollars and Add Love to Nona	Nov 14, 1962
10	A Horse Has a Big Head -- Let Him Worry!	Nov 21, 1962
11	Dust Devil on a Quiet Street	Nov 28, 1962
12	The Virtues of Madame Douvay	Dec 5, 1962
13	King Stanislaus and the Knights of the Round Table	Dec 12, 1962
14	Spectre of the Rose Street Gang	Dec 19, 1962
15	Don't Knock It Till You've Tried It	Dec 26, 1962
16	Her Life in Moving Pictures	Jan 2, 1963
17	Robin Hood and Clarence Darrow, They Went Out with Bow and Arrow	Jan 9, 1962
18	The Apple Falls Not Far from the Tree	Jan 23, 1963
19	Beyond This Place There Be Dragons	Jan 30, 1963
20	A Man Without a Skin	Feb 6, 1963
21	Prime of Life	Feb 13, 1963
22	Bringing Far Places Together	Feb 20, 1963
23	The Highest of Prizes	Feb 27, 1963
24	Alive and Still a Second Lieutenant	Mar 6, 1963
25	Stop the Parade, a Baby Is Crying!	Mar 20, 1963
26	On the Battlefront, Every Minute Is Important	Mar 27, 1963
27	Howard Running Bear Is a Turtle	Apr 3, 1963
28	No Naked Ladies in Front of Giovanni's House!	Apr 17, 1963
29	Carrier	Apr 24, 1963
30	Color Schemes Like Never Before	May 1, 1963
31	The S.S. American Dream	May 8, 1963
32	One, Two, Three, Rita Rakahowski	May 15, 1963
33	Golden Lads and Girls	May 22, 1963
34	Barefoot on a Bed of Coals	May 29, 1963

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