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{{Short description|American TV drama series}}
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*[[Crime drama]]
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* [[Vinton Hayworth]]
* Mary Patton
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| country              = United States
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'''''Dr. Death''''' was one of the earliest United States dramatic TV series. Produced and broadcast in New York City, it was broadcast in 1945 on [[WNBC|WNBT]], and was a four-part [[Thriller (genre)|thriller]]. It was one of the earliest mini-series produced for television, though not the first, as the BBC in the UK had transmitted ''[[Ann and Harold]]'' in 1938 (it is not known if there were any other mini-series prior to 1945, as early television series are poorly documented).
== Production ==
The program was adapted from [[Cornell Woolrich|Cornell Woolrich's]] book ''[[The Black Angel (novel)|The Black Angel]]'' by Ernest Colling, who also directed the show. The cast included [[Vinton Hayworth]] and Mary Patton.<ref name=bb/>
==Reception==
''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine reviewed the second episode of the series with a fairly positive review, saying that "The four-part thriller was well-acted"<ref name="bb">{{cite magazine|title=Tele Review|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|magazine=Billboard|volume=27|issue=7|date=February 17, 1945|page=32|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pxEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT31|accessdate=2015-08-13}}</ref> but also commenting on some of the limitations of the production.
==Episode status==
As methods to record live television did not exist until late 1947, nothing remains of the series. It is not even known if any still photographs or scripts exist of the series.{{Citation needed |date=March 2024}}
==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|3497158|Dr. Death}}
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[[Category:1945 American television series debuts]]
[[Category:1945 American television series endings]]
[[Category:1940s American crime drama television series]]
[[Category:1940s American television miniseries]]
[[Category:American thriller television series]]
[[Category:Black-and-white American television shows]]
[[Category:American English-language television shows]]
[[Category:American live television series]]
[[Category:Lost television shows]]
[[Category:Television shows filmed in New York City]]
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