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McMillan and Wife was an American crime drama television series that aired on NBC from September 17th, 1971 to April 24th, 1977. The series first premiered in the fall of 1971 in 90-minute episodes as part of the wheel series NBC Mystery Movie, in rotation with Columbo and McCloud. Initially airing on Wednesday night, the original line-up was shifted to Sunday in the second season, where it aired for the rest of its run. In 1977, Saint James' character was killed off and the show ran for its final season under the title McMillan.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Popularity 3 DVD releases 4 Trivia 5 External links

The movie was the answer to the classic movie Thin Man, where it centered around San Francisco Police Commissioner Stewart McMillan (Rock Hudson) and his ridiculous crime partner and straightman, Sgt. Charles Enright (John Schuck), who were both caught up in the middle of a questionable beginning when McMillan's young and attractive wife Sally (Susan St. James) struggled unto a know-it-all evidence or a murder scene. Both Stewart & Sally were the perfect combination of the 1970s, where the couple both attend groovy parties and doing charity benefits prior to solving robberies, murders, among many others. While Schuck was adding more humor, Stewart's & Sally's maid Mildred (Nancy Walker) was open-minded. Walker had limited roles, before becoming a series regular in later seasons.

Like the other shows in the Mystery Movie, McMillan and Wife was an immediate hit. It appears regularly in the form of syndicated reruns on local and cable American television.

Universal Home Video has released the first Season of McMillan and Wife on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.

Name	Cover Art	Region 1	Region 2
Season One		August 9, 2005	September 25, 2006

• The address for the couple was once given in the show as 250 Carson Street. Two different exterior shots were used for the same interior set. The primary one used was a town house located on Greenwich Street in San Francisco. The second exterior shot was a free standing house.
• Sally wore a long red football jersey nightshirt with the number 18 emblazoned on it.
• In 1977 the show was renamed McMillian, Sally's character was killed off in an airplane crash & Mildred left to run a diner. Mac got a new apartment and a new housekeeper, Agatha (Martha Raye) who was Mildred's sister. No mention was made of the McMillian's child.
• The main characters on the show followed in the footsteps of earlier husband-and-wife crime solvers, such as The Thin Man's Nick and Nora Charles, and Mr. and Mrs. North.

• McMillan and Wife at the Internet Movie Database
• TV Tome Episode Guide