The two hundred and forty-first TV show: #49 Peter Gunn
As I've mentioned before, our standards for action have changed since the start of television. Peter Gunn makes for an interesting crime drama, one that gets the titular private eye involved in the underworld where the police can't always get to, but focuses on the stories that surround it. It feels like there's some more excitement that has to be in there, but it feels like it can't pull off that excitement. At the same time, it doesn't deliver enough for some deeper study or investigation, sticking to some fairly professional characters. There's something interesting in this and I could see how it would appeal on some level, but in this day and age it doesn't deliver quite enough for that to work.