Mannix

CBS was going to cancel the series after the first season. Lucille Ball used her power and influence to convince them to renew it for another season with the assurance that changes would be made. In the second season, Mannix was changed into a more hard-boiled independent private detective. The changes worked, and the series became a big hit running for eight seasons.

In many episodes, 'night' is clearly shot during daytime using a technique called "day for night", with night simulated by filters and night effects such as crickets and houselights and headlights turned on. This is because the film used in the cameras of the time wasn't sufficiently "fast" enough. Later developments in film and its chemical composition gave the industry a finer grain and improved sensitivity in the 1980s.

Featured in The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1971)