I recall watching Mannix in the early 1970's, as a young teen.
It was considered so violent at the time that there were constant complaints and Mannix was almost cancelled after the first season!.
I can even recall my own Father objecting to me watching Mannix!.
Another issue for some critics was the flirty relationship between Joe Mannix and his secretary the beautiful Peggy.
You see, not only did Mannix introduce a more realistic and yes more violent (for the time) detective series to viewers, but it also introduced a flirty yet innocent (certainly by today's standards) relationship between Mannix, a white man and Peggy (his Secretary) a black woman.
Something extremely rare at the time, in fact, If memory serves me, at that period in time, there were only two shows which dared to show a relationship between a black person and a white person.
Apart from Mannix (Mike Connor) and Peggy (Gail Fisher), there was also Jim Kirk (William Shatner) and his flirting with lieutenant Uhura ( Nichelle Nicholas) in Star Trek the original series.
Back to Mannix:
It was much like Star Trek, the New age of TV. It brought realism and a more gritty feel to viewers and of course, it brought with it some backlash!.
That said, beyond all doubt, if it were not for Mannix and the superb acting of Mike Connor, We would never have seen such shows as Starsky & Hutch, the Streets of San Francisco and would never have witnessed true to life Detective and Cop shows, which we so enjoy today .
YES, some of the story lines were poor, some scripts writers let down the show.
But, all that stated, Mannix was ground breaking for so many reasons and in the main, was an exceptionally good show.
Acting was always good, both Connors and Fisher were genuinely always way above average!, and their relationship was genuinely worth watching, they played off each other as good actors should, which made Mannix really special.
I gave Mannix 9 out of 10.
This accounts for above average acting at all times and it's ground breaking production.
It was considered so violent at the time that there were constant complaints and Mannix was almost cancelled after the first season!.
I can even recall my own Father objecting to me watching Mannix!.
Another issue for some critics was the flirty relationship between Joe Mannix and his secretary the beautiful Peggy.
You see, not only did Mannix introduce a more realistic and yes more violent (for the time) detective series to viewers, but it also introduced a flirty yet innocent (certainly by today's standards) relationship between Mannix, a white man and Peggy (his Secretary) a black woman.
Something extremely rare at the time, in fact, If memory serves me, at that period in time, there were only two shows which dared to show a relationship between a black person and a white person.
Apart from Mannix (Mike Connor) and Peggy (Gail Fisher), there was also Jim Kirk (William Shatner) and his flirting with lieutenant Uhura ( Nichelle Nicholas) in Star Trek the original series.
Back to Mannix:
It was much like Star Trek, the New age of TV. It brought realism and a more gritty feel to viewers and of course, it brought with it some backlash!.
That said, beyond all doubt, if it were not for Mannix and the superb acting of Mike Connor, We would never have seen such shows as Starsky & Hutch, the Streets of San Francisco and would never have witnessed true to life Detective and Cop shows, which we so enjoy today .
YES, some of the story lines were poor, some scripts writers let down the show.
But, all that stated, Mannix was ground breaking for so many reasons and in the main, was an exceptionally good show.
Acting was always good, both Connors and Fisher were genuinely always way above average!, and their relationship was genuinely worth watching, they played off each other as good actors should, which made Mannix really special.
I gave Mannix 9 out of 10.
This accounts for above average acting at all times and it's ground breaking production.