After a very long absence, we have revived this very popular site. I couldn't believe that after all these years, we still get requests for Ellery Queen coverage. This is an amazing testiment to such a short-lived, but artfully presented, skillfully written and beautifully acted program.

Still having trouble getting the search engines to re-index us. What a bummer this has been. On the positive side, I've just aquired a host of vintage photos from the show and we'll be getting them up on the site shortly.

We're back at a different domain. Our former domain (elleryqueentv.com) was commandeered by an adult (porno) site. How did this happen? Our domain renewal notice was sent to our old address. The day we received it after the post office stored it before sending it on, was the SAME DAY these low-lifes took the name. If you're here reading this, you know we re-registered at elleryqueenshow.com. However, search engines will forever be sending EQ fans to porno sites. What a shame. We tried to fight this one to no avail. Their answer was basically, "tough luck."   :(

Merry Christmas, fellow EQ fans. It hasn't seemed so Christmas-y with the election stuff this year, but the snow here has been truly magical looking, so it more than made up for it. Family and spirit are what it's all about!

Added images to gallery... And... Our site was featured in Mystery Buff Magazine! It's always fun getting a little recognition. ;)

Well, a move to a new city and a major job shift have once again kept me too busy to update the news on this page (though I have tried to keep popping in to update certain areas when possible.)

TVLand has had Ellery on the schedule; off the schedule; on; off... it's getting hard to know when it might be on. I think they use the show like a ping-pong ball — whenever they have an hour that needs filling. Without most viewers ever finding it, are they surprised it doesn't get them high enough ratings?? If they would give it the time slot and promotional respect they give their "real" series', the show could gain a following. They could do a marathon, or –gasp– show some of them uncut!! Perhaps even the pilot!! Well, keep bugging them, folks.

Nice to be back. Thanks to all of you who have kept sending in letters about the show and the site!

And how does a webmaster respond when a visitor blames them personally for the suspension of the show from TVLand?

Sorry to have been away so long... work took me pretty far afield this time — out of the country — so I am quite behind in all my more enjoyable pursuits. Sadly, while I was gone, I learned that EQ had been removed from the TVLand schedule. This may be temporary and it may come back. Also, I've gotten a few hopeful whispers from Columbia House (no commitment yet — so keep writing!)

The Letter-Writing campaign to TVLand really paid off!! We have heard back from literally hundreds of you who have been dedicated and caring enough to write to TVLand as well as writing to us to let us know. We are very grateful! With the debut of the May 1999 broadcast schedule, the proof was in — TVLand had heard our voices and added the rest of the series' episodes into rotation. They are ALL being shown now!

Now we have a New Mission! We are going to turn our enthusiasm and energy into an effort to persuade Columbia House (via their "re-tv" Classic TV Video Library offerings), to offer "Ellery Queen" on video in restored, complete and uncut format. This classic deserves to be preserved as so many other television icons have been. Please visit our Columbia House Video Project page to learn more and be a part of it!

Added more images (meaning an extra page) to the "Usual Suspects" Photo Gallery pages. We are up to 104 great shots from the series now!

Many of you have been of tremendous help in our letter-writing campaign to TV Land. We are so gratified to have heard from so many visitors! It appears it may all have paid off!   The new schedules now show that TV Land is finally showing some of the episodes they've not been airing. Not all, but most of them! Keep those letters going to TV Land to let them know we want the show to continue.

We'd like to send out a special thanks to Peggy Tapek for her tireless work in keeping all mystery venues aware of our site and our campaign. What a trooper! She's a regular Sergeant Velie!   :)

We have completed all episode synopses with full cast/character lists in our Casebook page. It was fun watching all the episodes again!

We have launched a Letter Writing Campaign to TV Land to get the unshown episodes of Ellery Queen to be aired. Of the 22 epiosdes plus pilot, they only air 13 of them over and over. Please visit our Calling All Fans! page to read more about this. And then — take a few moments to let your voice be heard!

A visitor to our site, Dennis Willett, sent us a great shot of David Wayne in his Batman days as the "Mad Hatter." We've included it in the Cast/Character page for David Wayne. Thanks, Dennis. While we were at it, we finally added the "Higgins" photo of John Hillerman from his days in Magnum, PI.

Lots of new additions. We have added a new area — Trivia & Incidentals that affords us a showcase for items that simply don't fit into one of the more structured areas. We offer a great selection of TV Guide Articles and Features on the show, plus reviews, retrospectives and more. We'll be adding some great behind-the-scenes stuff we're working on now as well. Plus, we'd love to have your submissions if you'd like to write something original or have an article or some trivia to share.

By the way, we have since learned that a number of people wrote to Nick-At-Nite/TV Land to request more Ellery Queen showings. We sincerely thank Peggy Tapek for helping to get the word out!

Nick at Nite's TV Land is showing Ellery Queen weekdays at 1pm (EST) throughout the month of March (starting March 8, 1999.) Here's your chance to catch more of this great show... and get a few on tape if you like!

I had written the programming department there with our disappointment at their not having scheduled any EQ showings for March, and voila! The next week they were placed into rotation. Did our letter prompt this, or is this simply coincidence? Let's just say it can't hurt to write them. When they first released their March schedule, EQ was not on it.

We've added sound files to the site. We have begun offering the Opening Narrator Sequences from the episodes to the Episode Guide. These are the first things to go in the cut (syndicated) versions, so many people have never even heard these.

We're also offering the Opening Theme, Closing Theme and some great Incidental Music from the show. These can be downloaded/played from the first page of our Gallery. They are in mp³ format. If you don't have a player or need to learn more about the format, there are links with the sound files to allow you to download/learn about mp³ .

We have become an Amazon.com partner so that we can more easily bring you our recommendations for Ellery Queen books (and books-on-tape), plus other great mysteries and even the films of our star, Jim Hutton. A small portion of the purchase price of anything you buy via referral from this site goes to the upkeep and maintenance of our site. You can browse, shop, or search by visiting our Book Store! And let us know if you have any recommendations you think we should include.

We were chosen as a Yahoo! Daily Pick today. We are very gratified about all the wonderful letters we've received about the site and the memories we've been able to bring back to people. It's nice to know there are a lot more fans of this incarnation of EQ out there than I ever realized!

We've updated the Episode Guide a bit more. We've been fortunate enough to obtain some original scripts from the show, so the ones we cannot preview from video, we can review via the scripts.

Well, we've just gone online so right now, everything's new! Stay tuned to this page for updates on new additions to our site, though. And keep in mind, that suggestions are encouraged. We want this site to be a treat!

The Gallery already contains 9 pages (88 images), but we'll be adding a lot more as we have time to review each episode and gather representative images from each. Gallery #6 contains some shots from EQ's classy opening sequence. If you have a photo (good quality please) of any of the cast members or from the show, please upload it to us. Thanks!

We are currently working on the Episode Guide. There is at least a short synopsis of each episode (thanks to David Gideon for many of these), but you'll notice that some episodes have long detailed info. As we review each episode, we'll flesh out each of the descriptions, cast lists, etc.