Cannon
Mad Man
TV Flash files “Mad Man” as a desk essential hour — Cannon (1971–1976) on CBS, season 5, episode 24, aired 1976-03-03, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E24: listed hour 120 of 120 in the Cannon guide, last listed hour of season 5. It aired 1976-03-03 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Blood Lines” (S05E23). No later hour is listed in this guide.
Essential hour: “Mad Man”. Mad Man is the 1976 closer. Five seasons of heavyweight detection, then a two-word bow: Gunsmoke radio finding a new generation, Lincoln still parked, no pretty-boy recast required.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The wife of one of Cannon's Army buddies calls him in to determine why her soldier husband is suddenly acting strange.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Mad Man sit in the Cannon guide?
S05E24 is listed hour 120 of 120 — last listed hour of season 5, season 5 episode 24.
When did Cannon S05E24 air?
Mad Man aired 1976-03-03 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is Cannon's size the joke?
No. Conrad's bulk is text, not a punchline. The series is a heavyweight PI who never auditioned as a pretty leading man and did not need to.
In the series
Why this series still plays
William Conrad's Frank Cannon is the heavyweight detective who never auditioned as a leading man and did not need to. Radio's Gunsmoke marshal finds a new generation via Lincoln Continentals and stubborn casework. A Quinn Martin mystery that stars a voice, a bulk, and zero apology.
So the group chat wants a pretty-boy PI in a tuxedo (Lana would call it a *gown of authority*) and then Cannon rolls up in a Lincoln Continental like that was the whole look. CBS, 1971–1976: William Conrad's Frank Cannon is overweight, expensive, and brilliant, and Edward Hume and Quinn Martin put him at the center of the early-1970s detective boom without asking him to audition as a leading man. Radio's Gunsmoke marshal found a new generation via stubborn casework and gourmet side trips. (I said spoiler-free.…
Filed against
- William Conrad as Frank Cannon
William Conrad’s Frank Cannon never auditioned as a leading man and did not need to — heavyweight detective, Lincoln Continentals, stubborn casework, a Quinn Martin mystery that stars a voice, a bulk, and zero apology. Radio muscle…