Mannix
The Name is Mannix
TV Flash files “The Name is Mannix” as a desk essential hour — Mannix (1967–1975) on CBS, season 1, episode 1, aired 1967-09-16, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 194 in the Mannix guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 1967-09-16 (60 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “Skid Marks on a Dry Run” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “The Name is Mannix”. The Name is Mannix is the contract in a title: Bruce Geller's P.I. engine, Mike Connors as bruised stubbornness, doctor's orders ignored.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A former mob boss turned state senator hires Interdict to find his kidnapped illegitimate daughter, and they assign Mannix to the case.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Name is Mannix sit in the Mannix guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 194 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did Mannix S01E01 air?
The Name is Mannix aired 1967-09-16 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Independent-practice Mannix hours — Connors taking the punch, Fisher as Peggy Fair — are the classic brand. The early corporate-detective setup is a different on-ramp if you want to see the format shed its first skin.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Joe Mannix took punches, climbed fire escapes, and ignored doctor's orders — Bruce Geller's private-eye engine of pure physical stubbornness. Mike Connors made the bruised P.I. a weekly ritual; Gail Fisher's Peggy Fair was a landmark Black woman regular in detective drama. No whisper-soft neo-noir — just motion.
The body is the plot. Joe Mannix took punches, climbed fire escapes, and ignored doctor's orders on CBS's *Mannix* (1967–1975; 194 episodes), Bruce Geller's private-eye engine of pure physical stubbornness. Mike Connors made the bruised P.I. a weekly ritual. Gail Fisher as Peggy Fair was a groundbreaking Black woman in a major dramatic supporting role, with Emmy recognition to match. Early corporate-detective framing gave way to freer solo ops. Eight seasons of fistfights later, the suit was torn but the brand…
Filed against
- Mike Connors as Joe Mannix
Mike Connors’s Joe Mannix took punches, climbed fire escapes, and ignored doctor’s orders — Bruce Geller’s 1960s private-eye engine of physical stubbornness, Gail Fisher’s Peggy Fair as a landmark Black woman regular in detective drama.…
- Gail Fisher as Peggy Fair
Gail Fisher made Peggy Fair a landmark regular on Mannix — Bruce Geller's bruised private-eye engine, Mike Connors ignoring doctor's orders, a Black woman at the detective-drama desk when the form still pretended otherwise. No white-glove…