Peter Gunn
Death Is a Sore Loser
TV Flash files “Death Is a Sore Loser” as hour 94 of 114 in the TV Flash guide — Peter Gunn (1958–1961) on NBC/ABC, season 3, episode 18, aired 1961-01-30, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E18: listed hour 94 of 114 in the Peter Gunn guide, hour 18 of 38 in season 3. It aired 1961-01-30 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Blind Item” (S03E17). Next is “I Know It's Murder” (S03E19).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Death Is a Sore Loser sit in the Peter Gunn guide?
S03E18 is listed hour 94 of 114 — hour 18 of 38 in season 3, season 3 episode 18.
When did Peter Gunn S03E18 air?
Death Is a Sore Loser aired 1961-01-30 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Stevens, Albright's nightclub, and Mancini's theme. The cool is the premise; a couple of cases teach the beat.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Peter Gunn is a cool-jazz private eye, a blonde nightclub, and a Henry Mancini score that outlived the plots. Blake Edwards made crime sound modern. Watch it in 2026 for the walking bass line and the sleek PI aesthetic — style-forward detective television that still looks like a cocktail-napkin sketch of noir.
The bass line enters before the detective does. Peter Gunn (NBC then ABC, 1958–1961), created by Blake Edwards, is a sleek private eye on a jazz-soaked city beat: Craig Stevens in the title, Lola Albright as girlfriend-singer Edie Hart, Herschel Bernardi as police contact Lt. Jacoby, and a Henry Mancini theme that became a major instrumental hit. Style-forward detective television. The walking bass invented a whole aesthetic. One hundred fourteen half-hours in which vibe is not decoration. Vibe is structure.…
Filed against
- Craig Stevens as Peter Gunn
Craig Stevens made Peter Gunn a cool-jazz private eye — blonde nightclub, walking bass, a Henry Mancini score that outlived the plots. Blake Edwards taught 1950s crime to sound modern. TV Flash files him as style-forward detective…
- Lola Albright as Edie Hart
Lola Albright sang the night shift as Edie Hart on Peter Gunn — blonde nightclub weather for a cool-jazz private eye, Blake Edwards crime, and a Henry Mancini score that outlived the plots. Style-forward detective television. TV Flash…
- Herschel Bernardi as Lt. Jacoby
Herschel Bernardi's Lt. Jacoby kept Peter Gunn on the official side of the bass line — cool-jazz private eye, a blonde nightclub, Henry Mancini score that outlived the plots, Blake Edwards making crime sound modern. TV Flash files him as…