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Prime Suspect
The original logo/intro used for season 1
GenreReality legal programming
Presented by
  • Mike Hegedus
Voices of
  • Mike Hegedus
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
Production
Executive producer
  • Keith Samples
Running time
  • 30 minutes
Production company
Original release
Network
Release1992 (1992) –
1995 (1995)

Prime Suspect is an American television program that aired in syndication from 1992 to 1995, and was hosted by Mike Hegedus.[1]

The show, which had a similar format to that of the unrelated America's Most Wanted, profiled cases involving the search for and apprehension of fugitives wanted for serious crimes, including murder, rape, kidnapping, child sexual abuse, white-collar crime, organized crime, robbery, gang, and terrorism.

Cultural References

Prime Suspect was referenced in Season 3, Episode 14[2] of the podcast Undisclosed: The State vs. Dennis Perry. In the podcast, the legal team investigating a miscarriage of justice of Dennis Perry sought to find an episode of Prime Suspect that pertained to the murder of Harold and Thelma Swain, hoping it would help them uncover the timeline of false information being injected into the investigation. No tape was able to be uncovered and they continue to seek a recording of this Prime Suspect episode.

References

  1. ^ Susan King (September 13, 1992). "Preview '92 : Syndicated Hype : There's Whoopi, Cosby and don't forget the return of Kung fu fighting". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2018-07-14. "Prime Suspect"--Mike Hegedus hosts an investigative crime series examining unsolved murder cases across the country.
  2. ^ Undisclosed (October 29, 2018). "Season 3, Episode 14". Retrieved 2018-11-15. Jane Beaver called in a tip to report Dennis Perry as a suspect in the Swain murders, that much is certain. But the story the jury was told at Dennis' trial about how, when, and why that tip was called in was very different from the reality.

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