The Jim Backus Show
Jim Backus as Mike O'Toole.
Starring	Jim Backus
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	39
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	California National Productions
Original release
Network	First-run syndication
Release	October 6, 1960 (1960-10-06) – July 11, 1961 (1961-07-11)

The Jim Backus Show is a 39-episode American television sitcom that aired in broadcast syndication in 1960 and 1961. The series was also known as Hot Off the Wire.^[1]

Premise

The program focuses on Backus in the role of Mike O'Toole, the editor/proprietor of a low rent wire service struggling to stay in business.

Cast

• Jim Backus as Mike O'Toole
• Nita Talbot as Dora Miles
• Bobs Watson as Sidney

Episodes

• "The Woman's Touch" with George Ives as a bigamist con man, Douglas Aldrich.^[2]
• "Floundered in Florida" with Alan Carney as Hogan, Milton Frome as Irving Rudolph, Vivi Janiss as Mrs. Rudolph, and Olan Soule as Elmo^{[3][unreliable source?]}