Primetime Crimetime
Your favorite vintage crime and detective shows from the '70s and '80s, recapped in a comedy podcast. One of us remembers the 70s, one of us will never let him forget it. From Hart to Hart to Simon and Simon, we're here to solve it all by the last commercial break.
Episodes
30 episodes
Episode 26: 21 Jump Street, S3 E13
I don’t know what I’ve been told, they say they’re in high school but they’re really old.What happens in private, stays Private as Johnny Depp gets involved in a cat-and-mouse game with his partner… On this episode of Primetime Crimetime...
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1:30:28
Episode 25: The Streets of San Francisco, S1 E22
Someone once said, “The coldest winter I ever spent, was the summer I spent watching The Streets of San Francisco.” And so we spent a cold, cold summer watching elderly shut-ins with PTSD, angry mobs, and TW: dead children...
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1:24:45
Episode 24: Moonlighting, S2 E9
You can cut the will-they-won't-they [understand the plot] tension with a knife as Zoë and Richard go Moonlighting! In this episode, they take on the high-pressure world of L.A. detective services — which naturally includes gritty corp...
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1:22:35
Episode 23: Murder She Wrote, S3 E8
There’s a saying that goes: if everywhere you travel someone is murdered, maybe you should stay home. Zoë, Richard, and special guest Stephanie investigate the second half of the epic spectacular television experiment that is the Magnum P.I...
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1:41:53
Episode 22: Magnum P.I., S7 E9
It's moustache versus menopause as Magnum P.I. meets Jessica Fletcher for a good old-fashioned mystery — and it's a good thing they've got two detectives on the case because the biggest mystery is figuring out what is actually happening in the ...
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1:25:04
Episode 21: Dan August, S1 E9
It doesn’t get anymore 70s than a “swingers' resort” and a clean-shaven Burt Reynolds. Burt charms as Dan August, a detective who is on the trail of of a murderer while applying his counseling skills to save a marriage. It's a wild time...
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1:21:37
Episode 20: Police Woman, S1 E11
Get ready gang, we're going deep undercover — there's a high school with a drug problem, and we need to send the police force back to school. 🧪☠️💊 Before Jump Street, Police Woman embedded narcs in the P.E. Department for some lunge an...
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1:23:21
Episode 19: The Rockford Files, S2 E14
Look out LA, have we got a bargain for you! For just $200 a day plus expenses, you can hire a successful detective you can trust, who stands up for the underdog. That is if your definition of "successful” means living in an illegal ...
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1:25:31
Episode 18: Remington Steele, S4 E6
Howdy! You from around these parts? Join Zoë and Richard as they travel to the wondrous land of the "Morning in America" 80s when businesswomen could only be taken seriously if they had a man as their CEO and banks were besieged by irresponsibl...
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1:25:10
Episode 17: McMillan and Wife, S5 E3 (Part 2)
Back for an aftershock, Richard and Zoë head into the post-skeleton-discovery half of McMillan and some lady, as the 70s parade marches through including Dabney Coleman! Richard Dawson! Robert Loggia! And leading the pack is the Bounty-ous Nanc...
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1:00:17
Episode 17: McMillan and Wife, S5 E3 (Part 1)
Did you know that every time the fog horn blows, someone in San Francisco is having a two-martini lunch? We swing into the 70s this episode as Zoë and Richard examine McMillan & Wife, a show so progressive they didn’t even bother giving Wif...
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Episode 16: Hardcastle and McCormick, S3 E1
What happens when Family Affair meets Breaking Bad? A lot of very weird stuff. This week Zoë and Richard head into the Pacific Northwest wilderness with special guest, Greg Nibler, from
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1:16:36
Episode 15: Ellery Queen, S1 E8
Our first “period” detective series takes Zoë and Richard to the 1940s with Ellery Queen as he solves an old-fashioned whodunnit with an Alice in Wonderland theme. 🐰🔎This episode is complete with literary Easter eggs that they would hav...
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1:15:18
Episode 14: Cagney and Lacey, S7 E7
This episode of Primetime Crimetime is a hard-hitting examination of game-show fixing as Cagney and Lacey team up with Cobra Kai and that one guy from Welcome Back Kotter who wasn't either Horshack or Barbarino. They also dress up for reasons t...
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1:13:44
Episode 13: Banacek, S1 E4 (Part 2)
Don't worry if your next pull comes up 🍋🍒🛎 , we've got the bonkers, bizarre, winner of a conclusion to A Million the Hard Way. Is the greatest heist the one in this episode — or the true life one that (absolutely, totally) insp...
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Episode 13: Banacek, S1 E4 (Part 1)
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas! 🎰 Including the answer to one of the modern world's most inscrutable real-life mysteries- WE'LL GET THERE. On this episode of Primetime Crimetime, Zoe and Richard roll the dice on the exciting ...
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Episode 12: Charlie's Angels, S1 E15
This episode of Primetime Crimetime Zoë and Richard go undercover with the red-hot sexy world of Polish anti-communist political intrigue with Charlie’s Angels. Don’t miss this wildly erotic episode as Kate Jackson hits on a sixty-year-...
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1:12:13
Episode 11: Starsky and Hutch, S1 E5
Two men wearing leather and nurturing each other through emotional turmoil and self-reflection? That’s right, it’s Starsky and Hutch. Watch the screen light up with some man-on-man support and tenderness as Hutch dates the ex-girlfriend of an o...
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1:15:00
Episode 10: CHiPS, S2 E6 (Halloween Special!)
L.A. 15, 7-Mary BOO! 👻🏍So, “CHiPS.” When you put the title of a show in quotes it’s hard to tell if it’s all just one ironic joke? Primetime Crimetime releases their first Halloween special as they ride into Season 2; Episode 6, “Tri...
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1:01:22
Episode 09: Matt Houston, S1 E13
What happens when a Texas millionaire moves to LA to solve crime? Oh, you want answers to questions? Well, be prepared to be disappointed as you are plunged into a world where rational decisions and logical thought are foreign concepts. We delv...
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1:15:10
Episode 08: Kojak, S2 E12
🔥 This week’s episode was recorded with Richard in the middle of the California wildfires that turned the sky of San Francisco red, only to be topped by a heatwave. If he sounds like he’s in a 100 degree closet with a bowl of ice water soaking ...
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Episode 07: Scarecrow and Mrs. King, S2 E12
Just your typical end of the Cold War-era spy shenanigans when a United States spy agency (that shall remain nameless) enlists the aid of a middle-aged divorced mother to prevent the scourge of communism from spreading. This week Zoë, Richard, ...
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Episode 06: Quincy M.E., S4 E13
Primetime Crimetime reviews the first ALL CAPS crime show! It’s a no-holds-barred emotional rollercoaster of fun as we enter the screamatorium of Quincy, M.E. Employee in the medical examiner’s office who makes a small mistake? You just ordered...
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