Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). The Television Treasury: Onscreen Details from Sitcoms, Dramas and Other Scripted Series, 1947-2019.
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The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Of the 26 episodes filmed, 22 were shown on CBS in the initial run. The program was produced by Alan Miller at Revue Studios. Frank Burt and Fenton Earnaham were the writers.
Richard Irving was the director of Biff Baker, U.S.A. He wrote that the characters were "portrayed in such a namby-pamby manner that the viewer finds himself not really caring whether they escape from their predicament or not." Production He noted that Baker was so busy with his spying activity that he had little time left for his business, and he found fault with the sometimes silly conversations between the Bakers. Newspaper columnist Hal Humphrey found flaws in the program, based on the first two episodes. He wrote that the production's quality was high, but the episode lacked sufficient suspense, and "The characters and the scenes were written on a juvenile level." Leon Morse, writing in the trade publication Billboard, found the program's November 6 episode "another thriller, similar to many of its kind, but with two personable leads. Some sources say that the Bakers were spies who posed as businesspeople. The Bakers' travels enabled the use of a variety of locales for episodes, with a different setting each week, "ranging from Paris to Pakistan and from Saigon to Istanbul Baker did not look for trouble, but trouble usually found him. They usually became involved with international intrigue of some kind, often related to spying. Premise Īs the operator of an importing business, Biff Baker traveled around the world with Louise to find merchandise. Lucky Strike cigarettes sponsored the program. After the show's network run ended, it was syndicated, with reruns being broadcast until late in the 1950s.
#Biff baker series
The series was broadcast on CBS from November 13, 1952, until March 26, 1953. in the titular role and Randy Stuart as his wife, Louise. is an American adventure television program starring Alan Hale Jr.
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