Mathnet

Jan 26, 1987 (en) [0] Min
  • First Air Date
    Jan 26, 1987
  • Production
    Children's Television Workshop, The Entertainment Group, TurtleBack Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    70%
  • Original title
    Mathnet
  • Release
    Jan 26, 1987
  • en
    -

Overview

Mathnet is a segment on the children's television show Square One Television, of which five seasons were produced. This parody of Dragnet featured detectives at the Los Angeles Police Department who solved mysteries using their mathematical skills. There were two main characters: detectives Kate Monday and George Frankly. Mary Watson also had a regular role as the duo's technical analyst, Debbie Williams. The third season had the show's setting moved to New York City. Beginning in the fourth season, Kate Monday was replaced by Pat Tuesday. James Earl Jones played a recurring role as Chief Thad Green. He also briefly appears in season 4 and indicates he knows Pat Tuesday. When the duo was transferred to New York, Captain Joe Greco became their new boss and undercover NYPD officer Benny Pill became their semi-regular backup support.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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Casts

  1. Joe Howard

    George Frankly

  2. Toni Di Buono

    Pat Tuesday

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 2 / Crews : 0

Season 1 ( 1987-01-26)

The Problem Of The Missing Baseball

Episode: 1

The Problem Of The Missing Monkey

Episode: 2

The Problem Of The Passing Parade

Episode: 3

The Trial Of George Frankly

Episode: 4

The Problem Of The Dirty Money

Episode: 5

The Mystery of the Maltese Pigeon

Episode: 6

The Problem of the Trojan Hamburger

Episode: 7

Season 2 ( 1988-09-19)

The Case of the Great Car Robbery

Episode: 1

The Case of the Deceptive Data

Episode: 2

The View from the Rear Terrace

Episode: 3

The Case of the Willing Parrot

Episode: 4

The Case of the Missing Air

Episode: 5

The Case of the Map With A Gap

Episode: 6

Season 3 ( )

The Case of the Ersatz Earthquake

Episode: 1

The Case of the Swami Scam

Episode: 2

The Case of the Parking Meter Massacre

Episode: 3

The Case of the Unkidnapping

Episode: 4

The Case of the Strategic Weather Initiative

Episode: 5

The Case of the Masked Avenger

Episode: 6

Season 4 ( )

The Case of the Unnatural

Episode: 1

Despair in Monterey Bay

Episode: 2

The Case of the Calpurnian Kugel Caper

Episode: 3

The Case of the Galling Stones

Episode: 4

The Case of the Poconos Paradise

Episode: 5

The Case of the Purloined Policies

Episode: 6

Season 5 ( 1992-09-21)

The Case of the Mystery Weekend

Episode: 1

The Case of the Smart Dummy

Episode: 2

The Case: Off The Record

Episode: 3

The Case of the Bermuda Triangle

Episode: 4

The Case of the Piggy Banker

Episode: 5
Jan 26, 1987 (en)
[0] Min
  • First Air Date Jan 26, 1987
  • Production
    Children's Television Workshop, The Entertainment Group, TurtleBack Productions
  • Rotten tomato 70%
Original Title Mathnet
en

Overview

Mathnet is a segment on the children's television show Square One Television, of which five seasons were produced. This parody of Dragnet featured detectives at the Los Angeles Police Department who solved mysteries using their mathematical skills. There were two main characters: detectives Kate Monday and George Frankly. Mary Watson also had a regular role as the duo's technical analyst, Debbie Williams. The third season had the show's setting moved to New York City. Beginning in the fourth season, Kate Monday was replaced by Pat Tuesday. James Earl Jones played a recurring role as Chief Thad Green. He also briefly appears in season 4 and indicates he knows Pat Tuesday. When the duo was transferred to New York, Captain Joe Greco became their new boss and undercover NYPD officer Benny Pill became their semi-regular backup support.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer