The NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie Opening 

I remember Tenefly, and certainly Banachek!!! Great memories here! Almost unbearably so!

As in Hank Simm's voice saying "Tonight, starring George Peppard as Banacek!"

I’m 60 years old and i loved watching this

Thank you for posting this. I remembered see this opening 40 years ago. Nice to see it again.

McMillan and Wife,McCloud were my special favorites.💙

Of all the NBC Sunday and Wednesday Night Mystery Movies, "Columbo", McCloud", and "Quincy, M.E." were the gems of the group. "Banacek" was very underrated. "Quincy" was the only one to make it as a weekly series. You would have thought "Columbo" and "McCloud" would have already done it.

My mom made us watch colombo .... I miss those days

As a kid i grew up in Louisiana watching this movie mystery show. I can honestly say that Henry Mancini is boss ! The detective guy in the background shining a flashlight into the camera is exhilarating as no orher tv show had that start! Iroside was cool, Kojak, Mccloud, Culombo, and others like Starsky and Hutch by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg. Swat with Steve Forrest.

For some reason, I remember Tenafly and The Snoop Sisters being on Tuesday. The Wednesday NBC Mystery Movie, if I recall correctly, had a theme by Quincy Jones and featured Madigan, Cool Million, and Banacek after the original three series moved to Sunday.

I remember watching Banacek and Snoop Sisters on Hallmark Channel many years ago. They also showed reruns of Columbo, McCloud, McMillan & Wife. McMillan & Wife was a 1970's version of The The Thin Man, and McCloud was based on a 1968 film Coogan's Bluff.

teen memories of the 1970s! I forgotten this TV theme!

Loved the show Banacek. What memories this brings back, Thanks!!!

Wish some Faraday and Company or Tenefly would surface

Anyone remember that COOL MILLION starring James Farentino also became one of the Wednesday entries?

Hank Simm's voice saying: "Tonight, Helen Hayes and Mildred Natwick stars as The Snoop Sisters!"

So good!

I enjoyed the Snoop Sisters and Banacek.

I have the SNOOP SISTERS and BANACEK DVD sets...if I could find FARADAY AND COMPANY somewhere I would be a happy camper.

I miss you Moma♥️.

I'd give almost anything to go back to this time period......the TV shows back then were great. Sorry to be brash but a lot of the TV shows today are about like watching paint dry! Sure, there's a few good ones out there but most of the shows on TV today are garbage! Just my 2 cents.......

I’ve always wondered who came up with the brilliant concept of the shadowy figure with the flashlight and the blood red night sky. The guy wears a bowler hat/derby so I figure there’s a nod to famous British sleuths but I may be wrong.

Of this group I always watched Banacek ... thought it was the best of the group. ❤❤❤😂

As I mentioned on anther post, this was one of the all time great TV themes. Too bad most of these shows are seldom seen these days (if at all). If I'm wrong, I would love to be corrected.

excellent choices

Surprising that some network hasn't recently attempted this three-in-one format.

you cut it off before we could see who was on tonight!

I remember Banacek, not so much Snoop Sisters or Faraday and Company. I have almost NO memory of Tenefly.

Henry Mancini conducts.

Back when tv was tv 🙂🙂 not this ‘stuff’ they got on nowadays 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

i dont remeber these shows . i only remeber mcmillian and wife, columbo and the denis wever

I disliked Sunday , back to the detention / correctional facility = school , on Monday morning . When I hear this music , I still recall having to go back to school .

I just happened to come across this video. It was a amazing time in 1970s, for NBC television. Fon memories for sure. Benjamin Hahn Los Angeles California Snoop Sisters: Mrs. Hellen Hayes And Mildred Natwick

with a special appearance by Flashlight Guy.

1973-74 season

I never heard of any of these movies.

Broth again, McMillan?

This is not the original Wednesday Mystery Movie opening. When the Wednesday Mystery Movie started it used an opening which was completely different from the Sunday Mystery Movie opening. When that proved to be unpopular they switched to the same opening that was used on Sundays. I wish someone would post the original Wednesday Mystery Movie titles. Here is a quote from Wikipedia: "The Wednesday Mystery Movie theme was composed by Quincy Jones for its first season and had an animated open to show the lineup. The tune was very uptempo and the open did not look at all like that of the Sunday Mystery Movie."

The Sunday mystery movie brought to you by Chevrolet

I'm here after watching The Simpsons

starring robert dendeen in gray line bus

Banacek only one I heard of.

Banacek was the crown jewel of this day's rotation series before the hack writers came in. The success of "Barnaby Jones" on CBS forced the hand of NBC to dredge up "The Snoop Sisters" and "Faraday and Company". and Tenafly was a lame PC-catch-up spin to "Cutter" which was a TV pilot rip of "Shaft." The pity is they could've thought out far better concepts to answer the senior and black consciousness wave at the time. They could've knocked Quinn Martin's door as how to do it.

This looks like it was ripped from VEI's Snoop Sisters DVD..and VCI cut the final seconds of the opening ("Tonight starring Helen Hayes and Mildred Natwick as the Snoop Sisters") because they were too cheap to pay the clearance residual for the announcer.