Ellery Queen - Season 1 - Eps 9: The Adventure of Veronica's Veils
Burlesque producer Sam Packer is found dead of an apparent heart attack but he leaves behind a video to be shown at his funeral in which he states that no matter what it looks like, he will be murdered. Packer, in the video, asks radio mystery star Simon Brimmer to solve his murder. Packer's widow, knowing that Simon can't figure out his butt from third base, goes to Ellery and asks for his help. Brimmer once again tries to best Ellery and once again is 100% wrong.
About Ellery Queen

Title: Ellery Queen
First Air Date: 1975-09-11
Last Air Date: 1976-04-04
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.4/10 (from 39 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 22
Network: NBC
Genres: Mystery, Drama
Production Companies: Universal Television, Fairmont/Foxcroft Productions, Tom Ward Enterprises
Synopsis
Ellery Queen is an American television detective mystery series based on the fictional character Ellery Queen. It aired on NBC during the 1975-76 television season and stars Jim Hutton as Ellery Queen, David Wayne as his father, Inspector Richard Queen, and Tom Reese as Sgt. Velie. Created by the writing/producing team of Richard Levinson and William Link, the title character "breaks" the fourth wall to ask the audience to consider their solution.
Cast

Jim Hutton
Ellery Queen

David Wayne
Inspector Richard Queen

Tom Reese
Sgt. Thomas Velie