''Partners in Crime'' is an American

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television series set in

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, created by William Driskill, that aired on

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from September 27 to December 29, 1984 during the 1984–85 U.S. television season. NBC cancelled the show after 13 episodes. It was screened overseas as ''Fifty/Fifty'',From the United States Copyright Office catalog: to avoid confusion with the British series ''

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'' which was also shown on ITV in the United Kingdom.

Overview

The series starred

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as Carole Stanwyck and

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as Sydney Kovack, two women with little in common except sharing Raymond as an ex-husband. When Raymond winds up murdered, Carole and Sydney set out to find his killer and eventually decide to run the detective agency Raymond has left them. They were assisted in their efforts by Raymond's assistant (

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), Raymond's mother (

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), and Lt. Vronsky (

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Cast

as Carole Stanwyck *

as Sydney Kovack *

as Harmon Shain *

as Lt. Ed Vronsky *

as Jeanine

Episodes

References

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*{{IMDb title, id=0086776, title=Partners in Crime 1984 American television series debuts 1984 American television series endings NBC original programming 1980s American crime drama television series English-language television shows Television series by Carson Productions Television shows set in San Francisco