McBride:

Turn-In for Murder

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ONE FOR THE MONEY, TWO FOR THE SHOW,

THREE MURDER SUSPECTS, GO ‘MCBRIDE’ GO!

THERE ARE NO COLD CASES FOR FIVE-TIME EMMY^® AWARD WINNER

JOHN LARROQUETTE IN ‘MCBRIDE’

All New Episode of MCBRIDE, “Tune in for Murder,” Premieres August 14

When a popular drive-time radio host is arrested for murdering his partner (Frazer Smith), it seems like a slam-dunk case – until McBride uncovers a list of other suspects that includes virtually everyone else at the station.  Five-time Emmy^® Award-winner John Larroquette (“Night Court,” “The John Larroquette Show”) returns as tough-minded, tender-hearted cop-turned-attorney, McBride in “Tune in for Murder,” a two-hour Hallmark Channel Mystery Movie which premieres on Sunday, August 14 (7/6c).  

McBride also stars Marta DuBois (“L.A. Law”) as Detective Sgt. Roberta Hansen and Matt Lutz (“Murder Without Conviction”) as Phil Newberry.

Created by mystery master Dean Hargrove, the Emmy^® Award-winning executive producer of “Columbo,” McBride is one of television’s most inventive characters, a rough-around-the-edges smooth-talker whose laid back lifestyle belies a razor sharp mind and dogged determination to uncover the truth.

Detective Sgt. Roberta Hansen (DuBois) is the no-nonsense plainclothes police detective who finds the flirtatious McBride arresting, but skittish.  McBride’s young gumshoe partner, Phil Newberry (Lutz) is a gadget die-hard with the latest techno wizardry to help McBride sniff out bad guys.  Jesse (Kuma) is McBride’s constant companion who remembers the days when a dog with a good nose could do the same thing.  

McBride only takes the hardest cases, has a soft spot for the underdog, and possesses a unique ability to eliminate potential suspects through flashbacks that place him squarely in the scene of the crime.

            McBride is a Hallmark Entertainment presentation.  Robert Halmi, Jr. and Larry Levinson are executive producers.  Dean Hargrove is creator and executive producer.  Nick Lombardo, Amy Goldberg and Michael Moran are co-executive producers.  Brian J. Gordon and Erik Olson are producers.  Steven W. Bridgewater directed “Tune in for Murder.” Jeff Peters wrote the script.  The Hallmark Channel Mystery Movie is an Alpine Medien Production in association with Larry Levinson Productions.

Hallmark Channel, owned and operated by Crown Media Holdings, Inc., is a 24-hour basic cable network that provides a diverse slate of high-quality entertainment programming to a national audience of 75 million subscribers.  The top tier program service is distributed through more than 5,300 cable systems and communities as well as direct-to-home satellite services across the country.  Hallmark Channel consistently ranks among the top 10 ad-supported cable networks in Total Day and Prime Time household ratings and is the nation’s leading network in providing family-friendly programming.  Crown Media also operates a second 24-hour linear channel, Hallmark Movie Channel.

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