132 Episoden
Deutsche Erstausstrahlung: 15.05.1964 (ARD / Das Erste)
Der erfahrene Anwalt Lawrence Preston und sein Sohn Kenneth führen gemeinsam die Anwaltskanzlei Preston & Preston”. Kenneth kommt frisch von der Universität und hat noch viel zu lernen, doch an der neuen Herausforderung wächst er schnell - und auch sein Vater läßt ihn gerne an seinem in zwanzig Jahren gesammelten Berufswissen teilhaben. Helen Donaldson arbeitet in der ersten Saison als Sekretärin für die beiden, Joan Miller ist Kenneths Freundin.
Die Serie war ungewöhnlich: Preston & Preston thematisierte heiße Eisen wie Abtreibung und Rassismus, außerdem verloren die beiden gelegentlich auch mal einen Fall, was sonst im Fernsehen nie vorkam. Im deutschen Fernsehen wurden nur 18 der 132 Episoden ausgestrahlt. 2010 entstand eine Neuauflage unter selbigen Originaltitel, die jedoch nur sehr lose auf das original aufbaute. Die Serie basiert auf einer zweiteiligen Geschichte, die 1957 für die Anthologie-Serie Studio One” verfilmt wurde. In The defender” waren Ralph Bellamy als Vater und William Shatner als Sohn zu sehen, die in ihrer Kanzlei zusammenarbeiten. Auch die Charaktere bekamen andere Namen. Jim Belushi und Jerry O'Connell spielten darin die Hauptrollen.
E.G. Marshall - Lawrence Preston
Robert Reed - Kenneth Preston
Joan Hackett - Joan Miller
Polly Rowles - Helen Donaldson
1. Staffel
1.101 (Quality of Mercy)
2.102 (Killer Instinct)
3.103 Der späte Kunde (Death Across the Counter)
4.104 (The Riot)
5.105 (Young Lovers)
6.106 (The Boy Between)
7.107 (The Hundred Lives of Harry Simms)
8.108 Der Unfall (The Accident)
9.109 (The Trial of Jenny Scott)
10.110 (The Man with the Concrete Thumb)
11.111 (The Treadmill)
12.112 (Perjury)
13.113 (The Attack)
14.114 (The Prowler)
15.115 (Gideon's Follies)
16.116 Das Alibi (The Best Defense)
17.117 (The Bedside Murder)
18.118 (The Search)
19.119 (Storm at Birch Glen)
20.120 (The Point Shaver)
21.121 Die Geschworenen (The Locked Room)
22.122 Der Sprung ins Nichts (The Empty Chute)
23.123 Der Fremde (The Crusader)
24.124 Die Trophäe (The Hickory Indian)
25.125 (The Iron Man)
26.126 Das Femegericht (The Tarnished Cross)
27.127 (The Last Six Months)
28.128 (The Naked Heiress)
29.129 (Reunion with Death)
30.130 (The Benefactor)
31.131 Die Tatzeugin (Along Came a Spider)
32.132 (The Broken Barrelhead)
2. Staffel
33.201 Schuß in Notwehr? (The Voices of Death)
34.202 Das Komplott (Blood Country)
35.203 (The Indelible Silence)
36.204 (The Seven Ghosts of Simon Gray)
37.205 (The Unwanted)
38.206 (Madman (1))
39.207 (Madman (2))
40.208 (The Bigamist)
41.209 (The Avenger)
42.210 (The Invisible Badge)
43.211 (The Hidden Jungle)
44.212 (The Savage Infant)
45.213 (The Apostle)
46.214 Oma Dynamit (Grandma TNT)
47.215 (Don't Take the Stand)
48.216 Auf dem Weg nach Sing-Sing (Kill or Be Killed)
49.217 In eigener Sache (Man Against Himself)
50.218 (The Poisoned Fruit Doctrine)
51.219 (Poltergeist)
52.220 Die Feuerprobe (Ordeal)
53.221 (The Hour Before Doomsday)
54.222 (The Traitor)
55.223 (The Eye of Fear)
56.224 (Metamorphosis)
57.225 (The Last Illusion)
58.226 (The Heathen)
59.227 (A Book for Burning)
60.228 (A Taste of Vengeance)
61.229 (The Colossus)
62.230 Komplizen? (Judgment Eve)
63.231 In der Schlinge (The Noose)
64.232 (Everybody Else is Dead)
65.233 (The Trial of Twenty-Two)
66.234 Die Mutprobe (The Brother Killers)
3. Staffel
67.301 (The Weeping Baboon)
68.302 (The Empty Heart)
69.303 (The Captive)
70.304 (The Bagman)
71.305 (Conspiracy of Silence)
72.306 (The Cruel Hook)
73.307 (Star-Spangled Ghetto)
74.308 (Loophole)
75.309 (The Seal of Confession)
76.310 (Climate of Evil)
77.311 (The Crowd Pleaser)
78.312 (Old Lady Ironsides)
79.313 (Fugue for Trumpet and Small Boy)
80.314 (Claire Cheval Died in Boston)
81.315 (The Last Day)
82.316 (Blacklist)
83.317 (Who'll Dig His Grave?)
84.318 (All the Silent Voices)
85.319 (The Secret)
86.320 (The Pill Man)
87.321 (Drink Like a Lady)
88.322 (Survival)
89.323 (Moment of Truth)
90.324 (The Hidden Fury)
91.325 (Die Laughing)
92.326 (May Day! May Day!)
93.327 (The Thief)
94.328 (Yankee Go Home)
95.329 (The Man Who Saved His Country)
96.330 (Mind Over Murder)
97.331 (The Sixth Alarm)
98.332 (The Fine Line)
99.333 (The Non-Violent)
100.334 (Stowaway)
101.335 (Hollow Triumph)
102.336 (The Uncivil War)
4. Staffel
103.401 (The Seven Hundred-Year Old Gang (1))
104.402 (The Seven Hundred-Year Old Gang (2))
105.403 (Hero of the People)
106.404 (Go-Between)
107.405 (Conflict of Interests)
108.406 (The Man Who . . .)
109.407 (Turning Point)
110.408 (A Taste of Ashes)
111.409 (Comeback)
112.410 (The Siege)
113.411 (Whitewash)
114.412 (A Voice Loud and Clear)
115.413 (King of the Hill)
116.414 (Whipping Boy)
117.415 (Eyewitness)
118.416 (The Silent Killers)
119.417 (Death on Wheels)
120.418 (The Unwritten Law)
121.419 (The Objector)
122.420 (Fires of the Mind)
123.421 (No-Knock)
124.422 (The Merry-Go-Round Murder)
125.423 (Nobody Asks What Side You're On . . .)
126.424 (Impeachment)
127.425 (The Sworn Twelve)
128.426 (A Matter of Law and Disorder)
129.427 (Youths and Maidens on an Evening Walk)
130.428 (The Prosecutor)
131.429 (The Bum's Rush)
132.430 (Only a Child)