Television
- The first television series, The Adventures of Ellery Queen, was produced by the DuMont Television Network. It ran on DuMont from October 14, 1950 to December 6, 1951 (50 episodes), then moved to ABC from December 16, 1951 to November 26, 1952 (43 episodes).
- The second series, Mystery Is My Business, ran for 32 episodes and was produced by ITC Entertainment. It ran from 1954 to 1956.
- The third series, The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen, ran for 33 episodes from 1958 to 1959 on NBC.
- The final series, known simply as Ellery Queen, ran from 1975 until 1976 and was a Universal TV production for NBC.
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