Checkmate: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Checkmatewas a detective drama series that aired on CBS from 1960-1962.

Don Corey and Jed Sills operate Checkmate, Inc., a detective agency in San Francisco. Helping them protect the lives of their clients is British criminologist, Carl Hyatt.

Series details

• Title: Checkmate
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Mystery
• Premiere date: 1960-09-17
• Final broadcast date listed: 1962-06-20
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 17743
• TVDB ID: 77654

Cast and credited roles

• Anthony George — Don Corey
• Doug McClure — Jed Sills
• Sebastian Cabot — Dr. Carl Hyatt

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1960-09-17; final listed air date 1961-06-24.
• Season 2: premiered 1961-10-04; final listed air date 1962-06-20.

Source and licence

Adapted from Checkmate on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.