Father Dowling Mysteries: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The show began as an NBC Made for TV Movie in 1987 and the show was to have begun weekly in 1988 though because of a writer's strike in 1988 it didn't begin weekly until 1989. After it's 1st season the show left NBC and ABC took the show from 1990 until 1991.

Series details

• Title: Father Dowling Mysteries
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Mystery
• Premiere date: 1987-11-30
• Final broadcast date listed: 1991-05-02
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.5/10
• TVMaze ID: 4054

Cast and credited roles

• Tom Bosley — Father Frank Dowling
• Tracy Nelson — Sister Stephanie 'Steve' Oskowski
• Mary Wickes — Marie
• James Stephens — Father Philip Prestwick
• Robert Prescott — Lt. Phil Keegan

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1987-11-30; final listed air date 1989-03-10; episode order: 8.
• Season 2: premiered 1990-01-04; final listed air date 1990-04-26; episode order: 13.
• Season 3: premiered 1990-09-20; final listed air date 1991-05-02; episode order: 22.

Source and licence

Adapted from Father Dowling Mysteries 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.