Tenspeed and Brown Shoe: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Lionel Whitney is an accountant fascinated by the noir detective novels of fictional PI Mark Savage. During the events leading up to his wedding, Lionel crosses paths with E.L. "Tenspeed" Turner, a smooth-talking fast-thinking con artist. When Tenspeed needs a job to make parole, Lionel fulfills his life's ambition, start a detective agency, and hires Tenspeed as his partner. Now the two men take on whatever cases come their way.

Series details

• Title: Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Action
• Premiere date: 1980-01-27
• Final broadcast date listed: 1980-06-27
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 3724

Cast and credited roles

• Jeff Goldblum — Lionel Whitney
• Ben Vereen — E.L. 'Tenspeed' Turner

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1980-01-27; final listed air date 1980-06-27.

Source and licence

Adapted from Tenspeed and Brown Shoe 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.