Power Rankings: Quinn Martin shows not in circulation!

This week, instead of ranking something specific to The Streets of San Francisco, we are talking about the other QM Productions--that is, the Quinn Martin shows that are not readily available! So for the purposes of this post, eliminate series that have been available on streaming, DVD, and/or syndication in recent years. The likes of The Fugitive, Barnaby Jones, Twelve O'Clock High, Cannon, The Invaders, and even a little program called Dan August are not eligible for this list. Most Wanted with Robert Stack got an official MOD DVD release a while back, so it doesn't make it.

Remember, this is a scientific ranking of how these lesser-seen series would fare against each other in the middle of July on a neutral field in Santa Luisa, California.

1) Banyon: Robert Forster as a P.I. in 1930s L.A.? SOLD!

2) The Manhunter: Another period piece, which has me right off the bat. This one stars Ken Howard.

3) Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected: This anthology is not to be confused with Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected, but wouldn't it be cool to have QMTOTU narrator William Conrad reading Dahl stories? Or reading anything?

4) Bert D'Angelo, Superstar: I talked about this one the other day. Nobody who worked on it has great things to say about it, but it seems worth a look.

5) The New Breed: I'm intrigued by this early QM effort, an L.A.-based police show starring Leslie Nielsen and former MLB player John Beradino.

6) A Man Called Sloane: Really, the only reason I am interested in this Robert Conrad show is the article that was in Brick Mantooth's Toy Ventures magazine a few years ago.

7) The Runaways: Well-intentioned but unsuccessful series about a group trying to track down and help teen runaways. This might be the most obscure of all QM series. Shocker: Castmember Robert Reed was said to be difficult during production.

8) Caribe: In his Quinn Martin, Television Producer, author Jonathan Martin calls this Hawaii Five-0 imitator "QM Productions at its absolute worst." The mess of a show was envisioned as a Robert Wagner vehicle, but ABC's Michael Eisner insisted they cast Stacy Keach. Things went downhill from there.