What Might've Been: Partners in Crime (1984)

 As NBC was making a comeback in the ratings, there were bound to be some clunkers along the way.

One such failure, on paper, shouldn't have been.

Partners in Crime was a Saturday night drama that saw two women, each divorced from the same husband, joining forces to find his killer after inheriting his mansion and detective agency. The series was a comeback vehicle for Lynda Carter (ex-Wonder Woman), paired with Loni Anderson, three years removed from the original WKRP in Cincinnati. The concept had possibilities, but it was just on the wrong night.

Tonight Show host Johnny Carson's production company packaged Partners, and similarly misfired with a comeback entry for Angie Dickinson, Cassie & Co., not too long after.

David Gideon provides a sample open/close:

I didn't see enough of this show, though I had the time, to merit a rating, which we're skipping anyway in memory of Loni Anderson, 79, who passed away over the weekend.