I love the old Perry Mason shows. I usually watch two a day on METV. I don’t think it is a good example. For one thing it did not show the defendants as being treated unfairly as much as victims of circumstances.
The first show to really push the liberal agenda was “The Defenders”
BTW, my favorite character was Lieutenant Tragg. He was the only character in the show who could always hold his own with Perry. He was also usually kind to the defendants, guilty or not. Also Erle Stanley Garder struck me as pretty conservative.
Agreed. I liked watching the Perry Mason shows when I was a teenager who liked watching the classics (when my peers liked “Miami Vice” and “Cosby Show” back in the 1980s). Very well written shows and I guess that it was one of those that ended up being imitated over the years to more fit the Hollywood liberal agenda to what we have now. Wasn’t there a TV series called “The FBI” back in the 1960s? That is a title that I’ve never seen (even in reruns) and would not mind watching one or two episodes if it is worth a look.
I also liked “Matlock” since Nancy Stafford was one of my TV crushes back then, lol.
I know about the real Raymond Burr but Perry Mason was a first rate series.
Ironside was another really well done program.