The Jim Backus Show

The Jim Backus Show is a 39-episode American television sitcom that aired in broadcast syndication in 1960 and 1961. The series was also known as Hot Off the Wire.

Premise
The program focuses on Backus in the role of Mike O'Toole, the editor/proprietor of a low rent wire service struggling to stay in business.

Cast

 * Jim Backus as Mike O'Toole
 * Nita Talbot as Dora Miles
 * Bobs Watson as Sidney

Episodes

 * "The Woman's Touch" with George Ives as a bigamist con man, Douglas Aldrich.
 * "Floundered in Florida" with Alan Carney as Hogan, Milton Frome as Irving Rudolph, Vivi Janiss as Mrs. Rudolph, and Olan Soule as Elmo