Ellery Queen is an American tv detective mystery series on the basis of the fictional character Ellery Queen. It aired on NBC during the 1975-76 tv year and stars Jim Hutton as Ellery Queen, David Wayne as his daddy, Inspector Richard Queen, and Tom Reese as Sgt. Velie. Created by the writing/producing team of Richard Levinson and William Link, the name character"breaks" the fourth wall to request the audience to consider their solution.