Watch Order
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About Perry Mason
Perry Mason ran 271 episodes over nine CBS seasons from September 1957 to May 1966 with Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale and William Hopper. Cases follow the client in trouble plus courtroom turn with little serialization by modern standards.
Thirty reunion films aired on NBC from December 1985 to April 1995 starting with Perry Mason Returns, with Burr in 26 before his 1993 death. The New Perry Mason from 1973 ran 15 episodes as a separate take, while HBO ran a 2020 to 2023 prequel for two seasons before cancellation.
Good to know
Watch CBS seasons 1 through 9, then the NBC films in air order. The films assume Della and the office history, so they play flat without the series. Treat the 1973 series and HBO prequel as separate branches after, since neither continues the Burr timeline. The HBO run ends cancelled with no third season coming.
