 Originally meant to serve as the pilot for star Richard Widmarks  first (and only) television series, "Brocks Last Case" met with  indifference at NBC, and the network instead asked Widmark to  reprise "Madigan" from the 1968 Universal theatrical film that  earned high ratings when telecast on the network. Widmark and  Universal agreed, and the star made his TV series bow in the  "Madigan" segment of the NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie which aired in  the 1972