Cry Wolfe
{{Short description|American television show (2014–2016)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Cry_Wolfe_ID_image.jpg
| caption =
| genre =
| creator =
| writer = Peter Field
Paul Haddad
Dustin Rubin
| screenplay =
| story =
| director = Jeffrey R. Daniels
Paul Haddad
| creative_director = Derek Owen
| starring = Brian S. Wolfe
Janine McCarthy
| composer = Russell E Bell
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 3
| num_episodes = 40
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = Chaney Moon
Kelly McPherson
Emre Sahin
Sarah Wetherbee
Paul Haddad
Pamela Deutsch
| producer = Lisa Lumar
Louis Faldetta
Jill Rytie Lutz
| cinematography = Christian Ortega
| runtime = 22 minutes
| company = Karga Seven Pictures
| first_aired = {{Start date|2014|6|3}}{{cite web |last1=Boursaw |first1=Jane |title=Investigation Discovery Unveils 9 New & Returning Shows |url=https://www.reellifewithjane.com/2014/05/investigation-discovery-unveils-9-new-returning-summer-shows/ |website=Reel Life With Jane |access-date=18 January 2021 |date=30 May 2014}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2016|10|4}}
}}
Cry Wolfe is an American television show created for Investigation Discovery. It aired for three seasons, from 2014 to 2016.
Plot
Cry Wolfe uses actors to reenact some of private investigator Brian Wolfe's most interesting cases. His cases include cheating spouses, workplace theft, and blackmail. Wolfe is helped by his investigative assistant, Janine McCarthy.{{cite web |title=Tewksbury Native Brian Wolfe hosts 'Cry Wolfe' on Discovery |last=Bishop |first=Jon |date=June 21, 2014 |newspaper=Tewksbury Town Crier |location=Tewksbury, Massachusetts |url=http://homenewshere.com/tewksbury_town_crier/news/article_46a88b98-f87d-11e3-ad85-0019bb2963f4.html |access-date=18 January 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127230912/http://homenewshere.com/tewksbury_town_crier/news/article_46a88b98-f87d-11e3-ad85-0019bb2963f4.html |archive-date=2021-01-27}}
Production
Wolfe was initially hired to work as a private investigator in several episodes of Nathan for You.{{cite news |title=The Accidental Transcendence of "Nathan for You" |first=Lara |last=Zarum |date=September 21, 2017 |newspaper=The Village Voice |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/09/21/the-accidental-transcendence-of-nathan-for-you/ |access-date=18 January 2021}} After his appearance, he was contacted by Karga Seven Pictures who were looking to do a show about an LA private investigator. Wolfe provides his case files to the production company who choose which cases they want to use.{{cite web |title=What's It Like Being a Private Eye? The Star of Cry Wolfe Tells All |first=Cheryl |last=Eddy |date=July 21, 2015 |website=Gizmodo |url=https://gizmodo.com/whats-it-like-being-a-private-eye-the-star-of-cry-wolf-1719200686 |access-date=18 January 2021}}
Reception
Brian Lowry from Variety considered the show's presentation style to be deceptive and misleading, using shaky hand-held video and a "faux camera crew" to give the impression that the footage was not a reenactment.{{cite magazine |title=TV Review: 'Cry Wolfe' |first=Brian |last=Lowry |date=2 June 2014 |magazine=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/reviews/tv-review-cry-wolfe-1201195885/ |access-date=18 January 2021}} Others enjoyed the more "playful" take on the topic, in contrast to the other true crime shows on Investigation Discovery.{{cite magazine |title=Cable's Campiest Channel Has Perfected the Art of Killing Women |first=Britt |last=Peterson |date=10 December 2015 |magazine=Washingtonian |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/12/10/investigation-discovery-women-real-crime-tv-shows-idaddicts/ |access-date=18 January 2021}}
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