Show first airing was Sept 21. 1973 on NBC on Friday at 9pm

Show competed with CBS friday Night Movies and Room 222 on ABC.

None of these shows would return for the following season.

Room 222 and Needles and Pins were equally bad as they finished #66 and #67 out of 80 shows.

Norman Fell known for Three's Company was a lead character on the show

Joan Rivers appeared in episode 8

4 out of 14 episodes were never aired

Positive Reviews from some critics

Phila Daily News Jim Obrien........."Needles has a nice Pattern"

Cincinnati Enquirer'a Steve Hoffman...."Needles has the best new face of the 73-74 season in Deidre Lenihan"

LA times Cecil Smith......."Needles has a lot going for it, the most notably Norman Fell and a squadron of fine character actors, among them are Louis Nye and Milton Seltzer"



LA Times, 9/23/73
Cincinnati Inquirer, 9/22/73
Philadelphia Daily News, 9/24/73
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