{{Short description|American television show (2014–2016)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox television | image = Cry_Wolfe_ID_image.jpg | caption = | genre = <!-- Must be reliably sourced --> | creator = | writer = Peter Field<br>Paul Haddad<br>Dustin Rubin | screenplay = | story = | director = Jeffrey R. Daniels<br>Paul Haddad | creative_director = Derek Owen | starring = Brian S. Wolfe<br>Janine McCarthy | composer = Russell E Bell | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 3 | num_episodes = 40 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = Chaney Moon<br>Kelly McPherson<br>Emre Sahin<br>Sarah Wetherbee<br>Paul Haddad<br>Pamela Deutsch | producer = Lisa Lumar<br>Louis Faldetta<br>Jill Rytie Lutz | cinematography = Christian Ortega | runtime = 22 minutes | company = Karga Seven Pictures | first_aired = {{Start date|2014|6|3}}<ref>{{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}}</ref> | 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.<ref name=homenews>{{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}}</ref>
==Production== Wolfe was initially hired to work as a private investigator in several episodes of ''Nathan for You''.<ref>{{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/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921193836/https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/09/21/the-accidental-transcendence-of-nathan-for-you/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 21, 2017 |access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref> After his appearance, he was contacted by Karga Seven Pictures who were looking to do a show about an LA private investigator.<ref name=homenews/> Wolfe provides his case files to the production company who choose which cases they want to use.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Others enjoyed the more "playful" take on the topic, in contrast to the other true crime shows on Investigation Discovery.<ref>{{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://washingtonian.com/2015/12/10/investigation-discovery-women-real-crime-tv-shows-idaddicts/ |access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref>
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Category:Investigation Discovery original programming Category:2014 American television series debuts Category:2016 American television series endings Category:True crime television series