McDuff, The Talking Dog was a Saturday morning live action television program that aired on NBC in 1976. The show centered around the ghost of a 100-year-old sheepdog who used to live in the home now owned by a veterinarian, Dr. Calvin Campbell (played by Walter Willison). McDuff (voice provided by Jack Lester) could talk not only to the other animals, but also to Dr. Campbell. However, Dr. Campbell was the only person who could hear or see McDuff, which often led to wacky situations.

Dr. Campbell’s neighbor, Amos Ferguson, was played by Gordon Jump, who would later go on to WKRP in Cincinnati fame.

At the beginning of the 1976-77 television season, McDuff, the Talking Dog was part of a three-hour block of six live action shows aired on Saturday mornings on NBC, alongside Land of the Lost, which was entering its third season, and four other new shows: Monster Squad, Big John, Little John, The Kids from C.A.P.E.R. and Muggsy. None of the six shows returned for the beginning of 1977-78 season, with McDuff being the first casualty. It was cancelled after only two months—after airing only 11 of the 13 episodes that had been produced.

Calvin Campbell is a veterinarian, who is also the parent to his sister Kimmy. Now Calvin though not very bright and confident is very nice. Now Amos Ferguson his neighbor wants to buy his property but Calvin refuses so Ferguson is always coming with a new scheme to get Calvin to sell and he almost succeeds. But fortunately for McDuff, a ghost dog who apparently has been watching Calvin's family for generations is there to thwart Ferguson. And McDuff is also a talking dog. But everybody thinks something's wrong with Calvin because they always walk in on him talking to himself cause McDuff only reveals himself to Calvin. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com