Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CBS via Getty The cast of 'Perry Mason.' From left: Barbara Hale, Ray Collins, Raymond Burr, William Talman and William Hopper.

While procedurals usually revolve around catching the crooks and criminals, television's pioneer courtroom drama Perry Mason first posed the question "What if they didn't do it?" Airing from 1957 to ...