High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A Nero Wolfe Mystery is a television series adapted from Rex Stout`s classic series of detective stories that aired for two seasons (2001–2002) on the A E Network. Set in New York City in the early 1950s, the stylized period drama stars Maury Chaykin as Nero Wolfe and Timothy Hutton as Archie Goodwin. A Nero Wolfe Mystery was one of the Top 10 Basic Cable Dramas for 2002.