The Untouchables is an American crime drama that ran from 1959 to 1963 on the ABC television network. Based on the memoir of the same name by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley, it fictionalizes Ness's experiences as a Prohibition agent fighting crime in Chicago in the 1930s. The show drew harsh criticism from some Italian Americans, including Frank Sinatra, who felt it promoted negative stereotypes of them.