Hooperman

Hooperman
Format	Comedy/Drama
Created by	Steven Bochco Terry Louise Fisher
Starring	John Ritter Felton Perry Debrah Farentino Dan Lauria Barbara Bosson Joseph Gian
Opening theme	Hooperman Theme by Mike Post
Country of origin	USA
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	42
Production
Executive producer(s)	Robert M. Myman
Running time	30 min.
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	September 23, 1987 – July 26, 1989

Hooperman is a U.S. television series starring John Ritter. It ran for two seasons on ABC, from 1987 to 1989. A comedy-drama, the series was created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher who were the team responsible for creating L.A. Law.

Ritter plays San Francisco plainclothes police officer Harry Hooperman. In the first episode, Hooperman inherits the rundown apartment building he lives in when his elderly landlady is killed in a robbery. He also inherits her temperamental pet Jack Russell terrier named Bijoux. Due to the demands of his job as a police officer, he hires Susan Smith (played by Debrah Farentino) to be the building manager, and the pair become romantically involved throughout the first season.

Also starring on the show was Alix Elias as the cheerful and bubbly police dispatcher, Betty Bushkin; Barbara Bosson was Hooperman's divorced superior, Capt. Celeste "C.Z." Stern; Harry's partner, Inspector Clarence McNeil (Felton Perry); Clarence Felder as redneck inspector Boris "Bobo" Pritzger; Joseph Gian as Rick Silardi, a gay cop, and Sydney Walsh as officer Maureen "Mo" DeMott, his patrol partner intent on "saving" him from being gay by making unwanted passes. Dan Lauria played Celeste's former husband, Lou Stern.

The theme music was composed by Mike Post.

Awards

The pilot episode won the 1988 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series.

External links

• Hooperman Page
• Hooperman at the Internet Movie Database
• Hooperman at TV.com