Starsky & Hutch (season 1)
| Starsky & Hutch '(season 1) | |
|---|---|
| File:StarskyandHutchComplete1stSeas.jpg Season 1 DVD cover | |
| No. of episodes | 23 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | April 30, 1975 – April 21, 1976 |
| Season chronology | |
The first season of Starsky & Hutch, a 1970s American cop thriller television series,[1] consisted of 23 episodes that aired between April 30, 1975 and April 21, 1976. The show was created by William Blinn, produced by Spelling-Goldberg Productions, and broadcast between April 30, 1975, and May 15, 1979, on the ABC network. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures Television in the United States and, originally, Metromedia Producers Corporation in Canada and some other parts of the world. Sony Pictures Television is now the worldwide distributor for the series. The series featured Paul Michael Glaser as Detective David Starsky, David Soul as Detective Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson, Bernie Hamilton as Captain Harold Dobey, and Antonio Fargas as confidential informant "Huggy Bear".
Episodes
| Episode # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | "Pilot" | Barry Shear | William Blinn & Jeff Kanter | April 30, 1975 |
| 102 | "Savage Sunday" | Jack Starrett | Fred Freiberger | September 10, 1975 |
| 103 | "Texas Longhorn" | Jack Starrett | Michael Mann | September 17, 1975 |
| 104 | "Death Ride (a.k.a. Hellride)" | Gene Nelson | Edward J. Lakso | September 25, 1975 |
| 105 | "Snowstorm (a.k.a. The Mexican Connection)" | Bob Kelljan | Robert I. Holt | October 1, 1975 |
| 106 | "The Fix" | William Crain | Robert C. Dennis | October 8, 1975 |
| 107 | "Death Notice" | William Crain | Robert C. Dennis | October 15, 1975 |
| 108 | "Pariah (a.k.a. What Do You Do When Justice Fails)" | Bob Kelljan | Michael Fisher | October 22, 1975 |
| 109 | "Kill Huggy Bear" | Michael Schultz | Fred Freiberger | October 29, 1975 |
| 110 | "The Bait" | Ivan Dixon | Story by: Don Balluck & James Schmerer Teleplay by: Don Balluck & James Schmerer & Edward J. Lakso | November 5, 1975 |
| 111 | "Lady Blue (a.k.a. Lady Killer)" | Don Weis | Michael Mann | November 12, 1975 |
| 112 | "Captain Dobey, You're Dead" | Michael Schultz | Michael Fisher | November 19, 1975 |
| 113 | "Terror On The Docks" | Randal Kleiser | Fred Freiberger | November 26, 1975 |
| 114 | "The Deadly Imposter" | Dick Moder | Story by: Mann Rubin Teleplay by: Mann Rubin & Michael Fisher & Parke Perine | December 10, 1975 |
| 115 | "Shootout" | Fernando Lamas | David P. Harmon | December 17, 1975 |
| 116 | "The Hostages" | George McCowan | Edward J. Lakso | January 7, 1976 |
| 117 | "Losing Streak" | Don Weis | Story by: Robert I. Holt Teleplay by: Michael Fisher | January 14, 1976 |
Trivia
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Inspired by the same two undercover NYC detectives that also inspired the film The Super Cops. Ford Motor Company marketed around 1,000 special edition Gran Torino hardtops during the 1976 model year with the Starsky and Hutch paint job - the shape of the white stripe was not the same as the TV cars. The Torino was redesigned for 1977 as the LTD II, with the station wagon the sole survivor. The producer wanted to use a green and white Camaro instead of the red and white Ford Torino but the Chevy company were unable to help them. Huggy Bear's last name is Brown. Producer Aaron Spelling wrote that he and the other producers liked to refer to this as TV's first heterosexual love affair. Starsky appeared with his trademark cardigan only three times: Pilot, Terror on the Docks, and Running. In the pilot Starsky uses a Baretta 9mm automatic pistol and Hutch a Smith & Wesson .38 Special revolver. In the regular series, Starsky has swapped to a Colt .45 and Hutch a Colt Python .357 Magnum revolver. Hutch's handgun is the same weapon used by David Soul's vigilante cop character in the Dirty Harry film Magnum Force.[2]
References
- ^ Ozersky, Josh (2003). Archie Bunker's America: TV in an era of change, 1968-1978. SIU Press. p. 120. ISBN 0-8093-2507-1.
- ^ "Starsky and Hutch Trivia". imdb.com. Retrieved January 6, 2012.