''The Troubleshooters'' is an American adventure

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about a construction team that takes on difficult jobs around the world. It stars Keenan Wynn and

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and aired on

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during the 1959–1960 television season.

Synopsis

Kodiak is a construction engineer who for five years has served as the chief troubleshooter for the Stenrud Corporation, a heavy construction firm.McNeil, Alex, ''Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present, Fourth Edition'', New York: Penguin Books, 1996, , p. 866.Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, ''The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present (Sixth Edition)'', New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, , p. 1067.The Classic TV Archive The Troubleshooters (1959-60) Accessed 20 November 2020
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and around the world to solve difficult problems that crop up in construction projects ranging from

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s to

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s to skyscrapers to

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s to nuclear facilities. The pace of the work has begun to wear on him, and he has begun a slow program of training his assistant, construction engineer Frank Dugan, to replace him eventually. The two men are very different: Kodiak is an older, grizzled, gruff, and brawny veteran of construction work, while Dugan is young, more socially adept, well-educated, soft-spoken, and innocent. As they travel around the United States and the world to troubleshoot problems on construction sites, they learn from one another: Kodiak becomes more civil and Dugan gets stronger and more assertive. Scotty, Skinner, Jim, and Slats are members of their construction crew who frequently work with them on their projects.

Cast

* Keenan Wynn as Kodiak *

as Frank Dugan *

Robert Fortier Robert Fortier (November 5, 1926 – January 1, 2005) was an American film, television and theatre actor. He was known for playing Scotty in the American adventure television series ''The Troubleshooters''. Life and career Fortier was born in ...

as Scotty *

Carey Loftin William Carey Loftin (January 31, 1914 – March 4, 1997, a.k.a. Cary Loftin, Carry Loftin, Carey Lofton, Gary Loftin, William Carey Loftin) was an American professional stuntman, stunt coordinator and actor in the U.S. film industry. He is ...

as Skinner * Bob Harris as Jim * Chet Allen as Slats

Production

''The Troubleshooters'' was a Meridian Productions-

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production, the first network television show produced by United Artists.

Frank P. Rosenberg Frank P. Rosenberg (November 22, 1913 – October 18, 2002) was an American film producer and studio executive. Among his many credits are the films, One-Eyed Jacks, Where The Sidewalk Ends, Critic's Choice, Madigan, The Reincarnation of P ...

and John Gibbs produced the series, and Robert Altman was among its episode directors.

Broadcast history

''The Troubleshooters'' premiered on September 11, 1959, and 26 episodes were produced. It aired on

on Fridays at 8:00 p.m.

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. The show was cancelled after a single season, and its last new episode was broadcast on April 1, 1960. Prime-time reruns of ''The Troubleshooters'' then aired in its regular time slot until June 17, 1960.

Episodes

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Troubleshooters (1969 TV series), The American adventure television series 1959 American television series debuts 1960 American television series endings Black-and-white American television shows NBC original programming Television shows set in the United States English-language television shows