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Starsky
''Starsky & Hutch'' is an American action television series, which consisted of a 72-minute pilot movie (originally aired as a '' Movie of the Week'' entry) and 92 episodes of 50 minutes each. The show was created by William Blinn (inspired by the success of the then recent movie '' Busting''), produced by Spelling-Goldberg Productions and starred Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul in the title roles, Starsky and Hutch. It was broadcast from April 1975 (pilot movie) to August 1979 on the ABC network. ''Starsky & Hutch'' was distributed by Columbia Pictures Television in the United States and, originally, Metromedia Producers Corporation and later on 20th Television in Canada and some other parts of the world. Sony Pictures Television is now the worldwide distributor for the series. The series later inspired a video game and a feature film. Cast The series' protagonists were two Southern California police detectives: Sergeant David Michael Starsky ( Paul Michael Gla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Television
The action television genre is a style of film that emerged in the 1960s. As with the action film genre, the action television is at term applied flexibly to present itself in conjunction with various tropes of multiple other genre narratives. This is showcased in early examples of the genre such as ''Starsky & Hutch'' (1975–1979) which featured regular sequences of car chases, shoot-outs, explosions, fights and scenes of urban pursuit. The style attaches itself to various other styles of film such as fantasy and horror, with ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1997–2003) and 21st century military themed espionage shows like ''24 (TV series), 24'' (2001–2010, 2014) and ''NCIS (TV series), NCIS''. Unlike the film genre, the action genre for television was described by academic Yvonne Tasker as both was "largely Genre theory, untheorised" and understudied in media academia which she suggested was due to the Low culture, low cultural status of early television works who developed the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starsky And Hutch 1975
''Starsky & Hutch'' is an American action television series, which consisted of a 72-minute pilot movie (originally aired as a '' Movie of the Week'' entry) and 92 episodes of 50 minutes each. The show was created by William Blinn (inspired by the success of the then recent movie '' Busting''), produced by Spelling-Goldberg Productions and starred Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul in the title roles, Starsky and Hutch. It was broadcast from April 1975 (pilot movie) to August 1979 on the ABC network. ''Starsky & Hutch'' was distributed by Columbia Pictures Television in the United States and, originally, Metromedia Producers Corporation and later on 20th Television in Canada and some other parts of the world. Sony Pictures Television is now the worldwide distributor for the series. The series later inspired a video game and a feature film. Cast The series' protagonists were two Southern California police detectives: Sergeant David Michael Starsky ( Paul Michael Glaser) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Brown (actor)
Johnny Brown (June 11, 1937 – March 2, 2022) was an American actor, comedian and singer. He was most famous for his role as building superintendent Nathan Bookman on the 1970s CBS sitcom, '' Good Times''. Brown portrayed Bookman until the series was cancelled in 1979. Life and career A nightclub promoter and performer, his early best role was as a regular cast member of the television series ''Laugh-in''. Brown is mostly remembered for his portly physique, beautiful smile, mobile facial expressions, and easy, pleasant joking style. Brown made appearances on '' The Leslie Uggams Show'', '' Julia'', '' The Flip Wilson Show'', Punky Brewster, ''The Jeffersons'', '' Family Matters'', '' Sister, Sister'', ''The Jamie Foxx Show'', ''The Wayans Bros'', and ''Martin''. He had a recurring role as building super Nathan Bookman in the 1970's TV series '' Good Times''. He had a small role in the 1970 film '' The Out-of-Towners'' starring Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis as a waiter on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rookies
''The Rookies'' is an American police procedural series created by Rita Lakin that originally aired on ABC from September 11, 1972, to March 30, 1976. It follows the exploits of three rookie police officers working in an unidentified city for the fictitious Southern California Police Department (SCPD). History The success of Joseph Wambaugh's book '' The New Centurions'', as well as NBC's ratings success with '' Adam-12'', had sparked interest at the time in a more realistic depiction and storytelling of the typical uniformed police officer. Although various incidents during the late 1960s and early 1970s, particularly in California, had sparked controversy and negative feelings toward police officers in general, ''The Rookies'' tried to better humanize the character of a police officer and show the struggles that new, younger men and women (who were often Vietnam-era military veterans or college graduates) faced in their lives as law enforcement persons sworn to serve and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Ward (actor)
Richard Ward (March 15, 1915 – July 1, 1979) was an American actor on the stage, television, and in films, from 1949 until his death. Though best known through his television appearances late in life, both in sitcoms and police procedurals, Ward also had an extensive film resume and a distinguished stage career, one of the highlights of the latter being his portrayal of Willy Loman in the 1972 production of ''Death of a Salesman'', staged in Baltimore's Center Stage (the first African American production of Arthur Miller's signature opus, produced with the playwright's blessing). Ward's own favorite among his theatrical vehicles was '' Ceremonies in Dark Old Men''. Life and career Ward was born in Glenside, Pennsylvania on March 15, 1915. He worked as a New York City police detective for ten years before beginning his acting career. An Actors Studio alumnus, Ward belatedly made his television debut in 1950 on the '' Perry Como Show'', later appearing on dramatic anthology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African-American Vernacular English
African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) is the variety of English natively spoken, particularly in urban communities, by most working- and middle-class African Americans and some Black Canadians. Having its own unique grammatical, vocabulary, and accent features, AAVE is employed by middle-class Black Americans as the more informal and casual end of a sociolinguistic continuum. However, in formal speaking contexts, speakers tend to switch to more standard English grammar and vocabulary, usually while retaining elements of the vernacular (non-standard) accent. AAVE is widespread throughout the United States, but is not the native dialect of all African Americans, nor are all of its speakers African American. Like most varieties of African-American English, African-American Vernacular English shares a large portion of its grammar and phonology with the regional dialects of the Southern United States, and especially older Southern American English, due to the hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Pedro, Los Angeles
San Pedro ( ; ) is a neighborhood located within the South Bay (Los Angeles County), South Bay and Los Angeles Harbor Region, Harbor region of the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. Formerly a separate city, it consolidated with Los Angeles in 1909. The Port of Los Angeles, a major international seaport, is partially located within San Pedro. The district has grown from being dominated by the fishing industry, to a working class in the United States, working-class community within the city of Los Angeles, to an increasingly dense and diverse community. History Indigenous The peninsula, including all of San Pedro, was the homeland of the Tongva for thousands of years, home to the village of Chowigna, California, Chowigna along and the nearby Suangna, California, Suangna. In other areas of the Los Angeles Basin archeological sites date back to at least about 10,000 years old. The Tongva used seafaring plank canoes or ''Te'aat, te'aats'', found all throughout the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starsky & Hutch (film)
''Starsky & Hutch'' is a 2004 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Todd Phillips. The film stars Ben Stiller as David Starsky and Owen Wilson as Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson and is a film adaptation of the original television series of the same name from the 1970s. Two streetwise undercover cops in the fictional city of Bay City, California in 1975 bust drug criminals with the help of underworld boss Huggy Bear. The film is a prequel to the television series, as it portrays Starsky and Hutch first being partnered. The film also switches the personalities of the title characters. While in the television show, Starsky was curious and streetwise, and Hutch was by-the-book, in the film, Starsky is the serious cop, and Hutch is laid-back. There are four Frat Pack members in this film, although not all are in major roles. The film was released on March 5, 2004, received mixed reviews from critics and was commercially successful, earning $170 million worldwide on a $60 millio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starsky & Hutch (video Game)
''Starsky & Hutch'' is a 2003 vehicular combat video game by British studio Mind's Eye Productions and published by Empire Interactive based on the television series of the same name created by William Blinn. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance and GameCube. Plot and gameplay The game follows the adventures of David Michael Starsky and Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson as they clean up Bay City in their Gran Torino. The game features asymmetric multiplayer gameplay, in which one player controls Starsky as he drives the car whilst another controls Hutch as he shoots enemies and obstacles. These can be performed with various steering wheel and light gun peripherals, such as the GunCon. In single player, players can drive as Starsky with shooting either set to free or auto aim. The game consists of three 'seasons' consisting of several 'episodes'. In each episode, players need to complete objectives, such as chasing down criminals or esc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Television Inc. (abbreviated as SPT) is an American television production company, production and broadcast syndication, distribution studio. Based at the Sony Pictures Studios complex in Culver City, California, it is a division of Sony Entertainment's unit Sony Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment and a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony, Sony Group Corporation. It is the fourth iteration of what had originated as Columbia Pictures' television studio, Screen Gems#Television subsidiary (1948–1974), Screen Gems. History Sony Pictures Television's history goes back to 1947, when Ralph Cohn, whose father Jack and uncle Harry Cohn, Harry co-founded Columbia Pictures, founded Pioneer Telefilms. It was bought by Columbia and renamed Screen Gems#Television subsidiary (1948–1974), Screen Gems in November 1948, reincorporated as Columbia Pictures Television on May 6, 1974, and merged with sister studio TriStar Television (formed in 1986 and relaunched in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Television
20th Television, Inc. (formerly known as TCF Television Productions, Inc., 20th Century-Fox Television and 20th Century Fox Television) is the television studio arm of 20th Century Studios, owned by Disney Television Studios, a division of the Disney Entertainment business segment of the Walt Disney Company. Productions from this company are distributed on/in home video, home media formats by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment through the 20th Century Home Entertainment banner. 20th Television was part of the majority of 21st Century Fox's assets acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, acquired by Disney in 2019. The company's current name was adopted in 2020 when Disney dropped the "Fox" word from the names of the acquired 21st Century Fox assets to avoid brand confusion with Fox Corporation. 20th Television has since become American Broadcasting Company, ABC's flagship television production arm with the closure of ABC Signature on October 1, 2024. Divisions 20th Televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
