Stephen J. Cannell Television Productions: A History of All Series and Pilots
- ISBN-10
- 0786454016
- ISBN-13
- 9780786454013
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 394
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-09-12
- Publisher
- McFarland
- Author
- Jon Abbott
Description
The face of 1980s television was shaped by a man who stayed behind the scenes. Stephen Cannell’s reluctant white knights—put-upon private eye James Rockford, World War II fly-boys the Black Sheep Squadron, hapless superhero Ralph Hinckley, fugitive mercenaries the A-Team, and maverick cop Hunter—traversed the television landscape from the 1970s to the 1990s. Cannell changed the face of the action-adventure genre, updating the crime-show format with a hybrid of rebellious morality, juvenile wit, intelligent sarcasm, and radical conservatism. This book discusses in detail the programs of the writer-producer and lists every episode of his award-winning productions from the early 1970s to the early ’90s. The book features publicity photos and descriptions of unsold pilots.
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