Hawkins (TV series)

Hawkins is an American drama series which aired for one season on CBS between 1973 and 1974. The mystery, created by David Karp, starred James Stewart as rural-bred lawyer Billy Jim Hawkins, who investigated the cases he was involved in, similarly to Stewart's earlier smash hit movie Anatomy of a Murder (1959). Despite being critically well received and winning a Golden Globe Award (Best Actor in Television Drama Series, Stewart), the series was cancelled after one season consisting of eight 90-minute episodes. Stewart requested the cancellation since he believed that the quality of scripts and directors in television could not continuously measure up to the level to which he was accustomed with theatrical films.

Hawkins
Stewart as Billy Jim Hawkins.
Created byDavid Karp
StarringJames Stewart
Strother Martin
Theme music composerJerry Goldsmith
ComposerGeorge Romanis
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producerNorman Felton
Running time90 minutes
Production companiesArena-Leda Productions
MGM Television
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseOctober 2, 1973 (1973-10-02)[1] –
March 5, 1974 (1974-03-05)[1]
Chronology
Preceded byHawkins on Murder (1973)

Seen as part of The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies, it alternated every third week with the TV movie adaptations of Shaft, along with other' single issue original broadcast TV movies. This was a popular programming strategy in television entertainment programming in the late 1960s and continuing into the 1970s. it was generally known as a wheel series. Two or more regular programs were rotated in the same time slot. Sometimes the wheel series itself was given its own umbrella title and was promoted as a single unit instead of promoting its separate components.

Arena Productions produced Hawkins in association with MGM Television.[2]

Cast

Episodes
Nº Title Directed by Written by Original air date
0"Death and the Maiden"Jud TaylorDavid KarpMarch 13, 1973 (1973-03-13)
1"Murder in Movieland"Jud TaylorDavid KarpOctober 2, 1973 (1973-10-02)
2"Die, Darling, Die"TBATBAOctober 23, 1973 (1973-10-23)
3"A Life for a Life"TBATBANovember 13, 1973 (1973-11-13)
4"Blood Feud"TBATBADecember 4, 1973 (1973-12-04)
5"Murder in the Slave Trade"TBATBAJanuary 22, 1974 (1974-01-22)
6"Murder on the Thirteenth Floor"TBATBAFebruary 5, 1974 (1974-02-05)
7"Candidate for Murder"TBATBAMarch 5, 1974 (1974-03-05)

References
  1. Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1979). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows: 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-25525-9. Pp. 254-255.
  2. McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television. Penguin Books USA, Inc. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8. P. 365.


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