"Shatner also appeared in the film ""Free Enterprise"" in 1998, in which he played himself and tried to dispel the Kirk image of himself from the view of the film's two lead characters. He also has found an outlet in spoofing the cavalier, almost superhuman, persona of Captain Kirk in films such as """" (1982) and ""National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1"" (1993). In 1994, he starred as the murderer in the ""Columbo"" episode ""Butterfly in Shades of Grey"". Besides the ""Star Trek"" films, Shatner landed a starring role on television as the titular police officer ""T. J. Hooker"", which ran"
"ratings of over two million viewers, regularly appearing in the top-ten weekly shows for the channel. Upon the end of the series in 1999, BBC Two immediately began to screen repeats, and the series was also rescreened on ITV3 in 2006, and again on BBC Two from October 18, 2010. A rerun on digital channel True Entertainment began on October 10, 2014 with the pilot, with regular-series episodes following on weekdays from October 13. The premise of the series centres on a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) constable named Benton Fraser (Paul Gross) who travels to Chicago to solve the"
"Hochkarätiger Killer"". Code of Vengeance Code of Vengeance is the umbrella title for a series of American television programs, produced by Universal Television, that aired on NBC in 1985 and 1986. Charles Taylor stars as David Dalton, a Vietnam veteran who has become a drifter, travelling across the United States in a camper van with only his dog for company. Dalton gets involved in the personal lives of the people he meets and uses his fighting skills to help them win justice. The Dalton character was created for ""All That Glitters"", a planned spin-off series from ""Knight Rider"", and a"
"actually the case that the show was placed in a 70-minute timeslot in some markets ""to allow local affiliates time for more advertisements, a local news break, or both."" The TV movie and the penultimate episode were both aired by CBS on May 21, 1986, with the finale one week later on May 28, 1986. The season was done on a much smaller budget and reused action sequences from the previous seasons. William Shatner is the only actor to appear in every episode of the series. Heather Locklear appeared in the second highest number of episodes, appearing in 84 of"
"Squad 85 Squad 85 is an American comedy series created by Gregory Bonsignore that premiered on November 13, 2012 on Justin Lin's YOMYOMF Network. The series premise establishes that, ""In 1985 the Los Angeles Police Department experimented with a secret Time-Travel division, catapulting four of L.A.'s finest 25 years into the future. That future... is NOW!"" Wherein four cops from 1985 time travel to present day, meeting their Chief and Bobby a new recruit to form their own police squad. The series satirizes many 1980s Cop tropes as well as other movies and shows. ""Squad 85"" has received acclaim from"
"made its debut on January 4, 1985 on ABC at 9:00PM Eastern/8:00PM Central and ran until May 16, 1985. The premise of the show is narrated before every episode during the opening titles, voiced by Ernie Anderson: ""This is Jesse Mach, an ex-motorcycle cop, injured in the line of duty. Now a police troubleshooter, he's been recruited for a top secret government mission to ride Street Hawk -- an all-terrain attack motorcycle designed to fight urban crime, capable of incredible speeds up to three hundred miles an hour, and immense firepower. Only one man, federal agent Norman Tuttle, knows Jesse"
"Code of Vengeance Code of Vengeance is the umbrella title for a series of American television programs, produced by Universal Television, that aired on NBC in 1985 and 1986. Charles Taylor stars as David Dalton, a Vietnam veteran who has become a drifter, travelling across the United States in a camper van with only his dog for company. Dalton gets involved in the personal lives of the people he meets and uses his fighting skills to help them win justice. The Dalton character was created for ""All That Glitters"", a planned spin-off series from ""Knight Rider"", and a backdoor pilot"
"The Bill The Bill is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, ""Woodentop"", broadcast in August 1983. In its final year on air, ""The Bill"" was broadcast once a week, usually on Tuesdays or Thursdays, in a one-hour format. The programme focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work. ""The Bill"" was the longest-running police procedural television series in the United Kingdom, and among the longest running of any"
"So far, nine series have been produced, with the most recent beginning in October 2015. It airs in the US on PBS under the title ""Inspector Lewis"". In 2012, ITV aired a two-hour special prequel film, ""Endeavour"", portraying a young Morse, with author Colin Dexter's participation. Set in 1965, Shaun Evans plays the young Detective Constable Morse, who is preparing to hand in his resignation when he becomes embroiled in an investigation involving a missing schoolgirl. This was followed in 2013 by the first series comprising four episodes. In 2014, series 2 was shown, with another four episodes. In January"
"William Shatner William Shatner, (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor, author, producer, director and singer. In his seven decades of television, Shatner became a cultural icon for his portrayal of James T. Kirk, captain of the USS ""Enterprise"", in the ""Star Trek"" franchise. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing Captain Kirk and being a part of ""Star Trek"", and has co-written several novels set in the ""Star Trek"" universe. He has also written a series of science fiction novels called ""TekWar"" that were adapted for television. Shatner also played the eponymous veteran police"
"NBC, the lead character and actor were recycled for a short-lived 1985–1986 series titled ""Code of Vengeance"", in it, David Dalton (Charles Taylor), a Vietnam veteran-turned-drifter, travels across the United States in a camper van, with only his dog for company. Dalton involves himself in the personal lives of people he meets. In a similar fashion to ""Knight Rider"", he uses his fighting skills to help them gain justice over their enemies. The Dalton character was retooled for the planned spin-off series, whose pilot, ""Code of Vengeance"", was a surprise ratings success in June 1985. A subsequent series, to be"
"Police (TV series) Police was a BBC Television documentary television series about Thames Valley Police, first broadcast in twelve episodes from 4 January to 22 March 1982. Produced by Roger Graef and directed by Charles Stewart, it won the BAFTA award for best factual series. Graef was given access to film Thames Valley Police by the Chief Constable, Peter Imbert, who went on to be Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. Filming was based in Reading police station and took place in 1980 and early 1981. The series had a significant impact on debate about the role of the police. The"
"evolved since the original series; and in 2006, an episode of ""Panorama"" looked at the ""A Complaint of Rape"" episode and asked if anything had changed. Police (TV series) Police was a BBC Television documentary television series about Thames Valley Police, first broadcast in twelve episodes from 4 January to 22 March 1982. Produced by Roger Graef and directed by Charles Stewart, it won the BAFTA award for best factual series. Graef was given access to film Thames Valley Police by the Chief Constable, Peter Imbert, who went on to be Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. Filming was based in"
"series, with Michael Legge and Amanda Ryan portraying young police officers Tom O'Leary and Carrie Rogers, alongside original cast member Warren Donnelly as Stan Waterman. The fifth series aired between 1 January 2008 to 15 April 2008. It consisted of 16 episodes, a big expansion from previous series. The sixth series began on 27 January and concluded on 5 May 2009. Again, the series consisted of 16 episodes. The series begins with Debbie's 16th birthday and her break-up from Tom. Ian recovers from amnesia after being struck by a car, and decides he wants more from life than Chatsworth has"
"series, best known for her ""3-M-D-9"" radio call. The series also featured guest stars such as William Shatner, Leslie Nielsen, Donald Pleasence, and Keenan Wynn. Additionally, a then-unknown John Candy made his TV debut in the 1975 episode ""Web of Guilt"". While this series appeared on some stations in Canada in syndication, CTV, which co-produced this series under network president Murray Chercover, did not offer this series to its affiliates until 1972, when the show became ""Police Surgeon"". In December 2014, it was announced that the Retro Television Network would begin broadcasting reruns of ""Police Surgeon"". Season one episodes were"
"The first eight films were commissioned by CBS, and aired from 2005 to 2012. A ninth film was picked up by the Hallmark Channel, and aired on October 18, 2015. A tenth film is currently in the works for a potential 2018 release. The character begins the series at about 35 years old. He is a former minor league baseball shortstop whose career was cut short by a shoulder injury. He was raised in Arizona and California. He was asked to resign from his job as a homicide detective for the LAPD Robbery-Homicide Division because of a drinking problem that"
"was broadcast on ITV under the title ""Woodentop"" on 16 August 1983. ""Woodentop"" starred Mark Wingett as PC Jim Carver and Trudie Goodwin as WPC June Ackland of London's Metropolitan Police, both attached to the fictional Sun Hill police station. Although originally only intended as a one-off, ""Woodentop"" impressed ITV to the extent that a full series was commissioned, first broadcast on 16 October 1984 with one post-watershed episode per week, featuring an hour-long, separate storyline for each episode of the first three series. The first episode of the full series was ""Funny Ol' Business – Cops & Robbers"". With"
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, also referred to as CSI and CSI: Las Vegas, is an American procedural forensics crime drama television series which ran on CBS from October 6, 2000, to September 27, 2015, spanning 15 seasons. The series, starring William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Ted Danson, Laurence Fishburne, Elisabeth Shue, and Jorja Fox, is the first in the ""CSI"" franchise. The series concluded with a feature-length finale titled """". Mixing deduction and character-driven drama, ""CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"" follows a team of crime-scene investigators, employed by the Las Vegas Police Department, as they use"
"ran for two seasons beginning in 1978. In 1987, Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks starred in a movie parody (and homage) to Webb, titled ""Dragnet"", along with Harry Morgan, who reprised his role from the television series as William Gannon, who had by now become a captain of detectives. The comedy film was written and directed by Tom Mankiewicz, in his directorial debut. Aykroyd acted out the role of Joe Friday, described as the nephew of the original series lead, while Hanks co-starred as Detective Officer Pep Streebeck, Friday's new smart-alecky and streetwise partner. Webb's personal life was better defined"
"of 26 episodes. (It was broadcast on 26 consecutive Saturday evenings from 24 September 1955 until 17 March 1956.) It began running in the United States in February 1956, five months after British viewers had seen it. The show starred Boris Karloff as the urbane, tweed-wearing, eye-patched sleuth. No reason was ever given for the wearing of the patch. Other regular actors included Ewan Roberts as Inspector Ames of Scotland Yard and Eric Pohlmann as Inspector Goron of the Paris Sûreté. (In the episode ""The Second Mona Lisa"", Pohlmann played a Middle Eastern character called The Emir.) Roberts' Scottish accent"
"throughout the United States. In May 2012, Shatner was the guest presenter on the British satirical television quiz show ""Have I Got News for You"", during which he coined the portmanteau ""pensioneer"", combining the words ""pensioner"" and ""pioneer"". On July 28, 2012, the premium cable TV channel Epix premiered ""Get a Life!"", a documentary on ""Star Trek"" fandom starring Shatner that takes its title from his infamous ""Saturday Night Live"" line and his 1999 book on the topic. On September 25, 2012, Shatner portrayed the home plate umpire in the music video ""At Fenway"", which was written and recorded by"
"Amazon.com. On April 2, 2013, TGG Direct released seasons 2, 3, and 4 on DVD. Most episodes are also available, for free, via YouTube. Highway Patrol (U.S. TV series) Highway Patrol is a 156-episode action crime drama series produced for syndication from 1955 to 1959. ""Highway Patrol"" stars Broderick Crawford as Dan Mathews, the gruff and dedicated head of a police force in an unidentified Western state. A signature shot of the series is fedora-wearing Mathews barking rapid-fire dialogue into a radio microphone as he leans against the door of his black and white patrol car. Mathews growls ""21-50 to"
"Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen-Years-Later Affair is a 1983 American made-for-television action-adventure film based on the 1964–1968 television series ""The Man from U.N.C.L.E."" starring Robert Vaughn and David McCallum reprising the roles they had originated on that program. Several of the crew from the series also worked on the film, which was produced by Viacom rather than Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Leo G. Carroll had died in 1972, so Patrick Macnee was recruited to appear as an entirely different character, Sir John Raleigh, who had presumably taken over as Number 1 of Section I,"
"ABC Mystery Theater ABC Mystery Theater, also known as just simply Mystery Theater or Mystery Theatre, was an American radio anthology, crime and mystery series from the 1950s. The program starred originally, actor Robert Carroll in the title role of Inspector Mark Saber, a British detective from ""The Homicide Squad"" then by actor Les Damon for seasons two and three. The program also centered on Saber's assistant Sgt. Tim Maloney, originally portrayed by character actor James Westerfield for the first half of season one, actor Douglas Chandler for the second half of season one and finally by character actor Walter"
"The Chinese Detective The Chinese Detective is a British television police procedural drama series, first transmitted by the BBC between 1981 and 1982. The series was created by Ian Kennedy Martin, who had previously devised ""The Sweeney"" and ""Juliet Bravo"". The series starred British Chinese actor David Yip as Detective Sergeant John Ho, the first Chinese lead actor in a British television drama series. The series offered traditional police procedural storylines in a setting of occasional prejudice and distrust within the police force, and the prejudice displayed by those Ho encounters whilst doing his job. Like many other television detectives"
"Morris Minor Traveller. Both series were released on DVD in the UK in a complete box set on 14 April 2008. The Chinese Detective The Chinese Detective is a British television police procedural drama series, first transmitted by the BBC between 1981 and 1982. The series was created by Ian Kennedy Martin, who had previously devised ""The Sweeney"" and ""Juliet Bravo"". The series starred British Chinese actor David Yip as Detective Sergeant John Ho, the first Chinese lead actor in a British television drama series. The series offered traditional police procedural storylines in a setting of occasional prejudice and distrust"
"Police Cadet '85 Police Cadet '85 () is a 1985 TVB police drama TV series starring Tony Leung as male lead and Margie Tsang as female lead with Carina Lau, Chow Yun-fat, Jaime Chik, and Simon Yam in supporting roles. This is the 1st sequel and 2nd series in the Police Cadet trilogy. Maggie Cheung, Sean Lau, Eddie Kwan, Lau Dan and characters from the 1st series ""Police Cadet '84"" are only briefly shown or mentioned. Richard Ng's character who played a minor role in the 1st series plays a more significant role in the 2nd series. The continuing story"
"Madigan (TV series) Madigan is an American crime drama series based on the 1968 film of the same name, starring Richard Widmark as Sgt. Dan Madigan. The show aired on NBC in 1972-73 as part of the ""NBC Mystery Movie"" umbrella series. Dan Madigan is a veteran police officer in New York, now dedicated to investigating cases in Europe. He is incorruptible and organized crime is the target. Despite the fact that the character in the 1968 film version died he was resurrected for this 'Mystery Movie' version which depicted the seedier side of New York for the initial home"
"three 30 minute episodes, shown between 22 September and 6 October 1981 on BBC One. Directed by Michael Simpson, it starred Bernard Hepton as Inspector Goole, Sarah Berger as Sheila Birling, Nigel Davenport as Arthur Birling, Simon Ward as Gerald Croft, Margaret Tyzack as Sybil Birling and David Sibley as Eric Birling. It was repeated on primetime BBC One in three episodes between 17 and 31 August 1982, and as a single 85 minute version on 2 September 1984. An 86-minute ""An Inspector Calls"" film was produced for BBC Television, and first screened on 13 September 2015 on BBC One."
"driving an old Opel Diplomat V8. The setting includes his old partner from the 1980s, Martin Ferchert, who is now the chief of department, and his former wife, who has married the coroner Roland Meisner, who both serve in the same department. In some episodes his adult daughter, Isabelle, appears, whom he had known only as a baby. Amongst the social problems, police psychologist Tanja Haffner tries to conciliate. The series ran first on 12 April 2010 on Sat.1 Television with 2.99 million viewers (or 9.2 percent) somewhat below the average of the TV channel. However viewer share increased especially"
"Booker (TV series) Booker is an American crime drama series starring Richard Grieco that aired on the Fox Network from September 24, 1989, to May 6, 1990. The series is a spin-off of ""21 Jump Street"" and the second installment of the ""Jump Street"" franchise. The character of Dennis Booker was originally a recurring character on that police drama during its third season. Dennis Booker, who once worked for a large metropolitan police department, is now hired by the US office of a large Japanese company to investigate some suspicious insurance claims. Booker is portrayed as despising authority, and he"
"McClain's Law McClain's Law is an American crime drama television series that aired on NBC during the 1981-1982 season. New episodes ended on March 20, and rebroadcasts continued until August 24, 1982. The series starred former ""Gunsmoke"" lead James Arness in a rare non-western role as Jim McClain, a former police detective who was medically retired after being wounded in the leg in a gun battle in the line of duty. He returns to duty thirteen years later to avenge the murder and robbery of a friend, and ends up coming out of retirement in order to share his expertise"
"Barbary Coast (TV series) Barbary Coast is an American television series that aired on ABC. The pilot movie first aired on May 4, 1975 and the series itself premiered September 8, 1975; the last episode aired January 9, 1976. ""Barbary Coast"" was inspired by a similar 19th-century spy series, ""The Wild Wild West"", and like the earlier program, ""Barbary Coast"" mixed the genres of Western and secret agent drama. ""Barbary Coast"" features the adventures of 19th century government agent Jeff Cable (played by William Shatner), and his pal, conman and gambler Cash (""Cash makes no enemies"") Conover (Doug McClure; played"