Ohara (TV series)

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Ohara

Genre	Crime drama
Running time	60 mins per episode
Creator(s)	Michael Braveman John A. Kuri
Starring	Pat Morita Kevin Conroy Jon Polito Rachel Ticotin
Country of origin	United States
Original channel	ABC
Original run	January 17, 1987–May 7, 1988
No. of episodes	30
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Ohara was an American TV crime drama series that first aired on the ABC television network from January 1987 until May 1988 starring Pat Morita in the title role of Lt Ohara. Morita also co-created the series along with Michael Braveman and John A. Kuri

The series was about a Los Angeles police lieutenant who used spiritual methods such as meditation to solve crimes without the use of a gun or a partner. He often talked in Zen-like epigrams

Kevin Conroy, Jon Polito, Rachel Ticotin and Robert Clohessy also starred in supporting roles. Brandon Lee was one of the guest stars in the series.

The series only lasted two seasons and ended after 30 episodes on May 7 1988 due to poor ratings.

[edit] Format Changes

After a few episodes, the network realised the series had poor ratings and the it went through many format changes to increase the ratings. The first major format chan to change the title character Ohara from a lieutanant to a Federal police officer and he was paired with a partner. These changes didn't affect the show's poor ratings and the series was given one final format change. Ohara and his partner turned into PIs.