Shaft (TV series)
| Shaft |
| Starring |
Richard Roundtree |
| Country of origin |
United States |
| Language(s) |
English |
| No. of seasons |
1 |
| No. of episodes |
7 |
| Broadcast |
| Original channel |
CBS |
| Original run |
October 9, 1973 – February 19, 1974 |
| Chronology |
| Preceded by |
Shaft (1971 film) |
Shaft is a series of TV movies that aired along with Hawkins during 1973-74 television season on The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies. The series was based on three films beginning with Shaft (released in 1971), and starring Richard Roundtree as private detective John Shaft.
Because it was aired on over-the-air television, CBS felt that the character needed to be toned down. Now instead of working against the police, he worked with them. The series rotated with Hawkins starring James Stewart as a country lawyer who investigates his cases, similarly to his earlier film Anatomy of a Murder. Contemporary analysts suggested that since the two shows appealed to vastly different audience bases, alternating them only served to confuse fans of both series, giving neither one the time to build up a large viewership.
Episodes
| # |
Title |
Original Airdate |
| 1 |
"The Enforcers" |
October 9, 1973 (1973-10-09) |
| 2 |
"The Killing" |
October 30, 1973 (1973-10-30) |
| 3 |
"Hit-Run" |
November 20, 1973 (1973-11-20) |
| 4 |
"The Kidnapping" |
December 11, 1973 (1973-12-11) |
| 5 |
"Cop Killer" |
January 1, 1974 (1974-01-01) |
| 6 |
"The Capricorn Murders" |
January 29, 1974 (1974-01-29) |
| 7 |
"The Murder Machine" |
February 19, 1974 (1974-02-19) |
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