The New Mike Hammer

The New Mike Hammer
Format Drama, Mystery
Starring Stacy Keach
Lindsay Bloom
Don Stroud
Kent Williams
Opening theme Harlem Nocturne
Country of origin  United States
No. of episodes 21 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time 60 minutes (with commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel CBS
Picture format Color; NTSC
Audio format Monaural sound
Original run September 27, 1986 – May 13, 1987

The New Mike Hammer is an American television series based on the exploits of the fictitious New York-based private detective Mike Hammer. The show starred Stacy Keach and was essentially a continuation of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, an earlier television program featuring an identical core cast. In fact, similarities between The New Mike Hammer and Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer are so close that many often group the two shows together under the same "Mike Hammer" umbrella. It was a ratings disappointment, undoubtedly due to it having to do battle with the NBC's Top 20 hits The Golden Girls and Amen, but it did manage to outrank ABC's low-rated Heart of the City in that timeslot. It ranked 59th out of 79 shows with an average rating/share of 11.9/19.

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Novels
I, the Jury (1947) • My Gun Is Quick (1950) • Vengeance Is Mine! (1950) • One Lonely Night (1951) • The Big Kill (1951) • Kiss Me, Deadly (1952) • The Girl Hunters (1962) • The Snake (1964) • The Twisted Thing (1966) • The Body Lovers (1967) • Survival... Zero! (1970) • The Killing Man (1989) • Black Alley (1996) • The Goliath Bone (2008)
Films
I, the Jury (1953) • Kiss Me Deadly (1955) • My Gun Is Quick (1957) • The Girl Hunters (1963) • Margin For Murder (TV, 1981) • I, the Jury (1982) • Murder Me, Murder You (TV, 1983) • More Than Murder (TV, 1984) • The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (TV, 1986) • Come Die With Me (TV, 1994) • Mike Hammer: Song Bird (V, 2003)
Television
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958-1960) • Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1984-1985) • The New Mike Hammer (1986-1987) • Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1997-1998)