Sable (TV series)
Sable | |
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Based on | Jon Sable: Freelance by Mike Grell |
Developed by | Gary Sherman |
Starring | Lewis Van Bergen |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 7 |
Production | |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company(s) |
Sherman-Rosetti Productions Taft Entertainment Television |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Original release | November 7, 1987 – January 2, 1988 |
Sable is an American drama series that aired on ABC during the 1987-1988 season, and is based on the comic book, Jon Sable: Freelance, by Mike Grell. Seven episodes of the series aired.
The show was a one-hour adventure/drama about mercenary and vigilante Jon Sable (Lewis Van Bergen), who by day was children's book author Nicholas Fleming. The program ran on Saturdays at 8:00, and aired its final episode on January 2, 1988. Rene Russo had her first television role on the series. Lara Flynn Boyle also had one of her first acting roles playing a kidnapped girl in the series pilot.
Cast
- Lewis Van Bergen as Jon Sable
- Rene Russo as Eden Kendell
- Ken Page as Joe "Cheesecake" Tyson
- Holly Fulger as Myke Blackmon
- Marge Kotlisky as Cynthia
- John Harkins as Thomas Watertson
Episodes
1. Toy Gun: Series pilot. Sable helps a toy manufacturer whose kidnapped granddaughter's captors are trying to force him to commit suicide in exchange for her life. But as Sable investigates, he finds more going on than he realized.
2. Hunt: The son of the man Sable killed comes to Chicago with the intent to kill Sable.
3.Evangelist: The discovery of a young orphan girl in the apartment of a client leads to Sable uncovering a baby selling scheme at the orphanage...and a murder tied to it. Zelda Rubinstein guest stars.
4.Serial Killer: Sable is asked to protect the latest target of a serial killer...by the killer himself.
5.Copycat: Someone posing as Sable begins taking down those he deems "garbage".
6.Watchdogs: Cheesecake turns to Sable for help when a neighborhood watch group beings going after minorities, just as Sable's estranged stepmother comes to town.
7.Mob: An old friend, who also happens to be a thief, needs Sable's protection when a mobster whose safe was robbed begins targeting other thieves.