Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: October 24, 1973
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 118
Networks: ABC, CBS
Genres: Crime, Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery

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Kojak(1973)
Comeback King
This show finished strong! The final season's average rating was higher than the previous one.

Who loves ya, baby?

TMDB Rating: 7.0 (122 votes)

Overview

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.

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Season 1

22 episodes • 1973Avg: 6.9

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Siege of Terror	Oct 24, 1973	7.0
2	Web of Death	Oct 31, 1973	7.0
3	One for the Morgue	Nov 7, 1973	7.0
4	Knockover	Nov 14, 1973	7.0
5	Girl in the River	Nov 21, 1973	0.0
6	Requiem for a Cop	Nov 28, 1973	8.0
7	The Corrupter	Dec 5, 1973	7.0
8	Dark Sunday	Dec 12, 1973	0.0
9	Conspiracy of Fear	Dec 19, 1973	0.0
10	Cop in a Cage	Jan 2, 1974	0.0
11	Marker to a Dead Bookie	Jan 16, 1974	0.0
12	Last Rites for a Dead Priest	Jan 23, 1974	0.0
13	Death Is Not a Passing Grade	Jan 30, 1974	0.0
14	Die Before They Wake	Feb 6, 1974	0.0
15	Deliver Us Some Evil	Feb 13, 1974	0.0
16	Eighteen Hours of Fear	Feb 20, 1974	0.0
17	Before the Devil Knows	Feb 27, 1974	5.0
18	Dead on His Feet	Mar 6, 1974	0.0
19	Down a Long and Lonely River	Mar 20, 1974	0.0
20	Mojo	Mar 27, 1974	0.0
21	Therapy in Dynamite	Apr 10, 1974	0.0
22	The Only Way Out	May 8, 1974	0.0

Season 2

25 episodes • 1974

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The Chinatown Murders (1)	Sep 15, 1974
2	The Chinatown Murders (2)	Sep 15, 1974
3	Hush Now, Don't You Die	Sep 22, 1974
4	A Very Deadly Game	Sep 29, 1974
5	Wall Street Gunslinger	Oct 6, 1974
6	Slay Ride	Oct 13, 1974
7	Nursemaid	Oct 20, 1974
8	You Can't Tell a Hurt Man How to Holler	Oct 27, 1974
9	The Best Judge Money Can Buy	Nov 3, 1974
10	A Souvenir from Atlantic City	Nov 10, 1974
11	A Killing in the Second House	Nov 17, 1974
12	The Best War in Town	Nov 24, 1974
13	Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die	Dec 1, 1974
14	The Betrayal	Dec 15, 1974
15	Loser Takes All	Dec 22, 1974
16	Close Cover Before Killing	Jan 5, 1975
17	Acts of Desperate Men	Jan 12, 1975
18	Queen of the Gypsies	Jan 19, 1975
19	Night of the Piraeus	Jan 26, 1975
20	Elegy in an Asphalt Graveyard	Feb 2, 1975
21	The Good Luck Bomber	Feb 9, 1975
22	Unwanted Partners	Feb 16, 1975
23	Two-Four-Six for Two Hundred	Feb 23, 1975
24	The Trade-Off	Mar 2, 1975
25	I Want to Report a Dream	Mar 9, 1975

Season 3

24 episodes • 1975Avg: 10.0Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	A Question of Answers (1)	Sep 14, 1975	0.0
2	A Question of Answers (2)	Sep 14, 1975	0.0
3	My Brother, My Enemy	Sep 21, 1975	10.0
4	Sweeter Than Life	Sep 28, 1975	0.0
5	Be Careful What You Pray For	Oct 5, 1975	0.0
6	Secret Snow, Deadly Snow	Oct 12, 1975	0.0
7	Life, Liberation, and the Pursuit of Death	Oct 26, 1975	0.0
8	Out of the Frying Pan . . .	Nov 2, 1975	0.0
9	Over the Water	Nov 9, 1975	0.0
10	The Nicest Guys on the Block	Nov 16, 1975	0.0
11	No Immunity for Murder	Nov 23, 1975	0.0
12	A Long Way from Times Square	Nov 30, 1975	0.0
13	Money Back Guarantee	Dec 7, 1975	0.0
14	A House of Prayer, a Den of Thieves	Dec 14, 1975	0.0
15	How Cruel the Frost, How Bright the Stars	Dec 21, 1975	0.0
16	The Forgotten Room	Jan 4, 1976	0.0
17	On the Edge	Jan 11, 1976	0.0
18	A Wind from Corsica	Jan 18, 1976	0.0
19	Bad Dude	Jan 25, 1976	0.0
20	A Grave Too Soon	Feb 1, 1976	0.0
21	The Frame	Feb 8, 1976	0.0
22	Deadly Innocence	Feb 15, 1976	10.0
23	Justice Deferred	Feb 22, 1976	0.0
24	Both Sides of the Law	Mar 7, 1976	0.0

Season 4

25 episodes • 1976

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Birthday Party	Sep 26, 1976
2	A Summer Madness	Oct 3, 1976
3	Law Dance	Oct 10, 1976
4	Out of the Shadows	Oct 17, 1976
5	A Need to Know	Oct 24, 1976
6	An Unfair Trade	Oct 31, 1976
7	A Hair-Trigger Away	Nov 7, 1976
8	By Silence Betrayed	Nov 14, 1976
9	A Shield for Murder (1)	Nov 21, 1976
10	A Shield for Murder (2)	Nov 21, 1976
11	The Pride and the Princess	Nov 28, 1976
12	Black Thorn	Dec 5, 1976
13	Where Do You Go When You Have No Place To Go?	Dec 12, 1976
14	Dead Again	Dec 19, 1976
15	The Godson	Jan 4, 1977
16	The Condemned	Jan 11, 1977
17	When You Hear the Beep, Drop Dead	Jan 18, 1977
18	I Was Happy Where I Was	Jan 25, 1977
19	Kojak's Days (1)	Feb 1, 1977
20	Kojak's Days (2)	Feb 8, 1977
21	Monkey on a String	Feb 15, 1977
22	Kiss it All Goodbye	Feb 22, 1977
23	Lady in the Squad Room	Mar 8, 1977
24	Sister Maria	Mar 15, 1977
25	Another Gypsy Queen	Mar 22, 1977

Season 5

22 episodes • 1977

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The Queen of Hearts Is Wild	Oct 2, 1977
2	A Strange Kind of Love	Oct 9, 1977
3	Laid Off	Oct 16, 1977
4	Cry for the Kids	Oct 23, 1977
5	Once More from Birdland	Oct 30, 1977
6	Caper on a Quiet Street	Nov 6, 1977
7	Letters of Death	Nov 13, 1977
8	Tears for All Who Loved Her	Nov 20, 1977
9	The Summer of '69 (1)	Dec 4, 1977
10	The Summer of '69 (2)	Dec 10, 1977
11	Case Without a File	Dec 17, 1977
12	I Could Kill My Wife's Lawyer	Dec 24, 1977
13	Justice for All	Jan 7, 1978
14	Mouse	Jan 21, 1978
15	Chain of Custody	Jan 28, 1978
16	The Captain's Brother's Wife	Feb 4, 1978
17	No License to Kill	Feb 11, 1978
18	The Halls of Terror	Feb 18, 1978
19	May the Horse Be with You	Feb 25, 1978
20	Photos Must Credit Joe Paxton	Mar 4, 1978
21	60 Miles to Hell	Mar 11, 1978
22	In Full Command	Mar 18, 1978

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