Shaft(1973)
Overview
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, 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.
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Season 1
7 episodes • 1973
Season 1
7 episodes • 1973
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Enforcers | Oct 9, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Killing | Oct 30, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Hit-Run | Nov 20, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Kidnapping | Dec 11, 1973 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Cop Killer | Jan 1, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Capricorn Murders | Jan 29, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Murder Machine | Feb 19, 1974 | 0.0 |
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