Hawkins (TV series)
Hawkins is an American drama series which aired for one season on CBS between 1973 and 1974. The mystery, created by David Karp, starred James Stewart as rural-bred lawyer Billy Jim Hawkins, who investigated the cases he was involved in, similarly to Stewart's earlier smash hit movie Anatomy of a Murder (1959). Despite being critically well received and winning a Golden Globe Award (Best Actor in Television Drama Series, Stewart), the series was cancelled after one season consisting of eight 90-minute episodes. Stewart requested the cancellation since he believed that the quality of scripts and directors in television could not continuously measure up to the level to which he was accustomed with theatrical films.
| Hawkins | |
|---|---|
 Stewart as Billy Jim Hawkins. | |
| Created by | David Karp |
| Starring | James Stewart Strother Martin |
| Theme music composer | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Composer | George Romanis |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Norman Felton |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production companies | Arena-Leda Productions MGM Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | October 2, 1973[1] – March 5, 1974[1] |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Hawkins on Murder (1973) |
Seen as part of The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies, it alternated every third week with the TV movie adaptations of Shaft, along with other' single issue original broadcast TV movies. This was a popular programming strategy in television entertainment programming in the late 1960s and continuing into the 1970s. it was generally known as a wheel series. Two or more regular programs were rotated in the same time slot. Sometimes the wheel series itself was given its own umbrella title and was promoted as a single unit instead of promoting its separate components.
Arena Productions produced Hawkins in association with MGM Television.[2]
Cast
- James Stewart as Billy Jim Hawkins
- Strother Martin as R. J. Hawkins
Episodes
| Nº | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | "Death and the Maiden" | Jud Taylor | David Karp | March 13, 1973 |
| 1 | "Murder in Movieland" | Jud Taylor | David Karp | October 2, 1973 |
| 2 | "Die, Darling, Die" | TBA | TBA | October 23, 1973 |
| 3 | "A Life for a Life" | TBA | TBA | November 13, 1973 |
| 4 | "Blood Feud" | TBA | TBA | December 4, 1973 |
| 5 | "Murder in the Slave Trade" | TBA | TBA | January 22, 1974 |
| 6 | "Murder on the Thirteenth Floor" | TBA | TBA | February 5, 1974 |
| 7 | "Candidate for Murder" | TBA | TBA | March 5, 1974 |