Shaft
All-new Shaft thrills!
1973 - 1974•1 season•7 episodes•~1h 23m•
★7.2(6 ratings)
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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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Did You Know?
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The show's tagline is: "All-new Shaft thrills!"
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The series spans 1 season with 7 episodes in total (avg. 7 per season).
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Each episode runs approximately 75 minutes.
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The series ran from 1973 to 1974 — a total of 1 years on air.
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