Hawkins

Mar 13, 1973 (en) Mystery [90] Min
  • First Air Date
    Mar 13, 1973
  • Production
    MGM Television, Arena Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    72%
  • Original title
    Hawkins
  • Release
    Mar 13, 1973
  • en
    -

Overview

Hawkins is a television series which aired for one season on CBS between 1973 and 1974. The mystery, created by Robert Hamner and 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. Despite being critically well received and winning a Golden Globe Award, the series was cancelled after one season consisting of seven 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. Seen as part of The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies, it alternated with the TV movie adaptations of Shaft. 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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. David Karp

    Producer

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Casts

  1. James Stewart

    Billy Jim Hawkins

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 1 / Crews : 4

Season 1 ( 1973-03-13)

Death and the Maiden

Episode: 1

Murder in Movieland

Episode: 2

Die, Darling, Die

Episode: 3

A Life for a Life

Episode: 4

Blood Feud

Episode: 5

Murder in the Slave Trade

Episode: 6

Murder on the 13th Floor

Episode: 7

Candidate for Murder

Episode: 8
Mar 13, 1973 (en)
Mystery
[90] Min
  • First Air Date Mar 13, 1973
  • Production
    MGM Television, Arena Productions
  • Rotten tomato 72%
Original Title Hawkins
en

Overview

Hawkins is a television series which aired for one season on CBS between 1973 and 1974. The mystery, created by Robert Hamner and 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. Despite being critically well received and winning a Golden Globe Award, the series was cancelled after one season consisting of seven 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. Seen as part of The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies, it alternated with the TV movie adaptations of Shaft. 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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. David Karp

    Producer