Hawkins
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First Air DateMar 13, 1973
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ProductionMGM Television, Arena Productions
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Rotten tomato72%
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Original titleHawkins
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ReleaseMar 13, 1973
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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.
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Casts
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Billy Jim Hawkins
Season 1 ( 1973-03-13)
Death and the Maiden
Murder in Movieland
Die, Darling, Die
A Life for a Life
Blood Feud
Murder in the Slave Trade
Murder on the 13th Floor
Candidate for Murder
