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This is a list of episodes for the television series Kojak. The first five seasons (Pilot + 118 ep.) were aired on CBS from 1973 until 1978. CBS also commissioned a pair of TV movies in 1985 and 1987. ABC revived Kojak in 1989 for five additional TV movies, the last of which aired in 1990.
- It started with a TV movie based on real-life murders. TV writer Abby Mann introduced Savalas’ Kojak — spelled “Kojack” at the time — in the 1973 CBS movie The Marcus-Nelson Murders.
- The show was a family affair — though that wasn’t evident for two seasons. Telly Savalas’ brother George Savalas starred as Detective Stavros on Kojak.
- Savalas used lollipops to curb his smoking habit. Viewers often saw Telly Savalas’ detective character sucking on a lollipop while working a case — a quirk first seen in Kojak’s eighth episode, “Dark Sunday,” per MeTV.
- The show won Emmys, Golden Globes, and even an Edgar. Savalas won the Lead Actor in a Drama Series Emmy Award for his Kojak work in 1974. The following year, guest star Zohra Lampert won an Emmy for her performance in Season 2’s “Queen of the Gypsies.”
CBS. When a Brinks Truck heist goes bad and a hostage situation arises, Kojak races against the clock to difuse the situation. He has two hours to free the hostages from three robbers (Harvey Keitel, James J. Sloyan, Jude Farese) in an Army surplus store.
Jan 10, 2024 · Show Details: Start date: Oct 1973. End date: Mar 1990. Status: cancelled/ended. Network (s): ABC (US) / CBS (US) Run time: 60 min (CBS) / 120 min (ABC) Episodes: 120 eps (CBS) / 5 eps (ABC) Genre (s): Crime/Mystery, Drama. Credits: Telly Savalas as Lt. Theo Kojak. Dan Frazer as Frank McNeil [ 1-5 ] Kevin Dobson as Det. Bobby Crocker [ 1-5 ]
There have been six seasons of Kojak. The first five seasons (Pilot + 118 episodes) were shown on the channel CBS from 1973 to 1978. The Pilot of the series was "The Marcus-Nelson Murders", which was aired on March 8, 1973. The fifth season was the last season in the series' original run.
Release. October 24, 1973 (1973-10-24) – March 18, 1978 (1978-03-18) Kojak is an American action crime drama television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theophilus "Theo" Kojak.
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