Shaft

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.

Aired

1973–1974

Seasons

1 · 7 episodes

Status

Ended

Created by

Ernest Tidyman

Network

CBS

Genres

Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

television series

Genre

crime television series

Country of origin

United States

Cast member

Richard Roundtree

Narrative location

New York City

Image

Richard Roundtree Ed Barth Shaft (television version) 1973.JPG

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