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Kojak

Cop/Detective/Mystery Series

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Kojak is an American television detective series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, a lollipop-loving New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak. It aired from October 24, 1973, to March 18, 1978, on CBS.

Created by: Abby Mann

Starring Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas, Mark Russell, Vince Conti, Andre Braugher

No. of seasons 6

No. of episodes 125

Executive producers: Abby Mann and James Duff McAdams

Running time 60 minutes

Original channel CBS

Original run October 24, 1973 – March 18, 1978

 

People Who Talked About This Show

  • Abby Mann
  • Fred Silverman
  • Roscoe Orman

Featured Content

Video clip: Opening title sequence from Kojak (1973)

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People Talking About This Show

  • Abby Mann
    • Abby Mann on writing the TV movie The Marcus Nelson Murders, which was the pilot movie for Kojak; on the development of Kojak
      (15m 40s)
  • Roscoe Orman
    • Roscoe Orman on his appearance on Kojak (01m 00s)
  • Fred Silverman
    • Fred Silverman on the development of Kojak, its origin as a television movie called The Marcus Nelson Murders, and on getting Telly Savalas to play the lead in the series (02m 57s)
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Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2012-01-23 23:12.

I was born right after Kojak went off the air. I have seen some reruns on dish tv Atlanta though, and I think it is a classic tv show. Telly Savalas was great in the show. I can't believe it aired for 125 episodes. What a great run for a television show!

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