Screenplay: Stephen J. Cannell

Direction Stephen J. Cannell · Roy Huggins · William Wiard · Lawrence Doheny

Cast James Garner · Lindsay Wagner · William Smith · Nita Talbot

Plot TV Series (1974-1980). 123 episodes. Series about an ex-con-turned-private-investigator named Jim Rockford who would rather run away than fight and would rather go fishing than work. He isn't a coward,...

Direction Richard Quine

Cast Peter Falk · Robert Culp · Robert Middleton · Chuck McCann

Plot A self-styled "motivation research specialist" uses subliminal cues to commit a murder. Lt. Columbo is on the case.

Direction Miles Watkins · Rachel Feldman · Barbara Amato · Richard Compton

Cast Michael Chiklis · Kaj-Erik Eriksen · Theresa Saldana · Melinda McGraw

Plot Tony Scali is the police commissioner in a small town, where solutions to difficult situations often require considerable creativity. Tony's easygoing manner and clever intellect are much more useful to...

Direction Stephen J. Cannell · Arnold Laven · Ivan Dixon · Rod Holcomb

Cast William Katt · Robert Culp · Connie Sellecca · Michael Paré

Plot TV Series (1981-1983). 3 Seasons. 44 Episodes. A pair of strangers, liberal high-school teacher Ralph Hinkley and right-wing FBI agent Bill Maxwell, have a close encounter in the Southern California...

Direction Stephen J. Cannell · Frank Lupo · Michael O'Herlihy · Dennis Donnelly

Cast George Peppard · Mr. T · Dwight Schultz · Dirk Benedict

Plot TV Series (1983-1987). 5 Seasons. 98 Episodes. Four Vietnam vets, framed for a crime they didn't commit, help the innocent while on the run from the military.

Direction Jack Webb · Robert A. Cinader · Dennis Donnelly · Phil Rawlins

Cast Martin Milner · Kent McCord · William Boyett · Fred Stromsoe

Direction Stephen J. Cannell · Frank Lupo · Michael Lange · Bob Bralver

Cast Perry King · Joe Penny · Thom Bray · Jack Ging

Plot Three vietnam veterans (Nick Ryder, Cody Allen and Murray Bozinsky) now work as private eyes in sunny southern California. Nick and Cody are the muscles and Murray is a computer...

Direction Stephen J. Cannell · Don Medford · Bernard L. Kowalski · Robert Douglas

Cast Robert Blake · Tom Ewell · Michel D. Roberts · Ed Grover

Plot Streetwise, undercover, unconventional cop Baretta solves crimes, often using disguises, with the help of stoolie Rooster and pet cockatoo Fred.

Direction Stephen J. Cannell · Patrick Hasburgh · James Whitmore Jr. · Kim Manners

Cast Johnny Depp · Steven Williams · Peter DeLuise · Holly Robinson Peete

Plot 21 Jump Street is the headquarters for a squad of police officers who specialize in investigations relating to young people. Each of the Jump St. personnel was selected for their...

Direction Phil Lord · Christopher Miller

Cast Jonah Hill · Channing Tatum · Brie Larson · Dave Franco

Plot A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring. When Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing...

Direction Stephen J. Cannell · Eric Blakeney · Jefferson Kibbee · Mark Sobel

Cast Richard Grieco · Katie Rich · Carmen Argenziano · Lori Petty

Plot Dennis Booker, an ex-cop, is hired by the US office of a large Japanese company to investigate some suspect insurance claims. He is very anti-authority, resents being told what to...

Direction Stephen J. Cannell · John Paragon · Ralph Hemecker · Carl Weathers

Cast Mitzi Kapture · Rob Estes · Charlie Brill · Janet Gunn

Plot TV Series (1991-1999). Cassandra "Cassy" St. John and Tom Ryan are the new duo in town. It is now their job to catch the killers of Palm Beach. They are...

Direction Stephen J. Cannell · Steven Long Mitchell · Craig W. Van Sickle · Brad Turner

Cast Michael Dudikoff · Allison Hossack · James Tolkan · Sandra Nelson

Plot When the traditional judicial system fails, there is an alternative: a special government agency that focuses on the victims.

Direction Steven R. Monroe

Cast Cerina Vincent · Greg Kean · Samaya Jardey · Dominic Zamprogna

Plot The lonely forest ranger Danielle St. Claire works alone in Tower 19 of the Forestry Department of a remote National Park. Danny is grieving the loss of her best friend...

Direction Stephen J. Cannell · Terrence O'Hara · Ralph Hemecker · Michael Levine

Cast Lorenzo Lamas · Branscome Richmond · Kathleen Kinmont · Ron Johnson

Plot TV Series (1992-1997). 5 Seasons. One of the most popular syndicated shows of the 1990s, RENEGADE starred action man Lorenzo Lamas as former cop Reno Raines. As a police officer,...

Direction Stephen J. Cannell · Frank Lupo · Bill Corcoran · Robert Iscove

Cast Ken Wahl · Jonathan Banks · Jim Byrnes · Dwight Koss

Direction John Peyser · Sigmund Neufeld Jr. · Bruce Kessler · Leo Penn

Cast Robert Wagner · Eddie Albert · Charlie Callas · Sharon Gless

Plot Ex-cop Frank McBride (Eddie Albert) and ex-con Pete Ryan (Robert Wagner) start their own detective agency.

Direction Stephen J. Cannell · David Hemmings · Rob Bowman · Larry Shaw

Cast Nick Mancuso · James Handy · Barbara Williams · Lisa Rafel

Plot Ray is a shadowy character with a mysterious 'secret agent' past. People in trouble often come to him for help, since he has a lot of important and powerful contacts....

Direction Don Medford · Robert Douglas · Douglas Heyes · Hy Averback

Cast Wayne Rogers · Pepper Martin · Meredith Baxter · Steve Kanaly

Plot TV Series (1976-). 13 episodes. Wayne Rogers plays a determined but unethical private detective, Jake Axminster, who looks out for himself -and somewhat less aggressively for his clients- amid the...

Direction Stuart Margolin

Cast James Garner · Marcia Strassman · Joe Santos · David Proval

Plot Rockford attempts to help his friend, Babs prove that her son was murdered by a mobster. After Babs is murdered, Rockford uses clues from her diary to help his investigation...