Even Aaron Spelling has produced a clunker or three.
In the winter of 1980, Spelling tried to grab a piece of the Dukes of Hazzard's audience with B. A. D. Cats, which was a melding of two earlier series, Mod Squad (3 cops, 2 guys and 1 girl) and Starsky & Hutch (a cool car and an African-American informant).
Asher Brauner came over from General Hospital for his only lead role, but the series is better remembered for one of the earliest roles of future Hollywood superstar Michelle Pfeiffer. Jimmie Walker (ex-Good Times) was plugged into the "Huggy Bear" spot as Rodney, an ex-con trying to go straight. LaWanda Page (ex-Sanford & Son) turned up as the owner of a neighborhood bar. Whodathunk? 10 episodes were produced, but only six aired before ABC gave up.
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No rating. We watched the Dukes at my house back then.
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Heard of it, though never saw it. By the looks of the intro, it seems they were trying to clone the Dukes by have a brunette and blonde in Starsky's & Hutch's car, with a strawberry blonde "Julie" from Mod Squad, looking to get some intel from their own Dyno-mite Huggy Bear while downing drinks with sassy black barkeep Willona!
BTW, You forgot Vic Morrow! Only two years before his tragic death.
Oh, right. First TV gig since Combat!, I believe.
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