What Might've Been: Hooperman (1987)

 They say that the word, "dramedy", was coined in reviews of Hooperman, a 2-season comedy-drama from Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher (L. A. Law) for ABC, marking the return of John Ritter after a couple of years spent making movies after Three's a Crowd, the successor to Three's Company, had ended.

Ritter has the title role as San Francisco police inspector Harry Hooperman, who balances his police work with an additional responsibility as a landlord. Barbara Bosson (fresh from Hill Street Blues) is part of the ensemble.

Before we go further, we could retroactively use "dramedy" to describe earlier comedy-dramas such as Room 222  and M*A*S*H, both of which came from the same studio as Hooperman, 20th Century Fox.

Edit, 2/15/24: Had to change the video. Here's the intro:

Surprisingly, Hooperman didn't draw any interest from my parents when this was on the air. Their interests laid elsewhere at the time.

No rating.