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Kojak
American action crime drama television series starring Telly Savalas / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Kojak (disambiguation).
Kojak is an American action crime drama television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theophilus "Theo" Kojak. Taking the time slot of the popular Cannon series, it aired on CBS from 1973 to 1978.
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![]() Title logo, 1973ā1974 | |
Genre | Crime drama |
Created by | Abby Mann (suggested by the book Justice in the Back Room, written by Selwyn Raab) |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 118 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producers | Abby Mann James Duff McAdams Matthew Rapf |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | Universal Television |
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Network | CBS |
Release | October 24, 1973 (1973-10-24) ā March 18, 1978 (1978-03-18) |
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In 1999, TV Guide ranked Theo Kojak number 18 on its 50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time list.[1]
The show currently airs on Sony Pictures' getTV.