Hooperman

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Hooperman
Genre
20th Century Fox Television
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseSeptember 23, 1987 (1987-09-23) –
July 19, 1989 (1989-07-19)

Hooperman is an American

dramedy" to describe it.[1][2]

Synopsis

Ritter plays San Francisco police Inspector Harry Hooperman. In the first episode, Hooperman inherits the rundown apartment building he lives in when his elderly landlady is killed in a robbery. He also inherits her temperamental pet

Jack Russell terrier named Bijoux. Due to the demands of his job as a police officer, he hires Susan Smith (played by Debrah Farentino
) to be the building manager, and the pair become romantically involved throughout the first season.

Also starring on the show was Alix Elias as the cheerful and bubbly police dispatcher, Betty Bushkin; Barbara Bosson was Hooperman's divorced superior, Capt. Celeste "C.Z." Stern; Felton Perry as Harry's partner, Inspector Clarence McNeil; Clarence Felder as redneck inspector Boris "Bobo" Pritzger; Joseph Gian as Rick Silardi, a gay cop, and Sydney Walsh as officer Maureen "Mo" DeMott, his patrol partner who was intent on "saving" him from being gay by making unwanted passes. Dan Lauria played Celeste's former husband, Lou Stern.

The theme music was composed by Mike Post.

Guest stars in the series' 42-episode run included: Don Cheadle, Kim Delaney, Dennis Dugan, Norman Fell (who worked with Ritter on The Stone Killer and Three's Company), Miguel Ferrer, Jack Gilford, Mark Hamill, Joanna Kerns (who did a guest spot on Three's Company), Richard Kind, Dan Lauria, Jane Leeves, Lorna Luft, David Paymer, Barbara Rush, and Shannon Tweed.

Except for a brief syndicated run on the

FX Network in the mid 1990s, and the pilot rebroadcast on TV Land
in 2003 following Ritter's death, the series has not aired since then.

Episodes

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
122September 23, 1987 (1987-09-23)May 18, 1988 (1988-05-18)
220November 30, 1988 (1988-11-30)July 19, 1989 (1989-07-19)

Season 1 (1987–88)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		Rating/share
(households)
11"Hooperman"Gregory HoblitSteven Bochco & Terry Louise FisherSeptember 23, 1987 (1987-09-23)5J0121.5/35[3]
22"The Answer My Friend Is Passing in the Wind"Gregory HoblitSteven Bochco & Terry Louise FisherSeptember 30, 1987 (1987-09-30)5J0217.5/28[4]
33"Don We Now Our Gay Apparel"Rick WallaceSteven Bochco & Terry Louise FisherOctober 7, 1987 (1987-10-07)5J0516.8/26[5]
44"Aria da Capo"John PattersonStory by : Steven Bochco
Teleplay by : Leon Tokatyan		October 14, 1987 (1987-10-14)5J0417.9/27[6]
55"John Doe, We Hardly Knew Ye"John PattersonStory by : Lydia Woodward
Teleplay by : Rick Kellard		October 28, 1987 (1987-10-28)5J0612.8/20[7]
66"The Shooting"Nick HavingaStory by : Steven Bochco & Amy K. Milkovich & Ed Milkovich
Teleplay by : Leon Tokatyan		November 4, 1987 (1987-11-04)5J0715.9/25[8]
77"Hot Wired"Michael ZinbergStory by : Steven Bochco & Rick Kellard
Teleplay by : Rick Kellard		November 18, 1987 (1987-11-18)5J0814.7/24[9]
88"Baby Talk"Anson WilliamsSteven HollanderNovember 25, 1987 (1987-11-25)5J1015.0/26[10]
99"Blues for Danny Welles"Kim FriedmanStory by : Robert Rabinowitz & Steven Bochco & Rick Kellard
Teleplay by : Rick Kellard		December 2, 1987 (1987-12-02)5J1117.8/29[11]
1010"I, Witness"Kim FriedmanStory by : Ross Hirshorn
Teleplay by : Leon Tokatyan & Rick Kellard		December 9, 1987 (1987-12-09)5J0916.0/25[12]
1111"Deck the Cell with Bars of Folly"Peter WernerStory by : Steven Bochco
Teleplay by : Peter Nasco		December 23, 1987 (1987-12-23)5J1214.4/25[13]
1212"The Naked and the Dead"Paul LynchStory by : Steven Bochco & Gina Goldman
Teleplay by : Gina Goldman		January 6, 1988 (1988-01-06)5J1315.6/24[14]
1313"The Snitch"Rick WallaceTerry HartJanuary 13, 1988 (1988-01-13)5J1414.2/22[15]
1414"Chariots of Fire"Michael ZinbergJames KramerJanuary 20, 1988 (1988-01-20)5J1515.6/24[16]
1515"High Noon"Kim FriedmanSteven HollanderFebruary 3, 1988 (1988-02-03)5J1616.4/25[17]
1616"Blaste from the Past"Anson WilliamsPhil Kellard & Tom MooreFebruary 10, 1988 (1988-02-10)5J1714.5/22[18]
1717"Tomato Can"John PattersonJohn SchulianMarch 9, 1988 (1988-03-09)5J1913.2/20[19]
1818"Me and Mr. Magoo"Carl GottliebRick KellardMarch 16, 1988 (1988-03-16)5J0313.7/22[20]
1919"Baby on Board"Bethany RooneyGina WendkosApril 6, 1988 (1988-04-06)5J1814.6/24[21]
2020"Trudy and Clyde"Michael ZinbergStory by : Rick Kellard & Steven Hollander
Teleplay by : Phil Kellard & Tom Moore		April 13, 1988 (1988-04-13)5J2012.6/20[22]
2121"Nick Derringer, P.I."Michael ZinbergSteven Bochco & Rick KellardMay 4, 1988 (1988-05-04)5J2214.0/23[23]
2222"Surprise Party"John PattersonStory by : Steven Bochco & Phil Kellard & Tom Moore
Teleplay by : Gary Rosen		May 18, 1988 (1988-05-18)5J2111.1/19[24]

Season 2 (1988–89)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		 Viewers
(millions)
231"Requiem for an S.O.B."Win PhelpsRick KellardNovember 30, 1988 (1988-11-30)6X0121.7[25]
242"We'll Always Have Paris"Alan J. LeviStory by : Rick Kellard & Michael Wagner
Teleplay by : Phil Kellard & Tom Moore & Jill Gordon		December 7, 1988 (1988-12-07)6X0218.2[26]
253"Who Do You Truss?"Alan J. LeviPhil Kellard & Tom MooreDecember 14, 1988 (1988-12-14)6X0319.8[27]
264"In Search of Bijoux"Anson WilliamsJill GordonDecember 21, 1988 (1988-12-21)6X0420.8[28]
275"Look Homeward, Dirtbag"Rob CohenStory by : Jill Gordon & Michael Wagner
Teleplay by : Douglas Steinberg & Rick Kellard & Michael Wagner		January 11, 1989 (1989-01-11)6X0614.2[29]
286"Nightmare in Apartment One"Jeff MelmanPhil Kellard & Tom MooreJanuary 18, 1989 (1989-01-18)6X0719.2[30]
297"Hooperman Goes to Hell in a Handcart"Ron LagomarsinoMichael WagnerJanuary 25, 1989 (1989-01-25)6X0514.0[31]
308"Rashomanny"Ron Lagomarsino
R.W. Goodwin
February 1, 1989 (1989-02-01)6X1017.9[32]
319"In the Still of My Pants"Betty ThomasJill GordonFebruary 8, 1989 (1989-02-08)6X0916.3[33]
3210"The Dating Game"Neema BarnetteSam GreenbaumFebruary 15, 1989 (1989-02-15)6X1216.9[34]
3311"Intolerance"Eric LaneuvilleMichael WagnerFebruary 22, 1989 (1989-02-22)6X1113.9[35]
3412"The Nun and I"Roy Campanella IIVic Rauseo & Linda MorrisMarch 1, 1989 (1989-03-01)6X1416.6[36]
3513"The Sure Thing"Bethany RooneyStory by : Phil Kellard & Tom Moore & Rick Kellard
Teleplay by : Jill Gordon		March 15, 1989 (1989-03-15)6X1314.7[37]
3614"The Long So Long"Jeffrey D. BrownBob Dolan SmithMarch 22, 1989 (1989-03-22)6X1515.7[38]
3715"Stakeout"Max TashJill GordonJune 14, 1989 (1989-06-14)6X189.2[39]
3816"Dog Day Afternoon, Morning and Night"Betty ThomasJill Gordon & Phil Kellard & Tom Moore & Michael WagnerJune 21, 1989 (1989-06-21)6X2010.9[40]
3917"Love Bytes"Arlene SanfordPhil Kellard & Tom MooreJune 28, 1989 (1989-06-28)6X1610.8[41]
4018"Take My Building, Please"Roy Campanella IIRick KellardJuly 5, 1989 (1989-07-05)6X1910.0[42]
4119"Some of That Jazz"Arlene SanfordGlen MerzerJuly 12, 1989 (1989-07-12)6X0810.7[43]
4220"Goodnight, Sweet Hooperman"Betty ThomasMichael WagnerJuly 26, 1989 (1989-07-26)6X1710.6[44]

Home media

On January 24, 2017, Olive Films released both seasons on DVD in Region 1.[45][46]

Awards and nominations

The pilot episode won the 1988

Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series.[47]

References

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External links
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