Stephen J. Cannell Television Productions

<p> The face of 1980s television was shaped by a man who stayed behind the scenes. Stephen Cannell's reluctant white knights--put-upon private eye James Rockford World War II fly-boys the Black Sheep Squadron hapless superhero Ralph Hinckley fugitive mercenaries the A-Team and maverick cop Hunter--traversed the television landscape from the 1970s to the 1990s. Cannell changed the face of the action-adventure genre updating the crime-show format with a hybrid of rebellious morality juvenile wit intelligent sarcasm and radical conservatism. This book discusses in detail the programs of the writer-producer and lists every episode of his award-winning productions from the early 1970s to the early '90s. The book features publicity photos and descriptions of unsold pilots.</p>