List of Kojak episodes
This is a list of episodes of the television series Kojak.
| Kojak | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | Abby Mann |
| Starring | Telly Savalas Dan Frazer Kevin Dobson George Savalas Mark Russell Vince Conti Andre Braugher |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 125 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Abby Mann James Duff McAdams |
| Running time | 60 minutes (per episode) |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | October 24, 1973 – March 18, 1978 |
There have been six seasons of Kojak. The first five seasons (Pilot + 118 episodes) were shown on the channel CBS from 1973 to 1978. The Pilot of the series was "The Marcus-Nelson Murders", which was aired on March 8, 1973. The fifth season was the last season in the series' original run. Then, in the mid-1980s, CBS aired two TV-movies: "The Belarus File" and "The Price of Justice". The series was revived (brought back) in 1989, with a sixth season. In this season, Kojak had the rank of captain. The sixth season is the final season. It consisted of 5 episodes; it was shown on ABC. The last episode was shown on April 7, 1990.
Lt. Theo Kojak is the main character of the series. He is played by Telly Savalas in every episode.
Series overview
| Season | Network | Episodes | Premiered: | Ended: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot | CBS | 1 | March 8, 1973 | ||
| 1 | CBS | 22 | October 31, 1973 | May 8, 1974 | |
| 2 | CBS | 25 | September 15, 1974 | March 9, 1975 | |
| 3 | CBS | 24 | September 14, 1975 | March 7, 1976 | |
| 4 | CBS | 25 | September 26, 1976 | March 22, 1977 | |
| 5 | CBS | 22 | October 2, 1977 | March 18, 1978 | |
| TVMs | CBS | 2 | February 16, 1985 | February 21, 1987 | |
| 6 | ABC | 5 | November 2, 1989 | April 7, 1990 | |
DVD / Blu-ray releases
| Product | Episodes | DVD release date | Blu-ray release date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States (R1) | United Kingdom (R2) | Australia (R4) | ||||
| Season 1 | 22 | March 22, 2005 | July 18, 2005 | July 13, 2005 | -- | |
| Season 2 | 25 | September 27, 2011 | April 26, 2010 | -- | -- | |
| Season 3 | 24 | March 20, 2012 | April 26, 2010 | -- | -- | |
| Season 4 | 25 | May 1, 2012 | 29 August 2011 | -- | -- | |
| Season 5 | 22 | September 11, 2012[1] | 29 August 2011 | -- | -- | |
| TV Movies & Season 6 | 8 | January 24, 2012 | -- | -- | -- | |
| The Complete Series | 125 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
Episodes
Pilot
"The Marcus-Nelson Murders" / Original air date: March 8, 1973
A true story about the double murder of two white girls in New York City (The Wylie-Hoffert Career Girl Murders, 1963). Police arrest a black male, unjustly accusing him of being the murderer, but Kojak tries to show that the suspect was innocent of the crime.[2][3][4] The episode is directed by Joseph Sargent.
Season 1
1973–74
| # | Title | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Siege of Terror" | October 24, 1973 |
| 2 | "Web of Death" | October 31, 1973 |
| 3 | "One for the Morgue" | November 7, 1973 |
| 4 | "Knockover" | November 14, 1973 |
| 5 | "Girl in the River" | November 21, 1973 |
| 6 | "Requiem for a Cop" | November 28, 1973 |
| 7 | "The Corrupter" | December 5, 1973 |
| 8 | "Dark Sunday" | December 12, 1973 |
| 9 | "Conspiracy of Fear" | December 19, 1973 |
| 10 | "Cop in a Cage" | January 2, 1974 |
| 11 | "Marker to a Dead Bookie" | January 16, 1974 |
| 12 | "Last Rites for a Dead Priest" | January 23, 1974 |
| 13 | "Death is Not a Passing Grade" | January 30, 1974 |
| 14 | "Die Before They Wake" | February 6, 1974 |
| 15 | "Deliver Us Some Evil" | February 13, 1974 |
| 16 | "Eighteen Hours of Fear" | February 20, 1974 |
| 17 | "Before the Devil Knows" | February 27, 1974 |
| 18 | "Dead on His Feet" | March 6, 1974 |
| 19 | "Down a Long and Lonely River" | March 20, 1974 |
| 20 | "Mojo" | March 27, 1974 |
| 21 | "Therapy in Dynamite" | April 10, 1974 |
| 22 | "The Only Way Out" | May 8, 1974 |
Season 2
1974–75
| # | Title | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | "The Chinatown Murders (1)" | September 15, 1974 |
| 24 | "The Chinatown Murders (2)" | September 15, 1974 |
| 25 | "Hush Now, or You'll Die" | September 22, 1974 |
| 26 | "A Very Deadly Game" | September 29, 1974 |
| 27 | "Wall Street Gunslinger" | October 6, 1974 |
| 28 | "Slay Ride" | October 13, 1974 |
| 29 | "Nursemaid" | October 20, 1974 |
| 30 | "You Can't Tell a Hurt Man How to Holler" | October 30, 1974 |
| 31 | "The Best Judge Money Can Buy" | November 3, 1974 |
| 32 | "A Souvenir from Atlantic City" | November 10, 1974 |
| 33 | "A Killing in the Second House" | November 17, 1974 |
| 34 | "The Best War in Town" | November 24, 1974 |
| 35 | "Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die" | December 1, 1974 |
| 36 | "The Betrayal" | December 15, 1974 |
| 37 | "Loser Takes All" | December 22, 1974 |
| 38 | "Close Cover Before Killing" | January 5, 1975 |
| 39 | "Acts of Desperate Men" | January 12, 1975 |
| 40 | "Queen of the Gypsies" | January 19, 1975 |
| 41 | "Night of the Piraeus" | January 26, 1975 |
| 42 | "Elegy in an Asphalt Graveyard" | February 2, 1975 |
| 43 | "The Good Luck Bomber" | February 9, 1975 |
| 44 | "Unwanted Partners" | February 16, 1975 |
| 45 | "Two-Four-Six for Two Hundred" | February 23, 1975 |
| 46 | "The Trade-Off" | March 2, 1975 |
| 47 | "I Want to Report a Dream" | March 9, 1975 |
Season 3
1975–76
| # | Title | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 48 | "A Question of Answers (1)" | September 14, 1975 |
| 49 | "A Question of Answers (2)" | September 14, 1975 |
| 50 | "My Brother, My Enemy" | September 21, 1975 |
| 51 | "Sweeter Than Life" | September 21, 1975 |
| 52 | "Be Careful What You Pray For" | October 5, 1975 |
| 53 | "Secret Snow, Deadly Snow" | October 12, 1975 |
| 54 | "Life, Liberation, and the Pursuit of Death" | October 26, 1975 |
| 55 | "Out of the Frying Pan…" | November 2, 1975 |
| 56 | "Over the Water" | November 09, 1975 |
| 57 | "The Nicest Guys on the Block" | November 16, 1975 |
| 58 | "No Immunity for Murder" | November 23, 1975 |
| 59 | "A Long Way from Times Square" | November 30, 1975 |
| 60 | "Money Back Guarantee" | December 7, 1975 |
| 61 | "A House of Prayer, a Den of Thieves" | December 14, 1975 |
| 62 | "How Cruel the Frost, How Bright the Stars" | December 21, 1975 |
| 63 | "The Forgotten Room" | January 4, 1976 |
| 64 | "On the Edge" | January 11, 1976 |
| 65 | "A Wind from Corsica" | January 18, 1976 |
| 66 | "Bad Dude" | January 25, 1976 |
| 67 | "A Grave Too Soon" | February 1, 1976 |
| 68 | "The Frame" | February 8, 1976 |
| 69 | "Deadly Innocence" | February 15, 1976 |
| 70 | "Justice Deferred" | February 22, 1976 |
| 71 | "Both Sides of the Law" | March 7, 1976 |
Season 4
1976–77
| # | Title | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 72 | "Birthday Party" | September 26, 1976 |
| 73 | "A Summer Madness" | October 3, 1976 |
| 74 | "Law Dance" | October 10, 1976 |
| 75 | "Out of the Shadows" | October 17, 1976 |
| 76 | "A Need to Know" | October 24, 1976 |
| 77 | "An Unfair Trade" | October 31, 1976 |
| 78 | "A Hair-Trigger Away" | November 7, 1976 |
| 79 | "By Silence Betrayed" | November 14, 1976 |
| 80 | "A Shield for Murder (1)" | November 21, 1976 |
| 81 | "A Shield for Murder (2)" | November 21, 1976 |
| 82 | "The Pride and the Princess" | November 28, 1976 |
| 83 | "Black Thorn" | December 5, 1976 |
| 84 | "Where Do You Go When You Have Nowhere To Go?" | December 12, 1976 |
| 85 | "Dead Again" | December 19, 1976 |
| 86 | "The Godson" | January 2, 1977 |
| 87 | "The Condemned" | January 11, 1977 |
| 88 | "When You Hear the Beep, Drop Dead" | January 18, 1977 |
| 89 | "I Was Happy Where I Was" | January 25, 1977 |
| 90 | "Kojak's Days (1)" | February 1, 1977 |
| 91 | "Kojak's Days (2)" | February 8, 1977 |
| 92 | "Monkey on a String" | February 15, 1977 |
| 93 | "Kiss it All Goodbye" | February 22, 1977 |
| 94 | "Lady in the Squad Room" | March 8, 1977 |
| 95 | "Sister Maria" | March 15, 1977 |
| 96 | "Another Gypsy Queen" | March 22, 1977 |
Season 5
1977–78
| # | Title | Original Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 97 | "The Queen of Hearts Is Wild" | October 2, 1977 |
| 98 | "A Strange Kind of Love" | October 9, 1977 |
| 99 | "Laid Off" | October 16, 1977 |
| 100 | "Cry for the Kids" | October 23, 1977 |
| 101 | "Once More from Birdland" | October 30, 1977 |
| 102 | "Caper on a Quiet Street" | November 6, 1977 |
| 103 | "Letters of Death" | November 13, 1977 |
| 104 | "Tears for All Who Loved Her" | November 20, 1977 |
| 105 | "The Summer of '69 (1)" | December 4, 1977 |
| 106 | "The Summer of '69 (2)" | December 10, 1977 |
| 107 | "Case Without a File" | December 17, 1977 |
| 108 | "I Could Kill My Wife's Lawyer" | December 24, 1977 |
| 109 | "Justice for All" | January 7, 1978 |
| 110 | "Mouse" | January 21, 1978 |
| 111 | "Chain of Custody" | January 28, 1978 |
| 112 | "The Captain's Brother's Wife" | February 4, 1978 |
| 113 | "No License to Kill" | February 11, 1978 |
| 114 | "The Halls of Terror" | February 18, 1978 |
| 115 | "May the Horse Be With You" | February 25, 1978 |
| 116 | "Photos Must Credit Joe Paxton" | March 4, 1978 |
| 117 | "60 Miles to Hell" | March 11, 1978 |
| 118 | "In Full Command" | March 18, 1978 |
TV-movies
1985–87
- The Belarus File / Original air date: February 16, 1985
Kojak investigates a series of crimes against Jews. Kojak has a great interest in the case because the victims were his friends. Kojak has a new assistant Dana Sutton to help him solve the case.[5][6] Directed by Robert Markowitz.[7]
- The Price of Justice / Original air date: February 21, 1987
When the bodies of two young boys are discovered in a river in Harlem, their mother is the obvious suspect, particularly with her bad past. But Kojak believes that she is innocent.
Season 6
1989–90
| # | Title | Original Airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | "Ariana" | November 2, 1989 | |
| Kojak's mission is to care for Ariana, a Greek girl is lost in a park and do not speak English. Detective Blake is charged with the task of finding the mother of the girl. While investigating question the honesty of Kojak and mistakenly believe that could be involved in a corruption case. Kojak finally proves he is innocent and that he fell into a trap by an old enemy.[8] Directed by Paul Krasny.[9] | |||
| 122 | "Fatal Flaw" | November 30, 1989 | |
| A person with connections to organized crime, is brutally murdered. The Inspector Kojak must investigate and find out if his wife and a former lover are involved in the case. Directed by Richard Compton.[9] | |||
| 123 | "Flowers for Matty" | January 4, 1990 | |
| 124 | "It's Always Something" | February 3, 1990 | |
| 125 | "None So Blind" | April 7, 1990 | |
References
- Lambert, David (July 27, 2012). "Kojak - Shout! Factory's Formal Fact Sheet for the Final Season 5 DVD Set". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
- Law and film, by Stefan Machura, Peter Robson
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- Famous movie detectives, Vol 2, by Michael R. Pitts
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- Famous movie detectives, Vol 3, by Michael R. Pitts
Other websites
- List of Kojak episodes on IMDb
- The Official Site of Telly Savalas Archived 2010-01-28 at the Wayback Machine
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