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Riptide is an American TV detective series that ran on NBC from 1983 to 1986. The title came from the name of the boat, Riptide, owned by one of the detectives. Longtime friends Cody Allen and Nick Ryder served together in the Army in Vietnam and opened a private investigation agency based on The Riptide [...]

Magnum, P.I. gave top billing to Tom Selleck, but in truth the American TV detective show had another star – the islands of Hawaii. The series ran from 1980 to 1988 and featured Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator based on Oahu, Hawaii. Magnum lives in the guest house of Robin’s Nest, a beachfront [...]

Ah, love. Jonathan and Jennifer Hart oozed it all over the screen in Hart to Hart, an American TV detective show that aired from 1979 to 1984 on ABC. He was chief executive officer of global Hart Industries and a self-made millionaire; she was a freelance journalist. They cooed and snuggled, and were tended by [...]

Of all Peter Falk’s roles, perhaps he is best known for Lt. Columbo. The American TV series ran from 1971 to 2003. The show turned the traditional detective show format on its head. Unlike the usual “whodunit” in which the audience puzzles over the identity of the criminal, Columbo was what one of its creators [...]

The A-Team was a hugely popular American television series from 1983 to 1987. The premise was that four Special Forces veterans were framed for a crime they didn’t commit. While on the run from the U.S. Army, they aid the innocent and oppressed. A hallmark of the show was its cartoonlike violence, in which the [...]