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ITV Cancellation

posted 19 years ago by Crystal-Lake-Chiller
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I heard a little while ago that when Streethawk was originally screened on British TV in the Eighties by ITV that it was cancelled after just 8 shows due to poor viewing figures.

Is this right?! Were the remaining 5 shows never transmitted on terrestrial TV or did it take many years until they were? I remember this show as vividly as Knight Rider and The A-Team from when I was a kid so surely I can't have just seen a few episodes from its first and only run?

Any help would be really appreciated fellow fans...

[–] 19 years ago

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[–] Crystal-Lake-Chiller 19 years ago

Correct, Bravo on Sky did show all 13 epsiodes around five years ago on a special "Street Hawk" weekend (including the pilot movie featuring Christopher Lloyd).

However, I still don't get either how it could have been so unpopular in the Eighties nor how I (and many of my friends of the same age) can all remember it so well if it was only on so briefly 20 years ago...!

[–] karthik_psgimsr 19 years ago

I still remember watching Street hawk when i was a kid...now i'm 23yrs old...and i had bought the DVD's :) just to watch and share with my neighbouring kids....! this is a good show...with the Bikes now..anyone could take a show like this and earn $$$ but dunno why no one is coming forward....

[–] omen2006 19 years ago

Once again Bravo TV here in the UK did show this and anyone purchasing any dvds off ebay would notice the BRAVO logo. I personally loved this show when i aproached Bravo about showing it again they said they wouldnt because it wasnt very popular!

[–] h-ahmad-1 19 years ago

I remember ITV Granada repeating the series in early 1988. It was on every Saturday morning, but I don't know whether they showed every single episode or not. I certainly remember one episode where Jesse protects a female novelist from a killer and another where he feels responsible for a fellow cop's death.

It would be so nice if Universal could release this series on DVD, including the pilot episode and some commentaries would be nice, too.