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Booker

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aired from: Sep 1989 to: May 1990 22 eps Fox 60 min stereo ________________

regulars:

  • Richard Grieco as Dennis Booker
  • Katie Rich as Elaine Grazzo [ episodes 1 - 14 ]
  • Lori Petty as Suzanne Dunne [ episodes 7, 12, 15 - 22 ]
  • Marcia Strassman as Alicia Rudd
  • Carmen Argenziano as Charles "Chick" Sterling

    recurring characters:

  • Reginald T. Dorsey as Reggie Mitchell [ episodes 17 - 22 ]
  • Robert Romanus as Tony DeAngelo [ episodes 17 - 22 ]
  • Jay Brazeau as Sgt. Keith Redding [ episodes 3, 5, 11 & 13 ]

    Other Production credits:
    Executive Producers:
    Bill Nuss
    Steve Beers
    Stephen J. Cannell
    Creators:
    Stephen J. Cannell
    Erik Blakeney


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      1st Season 1989

    1. _"Booker"
      gs: Billy Kane [ Willie Seaton ], Andi Chapman [ Kelly ], Virginia Capers [ Ivy Seaton ], Garwin Sanford [ Unknown ], John Novak [ Unknown ], Peter DeLuise [ Doug Penhall ], Steven Williams [ Capt. Adam Fuller ], Corinne Wahl [ Carla Rosen ], George Buza [ Bill McKenna ], Henry Beckman [ Judge Alvarez ]

      Having left the police force, Booker gets a job as head investigator at Teshima Corporation. He ignores his first assignment in order to help Katie who is convinced she sat on a jury that convicted an innocent man.

      b: 24 Sep 89 pc: _________ w: Stephen J. Cannell d: David Jackson
    2. _"The Pump"
      gs: Michael Alldredge [ Off. Ray Dewey ], T.E. Russell [ Harmon Lewis ], Dex Sanders [ David Sand ], Holly Robinson [ Det. Judy Hoffs ], Don Cheadle [ Unknown ]

      A vengeful gang comes after Booker who they blame for the death of one of their members, who had shot Hoffs.

      b: 1 Oct 89 pc: _________ w: Nicholas J. Corea & Stephen J. Cannell d: Mark Sobel
    3. _"Raising Arrizola"
      gs: Marcia Cross [ Sherrie Binford ], John Allen Nelson [ Ronald Arrizola ], Dante Basco [ Ping Pong ], B.J. Baris [ Unknown ], Peter Murnik [ Chester Arrizola ], Jay Brazeau [ Sgt. Keith Redding ]

      Booker becomes romantically involved with a Teshima executive while trying to keep a 14 year old orphan away from an allegedly reformed crack dealer.

      b: 8 Oct 89 pc: _________ w: Gordon Dawson d: Rob Bowman
    4. _"High Rise"
      gs: Ed Lauter [ Kendall ], Dwight McFee [ First Gunman ], Michele Goodger [ Secretary ], Fred Henderson [ Thomas Bournville ], Steve Adams [ Second Gunman ], Ric Young [ Unknown ]

      It's up to Booker and Katie to defeat gunmen who have entered Teshima Tower, sealed off the building and taken the company's top executives hostage.

      b: 22 Oct 89 pc: _________ w: Carleton Eastlake d: Jorge Montesi
    5. _"All You Gotta Do is Do It"
      gs: Jay O. Sanders [ Gordon Rudd ], Jack Andreozzi [ Tom Lolopolito ], Efrain Figueroa [ Victor Perez ], Jay Brazeau [ Sgt. Keith Redding ]

      Alicia turns to Booker for help when her ex-husband, a compulsive gambler who is always looking for the perfect system, disappears along with their daughter.

      b: 29 Oct 89 pc: _________ w: Stephen J. Cannell d: Reynaldo Villalobos
    6. _"Bete Noir"
      gs: Deborah Wakeham [ Carissa McKay ], James Karen [ Jack Wingate ], Chelsea Noble [ Taryn McKay ], Gerard Prendergast [ Frank ], Peter DeLuise [ Doug Penhall ]

      Booker sets out to expose a woman whom he suspects has killed her first two husbands, in order to collect the insurance money, before she marries a Teshima executive.

      b: 5 Nov 89 pc: _________ w: Charles Grant Craig d: James Whitmore Jr.
    7. _"Flat Out"
      gs: Lori Petty [ Diane Dunne / Suzanne Dunne ], Frank Annese [ Martin Claymore ], Geof Prysirr [ Grant ], Vladimir Kulich [ Craven ]

      Booker goes after Suzanne, a wild young woman who jumped out on bail Teshima put up and is being pursued by mobsters who are taking steps to insure she doesn't return to testify.

      b: 12 Nov 89 pc: _________ w: Carleton Eastlake d: Jefferson Kibbee
    8. _"Deals and Wheels (1)"
      gs: Vanity [ Tina Maxwell ], Ray Baker [ Raymond Crane ], Thomas Mikal Ford [ Mickey Maxwell ], Beth Toussaint [ Jessica Barber ], Brian Bonsall [ Billy ], Greg F. Rogers [ Everett Davis ]

      Booker sets out to bring down Raymond Crane, the unethical businessman who cost Booker his job on the police force.

      b: 26 Nov 89 pc: _________ w: Charles Grant Craig & Thania St. John d: Mark Sobel

      NOTE: Part 2 of this story aired as episode #65 of 21 Jump Street. It has been included with the syndication package for 21 Jump Street, with the credits redone.
    9. _"Someone Stole Lucille"
      gs: Gedde Watanabe [ Max ], Jay Roberts Jr. [ Woody Warlock ], David Anthony Marshall [ Eric Slash ], Tawny Kitaen [ Skylar Samperton ], Thomas Haden Church [ Leon Ross ]

      Booker joins a Japanese executive from the home office on an all night search for singer B.B. King's stolen guitar, which is insured by Teshima.

      b: 10 Dec 89 pc: _________ w: Bill Nuss d: Kim Manners
    10. _"Cementhead"
      gs: Stephen Shellen [ Bill Bludworth ], Alex Nevil [ Larry ], Thomas Haden Church [ Leon Ross ], Chris Wilding [ Ted ], Deryl Hayes [ Reporter No. 1 ], Michael Sicoly [ Reporter No. 2 ]

      Booker is truly happy with his latest assignment; he gets to look after his boyhood hero- a professional hockey player who is hoping to make a comeback.

      b: 17 Dec 89 pc: _________ w: Glen Morgan & James Wong d: Jorge Montesi
    11. _"The Red Dot"
      gs: Jennifer Runyon [ Linda Fowler ], Gina Belafonte [ Unknown ], Marc Poppel [ Jaek ], Joey Aresco [ Unknown ], Michael Russo [ Unknown ], Jay Brazeau [ Sgt. Keith Redding ], Steven Williams [ Capt. Adam Fuller ], Blu Mankuma [ Unknown ]

      Booker is stalked by a mysterious hitman while working on a missing persons case.

      b: 14 Jan 90 pc: _________ w: Bill Nuss & Charles Grant Craig & Carleton Eastlake d: Mario Azzopardi
    12. _"Who Framed Roger Thornton?"
      gs: Ray Buktenica [ Michael ], Peter Marc [ Paul ], Patricia Charbonneau [ Clara ], Garry Chalk [ Sheriff ], Margot Pinvidic [ Maid ]

      Booker gets some unwanted help from Suzanne who wants to share the reward being offered for finding the killer of a fashion designer.

      b: 21 Jan 90 pc: _________ w: Charles Grant Craig s: Thania St. John d: Jefferson Kibbee
    13. _"Hacker"
      gs: Robert Petkoff [ Duncan Amory ], Cynthia Stevenson [ Penny ], Scott Jaeck [ Agent Krantz ], Jay Brazeau [ Sgt. Keith Redding ], Bernard Cuffling [ Quinton Longfellow ], Garwin Sanford [ Haberman ], Pat Bermel [ Steele ]

      Booker helps a young computer hacker who broke into Teshima's master computer when they both become sought after by crooked federal agents.

      b: 4 Feb 90 pc: _________ w: Charles Grant Craig & Carleton Eastlake & Thania St. John s: Carleton Eastlake d: Bryan Spicer
    14. _"The Life and Death of Chick Sterling"
      gs: Barbara Rhoades [ Barbara Sterling ], Ismael (East) Carlo [ Ricardo Flores ], Daniel Faraldo [ Eduardo ], Ben Vereen [ Carl McQueen ], Stephen E. Miller [ Sgt. Riker ], Alec Burden [ Director ], Jennifer Griffin [ Waitress ]

      Booker learns a startling secret from Chick's past when Chick comes to him convinced that a Cuban revolutionary will soon murder him.

      b: 11 Feb 90 pc: _________ w: Bill Nuss & Thania St. John d: Kim Manners
    15. _"Black Diamond Run"
      gs: Lewis Smith [ David Saxton ], Mariska Hargitay [ Michelle Larkin ], Peter Haskell [ Peter Larkin ], Jennifer Dale Briggs [ Unknown ]

      Booker goes undercover as a ski instructor at a plush resort in order to keep an eye on a Teshima insured diamond.

      b: 18 Feb 90 pc: _________ w: Seth Perlman d: Peter D. Marshall
    16. _"Love Life"
      gs: Denise Bixler [ Lisa Brooks ], Jennifer Anglin [ Karla Blake ], Rod Arrants [ Kellem Blake ], Thomas Ryan [ Sgt. Di Nardo ], Marj Dusay [ Unknown ], James Hong [ Unknown ], Lenny Imamura [ Mata Yamashiro ]

      Booker becomes involved with a high class call girl ring when he befriends a prostitute who is suspected of murdering one of her clients.

      b: 25 Feb 90 pc: _________ w: Jacqueline Zambrano & Gary Rosen d: Jefferson Kibbee
    17. _"Reunion"
      gs: Maura Tierney [ Donna Cofax ], Craig Stark [ Jeff Ferris ], Claude Knobler [ Unknown ], Adam Nelson [ Unknown ], Michael Talbott [ Coach ], Jerry Wasserman [ Lt. Goodman ]

      An old girl friend of Booker's hires him to find her fiance, who is wanted by the police and was Booker's rival for her affections during high school.

      b: 25 Mar 90 pc: _________ w: Carleton Eastlake & Thania St. John d: Jan Eliasberg
    18. _"Wedding Bell Blues"
      gs: Kari Lizer [ Twink Towers ], Kelly Wolf [ Gina Marino ], Robert Miranda [ Carmine Marino ], Don Keith Opper [ Rev. Towers ]

      One of Booker's old high school friends comes to him for help when he manages to become engaged to two different women at the same time, both of whom have violent relatives.

      b: 1 Apr 90 pc: _________ w: Charles Grant Craig & Bill Nuss & Thania St. John d: Jefferson Kibbee
    19. _"Molly and Eddie"
      gs: Cassy Friel [ Molly Smith ], Christopher Burgard [ Eddie ], John Mariano [ Tommy Miranda ], Ian Tracy [ Gary Smith ], J.C. Quinn [ Stanton ]

      Booker ends up having to help a 6 year old girl find her father, a repo man who is suspected of working for an auto theft ring.

      b: 8 Apr 90 pc: _________ w: Charles Grant Craig & Bill Nuss & Thania St. John d: David Nutter
    20. _"Crazy"
      gs: Anne Elizabeth Ramsay [ Lindsey Simmons ], Joe Holland [ Peter Reilly ], Thomas Ryan [ Lt. Di Nardo ], Stephen E. Miller [ Sgt. Riker ], Kevin McNulty [ Psychiatrist ], Don S. Davis [ Judge ], Ken Douglas [ Presler ]

      An escaped killer, whom he testified against at his murder trial, stalks Booker.

      b: 15 Apr 90 pc: _________ w: Chad Hayes & Carey W. Hayes d: Bill Corcoran
    21. _"Mobile Home"
      gs: Sal Viscuso [ Freddy Larson ], Cecile Callan [ Ginnie Mae Larson ], Eric Christmas [ Walter Larson ], Willie Garson [ Mac Larson ], Dwight "Heavy D" Myers [ Fatz Turner ], Argentina Brunetti [ Grandma Petrelli ]

      Tony comes to Booker for help when the heirs of its former owner steal his new house.

      b: 29 Apr 90 pc: _________ w: Charles Grant Craig & Bill Nuss & Thania St. John s: David Kemper d: Christopher T. Welch
    22. _"Father's Day"
      gs: Steve Inwood [ Nick Booker ], Carmine Cardi [ Joe Demakis ], Linda Darlo [ Joyce Booker ], John Novak [ Jim O'Haver ], Holly Robinson [ Det. Judy Hoffs ], Deryl Hayes [ Asst. D.A. ]

      Booker learns that his father ran out on him as a child because he was made part of the witness protection program after testifying against a mobster.

      b: 6 May 90 pc: _________ w: Jan Eliasberg d: Jan Eliasberg

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    NOTES

    If you like to learn more about this and other shows created or produced by Stephen Cannell, check out his web site @ Cannell.com.


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