Stvdel2
This was one of the dopiest shows on TV. Shatner out-Shatnered himself in this one. T.J. is a 50 something police sergeant, with an 80's style dynel toupee, who was named after the discount chain. He has a young partner, played by Adrian Zmed, who Hooker teaches about life and bad acting. At least Zmed never sings on the show. Heather Locklear and James "Moondoggie" Darren were added to the cast to look pretty.
josefinarosario
T.J Hooker is one of my favorite shows besides Desperate Housewives and Family Guy. it has all of the car chases and crashes in most episodes very exciting and it's far better than the other shows on right now such as Grey's Anatomy, CSI: Miami, Lost, and The O.C. and way better than reality shows such as COPS, The Real World, America's Next Top Model and The Bachelor and Soap Operas like One Life to Live, Guiding Light and All My Children it's by far the greatest 1980's action cop show ever. i would love to see a Grey's Anatomy/T.J. Hooker crossover storyline involving Dr. Meredith Grey going to visit T.J Hooker and working with him on every case including drug bust, gang violence, grand theft auto,undercover operation to catch the bad guys or Guiding Light/T.J Hooker in which Marina Cooper goes to visit him on a drug bust or undercover operation to catch the suspects. this show is great T.J. Hooker has all of the car chases, shootouts, car crashes and more.
welshNick
This series was shown on Sunday evenings in the UK in the early eighties. Being a fan of the original Star Trek and William Shatner in general (we'll forget Horror at 37000 feet !!) and a lover of cop shows I sat down relaxed with my cup of coffee looking forward to being entertained. How wrong could I have been ? The acting was wooden not helped by the scripts and there was this really oily feel good feeling that the production team were trying impress on the audience. In common with all sorts of cop shows no one ever seems to get promoted however many cases they crack. As for William Shatner ...... I got divorced because the job is more important. What sort of an attitude is that ? And as for that wig he wore ..... his hair looked like it had been professionally coiffured each week and all on a sergeants salary. James Darren, Helen Lockyer - you are worth more than this rubbish.
JJC-3
TJ Hooker is/was one of the all time great cop shows. Adam 12 was boring in the extreme as was Dragnet. Hooker is a cop who refuses a promotion so he can continue to do the job that he is best suited for. A street cop who cares. Reed & Malloy and Friday & whoever looked like they could not wait for their shift to end each week. Sure it had the "super hero" feel to it, but you must remember that this was the TV cop format at the time. And the show has a great cast as well. Not like today, who really needs to see Dennis Franz's naked butt, not I that is for sure.