"T.J. Hooker" - A Top 1980's TV Cop Series Quiz

Answer: William Shatner

William Shatner was born on March 22, 1931, in Montreal Quebec, Canada. Shatner was trained as a classical Shakespearean actor, and performed at the Shakespearean Stratford Festival of Canada in Stratford Ontario. Shatner's first television role came in 1954, when he was cast as "Ranger Bill" in the Canadian version of "The Howdy Doody Show". Shatner's first feature movie role came in 1958, when he was cast in the MGM movie, "The Brothers Karamazov" with Yul Brenner. Shatner played Alexi, the youngest of the Karamazov brothers. Undoubtedly, Shatner is best known for his role as James Tiberius Kirk, the brash and confident captain of the Federation Starship, USS Enterprise, on the original version to the television series "Star Trek".

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

The full name of the character was used only occasionally during the run of the series. Many have noted that the initials T.J. were a reversal of Shatner's most recognizable character James T. Kirk. A coincidence or not, who knows.
In the series, everyone, including his former spouse, referred to him simply as "Hooker".

Answer: It was never mention

While the name of a city was never revealed during the course of series, series reference information (en.wikipedia.org/t.j._hooker) reported that the LCPD on the uniform shoulder patch worn by the officers, actually stood for "Lake City Police Department".
The series was actually filmed in and around the City of Los Angeles in Southern California.
The building seen in the series that served as the Academy Prescient Police Station was actually the American Film Institute Motion Picture Library in Los Angeles. During the opening credits of the series during the first two seasons, the police academy facility seen was the actual Los Angeles Police Department training academy in Elysian Park, just north of the downtown Los Angeles civic center. That academy is located across the street from Dodger Stadium, the home of baseball's National League Los Angeles Dodgers.

Answer: Fran

Lee Bryant is best remembered in the role of Francis "Fran" Hooker, the former spouse of the title character. Bryant appeared in the re-curring role during the first two seasons of the series. In the fifth season, the role was played by Leigh Christian. Even after the demands of police work strained, and subsequently contributed to the end their marriage, Fran, an emergency room nurse, remained on friendly terms with her former spouse.

Answer: No

Actor Adrian Zmed who played Romano, chose to leave the series at the beginning of the fifth season to pursue other opportunities and projects in his professional career.

Answer: Aaron Spelling

Aaron Spelling was considered to be one of the most successful television producers in television history, Spelling is actually listed in the "Guinness Book of Records" as being the "Most prolific TV producer". During the 1970's, Spelling had so many television series on the ABC television network that it was jokingly referred to as said the "Aaron Broadcasting Company" by many of the industry insiders. Spelling's many television series included, "Hart to Hart", "The Mod Squad", "Fantasy Island", "Vega$", "Charlie's Angels", "The Love Boat", "S.W.A.T." and "Beverly Hills, 90210".

Answer: 4 Adam 30

Their patrol car designation was similar to the designations used by the Los Angeles Police Department. The "4" would indicate the division assignment, which in the series was the Academy Precinct, the "Adam" would indicate a two man patrol unit, and "30" would indicate a patrol supervisor. Supervisors are identified with "0" being part of the final number.
Officers Sheridan and Corrigan who often provided "back up" for Hooker, used the designation "4 Adam 16".

Answer: James Darren

James Darren was born James William Ercolani on June 8, 1936. James earned the title of "teen idol" in the late 1950's and early 1960's, after releasing a number of teen orientated records and appearing in then popular teen appeal movies. Darren had a string of pop music hits, his biggest being "Goodbye Cruel Word", which reached the #3 position on the "Billboard Hot 100" music hit charts in 1961. Starting in 1959, Darren appeared in movies such as "Gidget", "Gidget Goes Hawaiian" in 1961, and "Diamond Head" and "Gidget Goes to Rome" in 1963. Darren co-starred in the television series "The Time Tunnel" in 1966. and made numerous guest roles on television series including, "Love American Style" in 1971, S.W.A.T." in 1976, "Charlie's Angels" in 1977, "Hawaii Five-O" in 1978, and "The Love Boat" in 1981.

Answer: Heather Locklear

Executive Producer of the series, Aaron Spelling, cast Locklear in the role, even though at the time, she held a co-starring role on another one of his on air series. During the full run of "T.J. Hooker", Locklear also appeared in the role of Sammy Jo Dean on the hit television series "Dynasty".
Locklear later went on to star in television series "Melrose Place", "Spin City" and "LAX".

Answer: another network produced and aired new original episodes

ABC canceled the series in the Summer of 1985. The series was then picked up by CBS, who produced new and expanded (90 minute) episodes to run in their late night "Crime Time after Prime Time" showcase. The new episodes of "T.J. Hooker" were shown on a rotating basis with other crime series. Production of the new shows were canceled in 1987.