1980's

The A-Team 1983-1987 Created by Stephen J. Cannell
Opening line:
In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground.
Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem,
if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire...the A-Team.

 

The Equalizer 1985-1989 Created by Michael Sloan and Richard Lindheim

Edward Woodward stars as McCall is a ex-senior operative for an espionage agency known as
"The Company." Robert voluntarily retired in 1985 from an occupation that usually doesn’t let its
employees leave...alive. He now hires himself out as a urban vigilante and advertises in the local
newspaper with an ad that reads "Got a problem? Odds against you? Call the Equalizer 212-555-4200."
MacGyver 1985-1992 Created by Lee David Zlotoff

Give this guy a swiss army knife, and some duct tape, and he can do just about anything. Angus MacGyver was
the ultimate boy scout. He was very resourceful into using what he had around him to get out of a bad situation.

Stingray 1985-1987 Created by Stephen J. Cannell

This had to be my favorite show of all time. Nick Mancusso played "Ray", a mysterious stranger who drives a black '65 Stingray with untraceable plates, on the occasion they were ran through the DMV, they'd always show up as either belonging to the White House, or the govenor of whatever state he was in at the time. Not very hi-tech by todays standards, but in the mid 80's, he had some pretty cool stuff. His clients would contact him through an ad in the local paper that read " '65 black Stingray for Barter Only. Call 555-7687." He never accepted payment for helping people, only that someday, he would come to them, and ask a favor, and they must do it, no questions asked.

Knight Rider 1982-1986 Created by Glen A. Larson

....A Shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist...... Michael Knight, a young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless, in the world of criminals who operate above the law.

A good show, although in my opinion, the car s interior was a little too much. Very cool to have a talking computerized car, but the inside looked more like the Enterprise. David Hasselholf played a cop who was left for dead, and brought back to help right the wrongs of the world.

1990's

Viper 1993-1999 created by Danny Bilson and Pat DeMeo

At a time when crime was on the rise and violence was becoming commonplace, drug-runners and crime syndicates ruled the streets. The Police could no longer protect the city, and the government needed a new approach... Enter the Viper Project: a high-tech car capable of morphing into a fully-loaded, power-armored machine known as Defender. Metro City's last hope against crime.

 

Profit 1996 Created by John McNamara and David greenwalt

Jim Profit was a very unique character to say the least. This show only ran a total of 8 episodes.

Jim Profit was born James Stokowski. His father wasn't particularly happy about having a child, so Mr. Stokowski just stuck young Jimmy in a moving box, with a window to the TV, and occasionally threw food in to his offspring. Not surprisingly, 13 years after Jimmy's birth, he tied his father to a bed and burned down the house.
Vice President of Acquisitions at Gracen & Gracen. May be a psychopath.
Jim's career started recently, with the death of Wayne Grisham, former President of Acquisitions at G&G. Jim was hired on as a VP of acquisitions. Jim's sole intention in life is to become President of Acquisitions, presumably so that he can control G&G from behind the scenes. Jim will go to any length to achieve this goal -- including murder, framing people for crimes, blackmail, etc.

Most of Jim's planning is done in a secret room of his apartment. The only access to it is through a bookshelf. In this room is his computer and his sleeping quarters: a G&G box that he lived in all of his childhood.

X-Files 1993-2002 Created by Chris Carter

FBI Agents Fox Mulder, Dana Scully, John Doggett and Monica Reyes and their investigations into the paranormal. From genetic mutants and killer insects to a global conspiracy concerning the colonisation of Earth by an alien species, this mind-boggling, humourous and occasionally frightening series created by Chris Carter has been one of the world's most popular sci-fi/drama shows since its humble beginnings in 1993.

2000 to present

Dark Angel 2000-2002 Created by James Cameron

 

Max is a genetically-enhanced human prototype hunted by her former military handlers through the edgy, underground street life of 21st Century America. Max is aided in her quest - both to avoid capture and reunite with her "siblings" scattered in the aftermath of their escape - by Logan Cale, an idealistic cyber-journalist battling repression and corruption in post-apocalypse.

During the theme, the opening voice-over goes:
They designed her to be the perfect soldier...
a human weapon...then she escaped.
In a future not far from now...in a broken world...
she is haunted by her past.
She cannot run, she must fight...to discover her destiny.

The Shield 2002 Created by Shawn Ryan

MICHAEL CHIKLIS returns to series television in THE SHIELD starring as “Detective Vic Mackey,” leader of the elite Strike Team unit, an effective cop, but one who operates under his own set of rules on the FX Network .

John Doe 2002 FOX Network

The series is about the life of John Doe, a mysterious man who rises from the primordial waters of an isolated island, possessing knowledge of literally everything in the world, yet having no memory of who -- or even what -- he is.

Fastlane 2002 FOX Network

FOX's primetime crime drama follows two renegade cops, LAPD officer Van Ray (Peter Facinelli) and former gang member now NYPD narcotics cop Deaqon Hayes (Bill Bellamy), as they go undercover to catch the most elite criminals in Los Angeles, while searching for the ones that killed Deaq's estranged brother and Van's partner, Andre. Led by their no-nonsense boss, LAPD lieutenant Billie Chambers (Tiffani Thiessen), they have full access to The Candy Store, a downtown warehouse full of confiscated expensive goodies, such as Ducatis, Ferraris, and Rolexes. These 'fifty-one percent cops and forty-nine percent criminals' have the ultimate backstage pass to blend right into the glamorous world of high-stakes crime.

Alias 2002 Created by J. J, Abrams

Jennifer Garner plays Sydney Bristow, a top secret operative for the CIA...... or so she thought.......turns out she's working for a group of mercenaries called SD6.

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