| Kodiak | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Stan Shpetner Anthony Lawrence |
| Directed by | William Witney |
| Starring | Clint Walker |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Stan Shpetner |
| Production locations | Alaska, United States |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Kodiak Productions Warner Bros. Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | 13 September – 4 October 1974 |
Kodiak is a half-hour adventure program (produced by Warner Bros. TV) that aired Friday evenings at 8:00 p.m Eastern time on ABC during the 1974-1975 television season. The show filled the time spot left vacant by ABC's cancellation of The Brady Bunch.
The show revolved around the main character of Cal "Kodiak" McKay (played by Clint Walker), an Alaska State Trooper.[1] Kodiak, always accompanied by his Eskimo sidekick Abraham Lincoln Imhook, used his four-wheel drive truck to track down desperate killers through 50,000 miles of Alaska backcountry.[2]
The show received unfavorable reviews from critics like John J. O'Connor who called it a "disaster" and wrote that its premiere episode was "about as interesting as watching a large block of polluted ice."[3] It suffered low ratings due to being scheduled opposite NBC's mega-hit Sanford and Son.[4] Kodiak was cancelled after the first episode, although a total of four episodes were aired. The show was filmed in Bend, Oregon, using the Old Skyliners Ski Lodge as the primary meeting place.
Abner Biberman portrayed Imhook, and Maggie Blye had the role of police radio dispatcher Mandy.[1]
The program was created by Stan Shpetner and Anthony Lawrence; Shpetner was the producer.[4]
Episodes
| Episode # | Episode title | Original airdate | Plot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-1 | "Red Snow, White Death" | September 13, 1974 | Kodiak's hunt for a killer is aided by a reluctant witness—an old Eskimo intent on dying ceremoniously in the mountains like his ancestors. |
| 1-2 | "Death Chase" | September 20, 1974 | Following the shooting of a young girl's father, two snowmobiles are pitted against each other in a desperate chase as Kodiak pursues the girl and her boyfriend. |
| 1-3 | "A Time to Die" | September 27, 1974 | A grieving, vengeful father threatens to kill Kodiak to prevent him from bringing his son's murderer to trial and thus carve out his own justice. |
| 1-4 | "The Last Enemy" | October 4, 1974 | Kodiak must stop an old war buddy who believes that he is fighting the same war again. |
References
- 1 2 Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7. P. 571.
- ↑ "Clint Walker Is Kodiak on ABC," The Daytona Beach News-Journal, Sunday, September 8, 1974. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
- ↑ O'Connor, John J. "TV: Planet of the Apes, Kodiak and Chico and the Man Bow," The New York Times, Friday, September 13, 1974. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
- 1 2 McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 455. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
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