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Conference ljsrv1::tv_chatter

Title:	The TV Chatter Notes Conference
Notice:	Welcome to TV Chatter :-)
Moderator:	PASTA::PIERCE

Created:	Wed Dec 16 1992
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	498
Total number of notes:	5416

291.0. "Hawkeye - new or old series?" by GRANMA::JBOBB (Janet Bobb dtn:339-5755) Thu Sep 15 1994 06:41

    Last night, one of the 2 CBS stations in the Washington/Baltimore area
    ran a 1 hr. show called Hawkeye. The only character easily recognizable
    was Linda Carter (ie Wonder Woman), though several other actors looked
    familiar. Produced by J. Cannell, with a 1994 date (we think that is
    the date we saw).
    
    The story seems to be loosely based on the JF Cooper story Last of the
    Mohicans as you have the character of Hawkeye and Chingochkook (sp?)
    and seems to take place at a British fort (can't remember the name
    right now).
    
    the story line seems to be about a couple from Virginia (Linda Carter
    is the wife) who move to this fort in upstate NY on the urging of a
    Captain at the fort, who is the husband's younger brother, to start a
    trading business. Older brother seems to be a bit of an oaf in the
    beginning, not woods/frontier smart at all, but becomes more of a hard,
    even ruthless business person as the story continues. The brothers seem
    to get along in the beginning but then we find out, through an
    argument, that the younger brother went through his part of the
    inheritance, older brother "bought" him his Captain's rank and now
    expects little brother to help him obtain the trading contracts for the
    fort and surrounding area.  Part of the story was about this, the other
    part was about Hawkeye, who is first introduced when he and
    Chingochkook save the Virgina couple from hostile natives.
    
    Unfortunately, since we were having Voting Primaries going on, at least
    4 times in the hour, the show was broken into by "Voting Updates"
    (which IMHO, when there is only 5% of returns in, don't make much
    sense...) and much of the story was lost.
    
    My questions - did anyone else see this? Is this a pilot that never got
    bought? Or an episode from an older series? There was no write up about
    it in the local program guide. And I haven't seen anything about this
    in the "new shows for the season" info. Also, anyone know who the other
    actors were?
    
    IMHO - it only looked like a mediocre show with beautiful scenery
    (filmed in Canada).One of the problems both I and my husband had with
    it was the Indians looked more hispanic than Native american. Acting
    was only average. It also seemed like Linda Carter kept getting the
    direction to lean forward and breath deeply so the low front of the
    dress was more obvious.... course that could be a good factor for some
    of the audience! :^)
    
    Anyway - would be interested to hear any info on this.
    
    janetb.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
291.1		OOTOOL::CHELSEA	Mostly harmless.	`Fri Sep 16 1994 02:31`	1
	This is a new syndicated series.
291.2	VCR Theater I guess	CRISTA::MAYNARD	The Front Row Kid	`Fri Sep 16 1994 03:02`	3
	In the Boston area it's being shown on channel 38 on Tuesdays at 3:00 A.M.. (No that's not a typing error) Jim
291.3	Not high on my "will watch" list	EVMS::MDNITE::RIVERS	Even better than the real thing	`Fri Sep 16 1994 07:06`	8
	I believe "Hawkeye"is played by Lee Majors (Six Million Dollar Man among others). It was listed in this week's "Fall Preview" TV Guide issue. Not quite Daniel Day-Lewis, now, is he? :) kim
291.4		CRISTA::MAYNARD	The Front Row Kid	`Sat Sep 17 1994 01:50`	3
	Hawkeye is played by Lee Horsely, who's about 20 years younger and about 20 pounds svelter than Lee Majors. Jim
291.5		BUSY::FISED::SLABOUNTY	I smell T-R-O-U-B-L-E	`Sat Sep 17 1994 02:04`	7
	Lee Horsley ... he played, ummm, some PI, right? Forget the name of the show. GTI
291.6	What WAS that show?	WMOIS::LYONS_S		`Sat Sep 17 1994 02:18`	19
	RE: GTI Yes he did play a PI and I can't think of the name of the show either. I have been trying to think of it for some time now because it came up during another discussion of another show. All I can remember is that he was (as the PI) rich, his female friend and cohert was called CJ and that he drove a Bently I believe. I think it took place in Texas. It's driving me nuts not be able to think of the name of the show. RE: Hawkeye I believe it was supposed to be a regular show on one of the regular networks, but no one was interested in it. I can't imagine it will last very long, unless of course, Linda Carter can draw enough "Ogglers" to keep the ratings up.
291.7	He was a villain in something else, wasn't he?	RNDHSE::WALL	Show me, don't tell me	`Sat Sep 17 1994 02:41`	6
	Matt Houston was Lee Horsley's big claim to fame in the P.I. space. It also featured Pamela what's-her-name as the foxy assistant and a near-omnipotent Apple II computer. DFW
291.8		WMOIS::LYONS_S		`Sat Sep 17 1994 02:44`	6
	He also had a western show. I believe it was called Paradise which I liked and was disappointed when they cancled it. I liked the kids that starred in it with him. Can't think of the show he was a villian in that you mentioned.
291.9	More on Hawkeye	GRANMA::JBOBB	Janet Bobb dtn:339-5755	`Tue Sep 20 1994 02:44`	36
	Thanks for the info - I knew someone out here in notes land would know! I bought the Fall TV Guide but haven't given it a full look-through, so I will check it out. Since posting the original note, I've found out more about the show. There was a "Making of Hawkeye" 1/2 hour show on this past week. The show is being filmed in Vancouver, all the actors interviewed talked about the wonderful scenery. All of the filming is being done there. They have built all the sets on location, trying to stay as accurate as possible. They have at least one historian "consulting". There were even comments on having problems with the black powder for the guns, just like people of that time would have had, so they are never sure if the guns will shoot when the scene is being filmed. Linda Carter plays the main female lead, Elizabeth (?). Lee Horsley plays Hawkeye and Ronald Grant plays Chingochkok (I know I'm not spelling that right...sorry). Don't remember the other actors. The story is based on James F. Cooper's stories of Hawkeye. There were severel scenes in the first show that could have been taken directly from the recent movie Last of the Mohicans, so it will be interesting to see what happens. As I said in my first note, don't know how well this will do. The acting and storyline was only fair, IMHO. The show does not appear to be on any of the major channels in the Wash./Baltimore area. It is currently listed for channel 50 and channel 68 (both channels from smaller towns in the viewing area, in is from Hagerstown). Neither of these channels seem to have any affiliation with any of the 4 networks. Not sure why the show did appear last week on a CBS station, maybe they were testing it out. anyway - thanks for the info! janetb.
291.10		EVMS::MDNITE::RIVERS	Even better than the real thing	`Tue Sep 20 1994 04:53`	9
	Eh, Lee Somebody. I was close. :) He still ain't Daniel Day-Lewis. kim
291.11	new episodes?	GRANPA::JBOBB	Janet Bobb dtn:339-5755	`Thu Oct 05 1995 18:30`	6
	Has anyone heard if there will be new episodes of this, this year? It hasn't shown up in the Washington DC area yet? thanks! janetb.
291.12		TUXEDO::WRAY	John Wray, Distributed Processing Engineering	`Fri Oct 06 1995 13:13`	5
	No, it wasn't renewed. Not suprising, since Boston's channel 38 was far from alone in scheduling this show in the early hours of the morning. John