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Post by Admin on May 8, 2017 12:42:41 GMT -4
Before famed TV show creator Steven Bochco gave us TV classics such as Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue, he created a police drama series in 1979 for CBS called Paris, which featured none other than acclaimed stage/film actor James Earl Jones in the lead role of Detective Capt. Woodrow “Woody” Paris. As Paris, Jones played a veteran LAPD captain who led a team of newer, younger detectives. Paris also moonlighted as a university criminology professor, and was married to a nurse. Paris featured a diverse supporting cast that included actress Lee Chamberlin, as Paris’ wife Barbara; and actor Michael Warren, as Det. Willie Miller. Rounding out the cast were Hank Garrett, Cecilia Hart, Frank Ramirez, and Jake Mitchell. In 1979, I was a child, so I obviously never saw an episode of Paris. But I’ve watched a lot of TV since then, and I’d be hard pressed to name another TV series, led by a black actor, with a similarly diverse supporting cast, that has aired on CBS since then.
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