Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1984 TV series)

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Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Also known as	The New Mike Hammer (Season 3)
Genre	Crime drama
Starring	Stacy Keach Lindsay Bloom Don Stroud Kent Williams
Opening theme	"Harlem Nocturne"
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	48 (+ 3 TV movies) (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	60 minutes (with commercials)
Production companies	Jay Bernstein Productions Columbia Pictures Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	January 28, 1984 (1984-01-28) – May 13, 1987 (1987-05-13)
Related
Mike Hammer, Private Eye
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Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (later titled The New Mike Hammer), with Stacy Keach in the title role, is an American crime drama television series that originally aired on CBS from January 28, 1984, to May 13, 1987. The series consisted of 51 installments: 46 one-hour episodes, a two-part pilot episode (More Than Murder), and three TV Movies (Murder Me, Murder You, The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, and Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All. Murder Me, Murder You was initially envisioned as a stand-alone TV movie, but ultimately became a backdoor pilot for the series when it was received positively by audiences).^[1]

The movies and series were produced under the guidance of Executive Producer Jay Bernstein, who acquired the television rights from his close friend Mickey Spillane for one dollar.^[1]