Kojak

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Kojak is a 1970s American television crime drama series centered on the tough, lollipop-licking New York City detective Theo Kojak, played by Telly Savalas.

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Kojak canonical 20
Kojak (2005 TV series) 1
Nurse Ratched episode of Kojak 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American television series
crime drama television series
television series
audioFormat mono
awardRecipient Telly Savalas
basedOn The Marcus-Nelson Murders
broadcastFormat hour-long episodes
broadcastOn network television
character Kojak self-linksurface differs
surface form: Theo Kojak
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Abby Mann
depicts urban crime in New York City
distribution syndication
era post-1960s American television
executiveProducer Abby Mann
filmingLocation Los Angeles
New York City
genre crime drama
hasFictionalDetective Lieutenant Theo Kojak
hasSpinOffOrRevival Kojak self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kojak (2005 TV series)
influenced later television police dramas
mainCharacterEmployer New York City Police Department
mainCharacterOccupation police detective
mainCharacterPortrayedBy Telly Savalas
mainCharacterTrait bald
lollipop-licking
tough
notableCatchphrase Who loves ya, baby?
notableProp lollipop
numberOfEpisodes 118
numberOfSeasons 5
openingTheme Kojak theme
originalChannelType broadcast network
originalLanguage English
originallyAiredOnDay weekdays
originalNetwork CBS
originalReleaseEnd 1978
originalReleaseStart 1973
pictureFormat color
portrays police procedural investigations
precededBy The Marcus-Nelson Murders
productionCompany Universal Television
receivedAward Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
setInLocation Manhattan
New York City
starring Telly Savalas
targetAudience adult viewers
themeMusicComposer Billy Goldenberg
timePeriod 1970s

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Lorraine Gary workedOn Kojak
Brian Dennehy notableWork Kojak
Maud Adams appearedIn Kojak
Kojak character Kojak self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Theo Kojak
Kojak hasSpinOffOrRevival Kojak self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kojak (2005 TV series)
Abby Mann notableWork Kojak
Abby Mann created Kojak
Dan Frazer notableWork Kojak
Dan Frazer appearedIn Kojak
Telly Savalas notableWork Kojak
Telly Savalas appearedIn Kojak
Veronica Hamel appearedIn Kojak
Nancy Allen notableWork Kojak
Zohra Lampert notableWork Kojak
Zohra Lampert awardReceivedFor Kojak
this entity surface form: Nurse Ratched episode of Kojak
Rita Taggart notableWork Kojak
Anne Archer actedIn Kojak