Remington Steele
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Logo of Remington Steele
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| Genre |
Comedy Drama Detective procedural |
| Created by |
Robert Butler Michael Gleason |
| Presented by |
MTM Enterprises 20th Century Fox |
| Starring |
Stephanie Zimbalist Pierce Brosnan Doris Roberts |
| Narrated by | Stephanie Zimbalist in character as Laura Holt (Season 1 titles only) |
| Theme music composer | Henry Mancini; incidental music by Richard Lewis Warren |
| Opening theme | "The Remington Steele Theme", composed by Henry Mancini |
| Ending theme | "Laura Holt's Tune", composed by Henry Mancini |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 94 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Michael Gleason |
| Producer(s) | Kevin Inch Gareth Davies Richard DeRoy |
| Location(s) | Los Angeles |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | MTM Enterprises |
| Distributor |
MTM Enterprises (1982-97) 20th Television (2000-present) |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | October 1, 1982 – April 17, 1987 |
Remington Steele is an American television series co-created by Robert Butler and Michael Gleason. The series, starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan, was produced by MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on the NBC network from 1982 to 1987. The series blended the genres of romantic comedy, drama, and detective procedural. Remington Steele is best known for launching the career of Pierce Brosnan, who later played James Bond (Agent 007) in GoldenEye (1995),Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World Is Not Enough (1999) and Die Another Day (2002).
Remington Steele's premise is that Laura Holt, a licensed private detective played by Stephanie Zimbalist, had opened a detective agency under her own name but had found that potential clients refused to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," Pierce Brosnan's character, a former thief and con man whose real name (which even he proves not to know) is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, a power struggle ensues between Laura and Steele as to who is really in charge, whilst the two carry on a casual romantic relationship.
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Remington Steele is best known for having launched the career of Pierce Brosnan and for serving as a forerunner of the similar, edgier series Moonlighting, and was also an influential part of television history in its own right. Recent evaluations, in the wake of the show's full release on DVD, conclude that Steele was solidly crafted, well-acted and groundbreaking in its own way. Other recent evaluations have also noted that series has aged better than some other series of its time and genre.
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