The A-Team
| The A-Team | |
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The A-Team title screen (seasons 1–4)
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| Created by |
Frank Lupo Stephen J. Cannell |
| Starring |
George Peppard Dirk Benedict Dwight Schultz Mr. T Melinda Culea (Season 1–2) Marla Heasley (Season 2–3) Tia Carrere (Season 4) Eddie Velez (Season 5) Robert Vaughn (Season 5) |
| Narrated by | John Ashley |
| Theme music composer |
Mike Post Pete Carpenter |
| Composer(s) | Mike Post Pete Carpenter Garry Schyman (uncredited) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 (1983–87) |
| No. of episodes | 98 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Frank Lupo Stephen J. Cannell |
| Producer(s) |
John Ashley (seasons 1-4), Patrick Hasburgh (season 1) Tom Blomquist (season 5) |
| Camera setup | Film (1982–86) Film (principal photography)/Videotape (post-production) (1986) Single-camera setup |
| Running time | 48 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Universal Television Stephen J. Cannell Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | January 23, 1983 – March 8, 1987 |
The A-Team is an American action-adventure television series that ran on NBC from 1983 to 1987 about members of a fictitious former United States Army Special Forces unit. The members, after being court-martialed "for a crime they didn't commit", escaped from military prison and, while still on the run, worked as soldiers of fortune. The series was created by Stephen J. Cannell and Frank Lupo. A feature film based on the series was released by 20th Century Fox in June 2010.
The A-Team was created by writers and producers Stephen J. Cannell and Frank Lupo at the behest of Brandon Tartikoff, NBC's Entertainment president. Cannell was fired from ABC in the early 1980s, after failing to produce a hit show for the network, and was hired by NBC; his first project was The A-Team. Brandon Tartikoff pitched the series to Cannell as a combination of The Dirty Dozen, Mission Impossible, The Magnificent Seven, Mad Max and Hill Street Blues, with "Mr. T driving the car".
The A-Team was not generally expected to become a hit, although Stephen J. Cannell has said that George Peppard suggested it would be a huge hit "before we ever turned on a camera". The show became very popular; the first regular episode, which aired after Super Bowl XVII on January 30, 1983, reached 26.4% of the television audience, placing fourth in the top 10 Nielsen-rated shows.
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