Tucker's Witch
| Tucker's Witch | |
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| Starring |
Tim Matheson Catherine Hicks |
| Theme music composer | Brad Fiedel |
| Opening theme | Brad Fiedel |
| Ending theme | Brad Fiedel |
| Composer(s) |
Brad Fiedel (unaired pilot, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12) Shirley Walker (1.6) J.A.C. Redford (1.7) George Kahn (co-composer on episodes 1.11, 1.12) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | One |
| No. of episodes | 12 (pilot not aired) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Hill/Mandelker Films |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Picture format | Color |
| Original release | October 6, 1982 – June 9, 1983 |
Tucker's Witch is a comedy-detective series that aired on CBS television from October 6, 1982, to November 10, 1982, and again sporadically from March 31 to June 9, 1983. It starred Tim Matheson and Catherine Hicks as a charming married couple, Rick and Amanda Tucker, who own and operate their private detective agency in Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles. Hicks replaced Kim Cattrall, who starred in the pilot; Cattrall was released after the film Porky's debuted, which contained a racy scene with Cattrall. In the story line, Amanda's psychic powers become an asset in solving cases but also tend to get the pair into various troubles. In later rebroadcasts on the USA Network, the program was retitled The Good Witch of Laurel Canyon.
Tucker's Witch aired at 10 p.m. Eastern on Wednesdays in its first run and proved unable to compete with ABC's Dynasty and NBC's Quincy, M.E.. The program was switched to Thursday for the second half of its run.
The show was produced by Hill-Mandelker Films.
The series pilot, in which Art Hindle and Kim Cattrall played Rick and Amanda, was never broadcast.
Ted Danson played an elevator killer in the 1982 premiere episode during the same season he began playing bartender Sam Malone on Cheers. Danson first was seen as Sam Malone on the September 30th premiere episode of Cheers and then seen on Tucker's Witch on October 6, six days later. The better known guest stars in Tucker's Witch included Barry Corbin, Simon Oakland, Ted Danson, Joe Penny, and Noble Willingham.
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