Adventures of the Sea Hawk explained

Alt Name:Caribbean Adventure
Genre:Adventure
Starring:John Howard
Country:United States
Language:English
Num Seasons:1
Num Episodes:26
Producer:Eugene Solow
Brewster Morgan
Location:Bermuda
Company:Wesmore Productions

Adventures of the Sea Hawk is a 1961 syndicated television series starring John Howard.[1]

Background

Episodes were filmed in 1958 with the title Caribbean Adventure, but the content "was too low-key and leisurely to foster sales in that violence-prone TV year."[2] The title was changed, and Adventures of the Sea Hawk was released in 1961, amid "the public hue and cry over television mayhem".[2] Even then, however, sales were limited.[2]

An unsold pilot for a different Adventures of the Sea Hawk series was made in 1956. George O'Brien starred as the ship's captain. That pilot was broadcast as one episode of Studio 57.

Plot

The series presents the travels of the floating electronics lab Sea Hawk as the schooner undertakes research projects in the Caribbean. The ship is piloted by Commander John Hawk.[3] Hawk was based in Bermuda, but his research took him to other areas of the sea. Episodes related how he used his scientific resources to help people whom he met in his travels.[4]

Production

Brewster Morgan and Eugene Solow produced the series in association with MCA.[5] TV Marketeers distributed the program.[6]

Cast and characters

Notes and References

  1. Book: McNeil. Alex. Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present . 1996. Penguin Books USA, Inc.. New York, New York. 0-14-02-4916-8. 18. 4th.
  2. Book: Erickson . Hal . Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987' . 1989 . McFarland & Company, Inc. . 0-7864-1198-8 . 106.
  3. Terrace, Vincent (1976). The Complete Encyclopedia of Television Programs 1947-1976 (Vol. 1). South Brunswick and New York: A.S. Barnes and Company. .
  4. Book: Terrace . Vincent . Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed. . January 10, 2014 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-8641-0 . 18 . September 16, 2023 . en.
  5. Book: Irvin . Richard . Pioneers of "B" Television: Independent Producers, Series and Pilots of the 1950s . November 2, 2022 . McFarland . 978-1-4766-4770-8 . 52 . September 16, 2023 . en.
  6. April 17, 1961 . 61 . Film-Scope continued . Sponsor . September 16, 2023 .