Hard Knocks (1987 TV series) explained

Runtime:approx. 30 min.
Creator:Chris Thompson
Starring:Bill Maher
Tommy Hinkley
Composer:Dan Foliart
Howard Pearl
Executive Producer:Gary Nardino
Chris Thompson
Company:Gary Nardino-Chris Thompson Productions
Paramount Television
Country:United States
Language:English
Network:Showtime
Num Seasons:1
Num Episodes:13

Hard Knocks is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on the Showtime Network. It featured Bill Maher and Tommy Hinkley as ideologically opposed private detectives looking to make money by solving the problems of their wealthy clients.

Synopsis

Gower Rhodes and Nick Bronco open a private detective agency in the back of a restaurant to make money by solving cases. However, nothing seems to go their way.

Cast

Main characters

Recurring and Guest Roles

Episodes

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Reception

Critical reception

John J. O'Connor of the New York Times called the show "something truly different."[1] The show has also been reviewed in the Spartanburg Herald-Journal as "hard to watch,"[2] and in the Chicago Tribune as having woeful writing, unappealing characters, an infantile premise, and as "making programmers at the three networks look like charter members of Mensa."[3]

Awards and nominations

Hard Knocks was nominated for a CableACE Award in 1988[4]

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TV Review; 'Hard Knocks,' Sitcom . . April 20, 1987 . John . O'Connor . January 14, 2015.
  2. Web site: 'Hard Knocks' is hard to watch . . April 26, 1987 . Andrew . Edelstein . January 14, 2015.
  3. Web site: 'Hard Knocks' Doesn't Earn Its Keep For Creative Laughs . . April 20, 1987 . Clifford . Terry . January 14, 2015.
  4. Web site: Hard Knocks (1987–) Awards . . January 14, 2015.