# "Hunter: the TV Movie" - my prayers have been answered.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-the-tv-movie-my-prayers-have-been-answered/136926
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [November 15, 2002, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-the-tv-movie-my-prayers-have-been-answered/136926 "2002-11-15T21:14:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2002, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-the-tv-movie-my-prayers-have-been-answered/136926/1 "2002-11-15T21:14:12Z")
Thank you, NBC, for bringing back (in not one but _two_ TV movies), the innovative and wholly brilliant “Hunter” detective drama, to fill our viewing needs.
Many is the night I’ve drifted off to sleep think “I miss Stephanie ‘Dee Dee McCall’ Kramer. Boy, wasn’t “Hunter” just the best TV show _ever_!?”
My life has been an empty void since I’ve lost my weekly time with Fred “Rick Hunter” Dryer. Hell, I’ll be honest, I’ve missed my weekly time with Hunter’s really big gun. The TV movies will only fill my, um, void for a little while, but after being bereft for so long, I crave even the gentlest “Hunter” touch.
You have my gratitude, NBC. I’ll be sure to buy all our sponsor’s products.
Sua
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### Author:  [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2002, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-the-tv-movie-my-prayers-have-been-answered/136926/2 "2002-11-15T21:25:14Z")
I miss Sheriff Lobo…
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### Author:  [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2002, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-the-tv-movie-my-prayers-have-been-answered/136926/3 "2002-11-15T21:27:10Z")
So did _anybody_ watch “Hunter” when it was on? I never saw the appeal of that show, myself.
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### Author:  [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-the-tv-movie-my-prayers-have-been-answered/136926/4 "2002-11-15T21:28:36Z")
When’s the big screen version of \She’s The Sheriff\ coming out?
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### Author:  [@Petter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petter)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2002, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-the-tv-movie-my-prayers-have-been-answered/136926/5 "2002-11-15T21:29:29Z")
Hunter gets a TV movie while Sledge Hammer languishes in obscurity?
It’s just not fair.
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### Author:  [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-the-tv-movie-my-prayers-have-been-answered/136926/6 "2002-11-15T21:35:02Z")
How old is Fred Dryer? Isn’t he like 90?
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### Author:  [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-the-tv-movie-my-prayers-have-been-answered/136926/7 "2002-11-15T21:35:06Z")
I remember reading that the female co-star just about quit when they decided she should be raped _for the second time_ as an exciting plot line during the series’ run.
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### Author:  [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2002, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-the-tv-movie-my-prayers-have-been-answered/136926/8 "2002-11-15T21:39:33Z")
_Pleeeaaaase_ let it have cameos by Monte Markham, Salome Jens and Karen Valentine!
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### Author:  [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2002, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-the-tv-movie-my-prayers-have-been-answered/136926/9 "2002-11-15T21:43:46Z")
I’m starting a petition to get BJ and The Bear back on tv.
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### Author:  [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2002, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-the-tv-movie-my-prayers-have-been-answered/136926/10 "2002-11-15T21:53:25Z")
I’m still pissed that they cancelled the _Manimal: The Next Generation_ mini-series.
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### Author:  [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-the-tv-movie-my-prayers-have-been-answered/136926/11 "2002-11-15T22:03:56Z")
My mom is PSYCHED about Hunter The Movie. She loooves Fred Dryer. If they could get Fred Dryer, Tom Selleck, and Pat Riley in a series together, she’d be in heaven.
No, I’m not kidding.
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### Author:  [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2002, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-the-tv-movie-my-prayers-have-been-answered/136926/12 "2002-11-15T22:06:53Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Sauron \*
> \*\*So did _anybody_ watch “Hunter” when it was on? I never saw the appeal of that show, myself. \*\*
I used to babysit a lot on Saturday nights in the 80s. No, I didn’t have a life.
So, yes. I watched “Hunter.”
And a lot of other TV that I’m sort of ashamed of…
but think, with this - how far away can we be from a TJ Hooker reunion show?
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2002, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-the-tv-movie-my-prayers-have-been-answered/136926/13 "2002-11-15T22:18:36Z")
Kent McCord and Randolph Mantooth must be thrilled- because an “Adam 12” movie (followed by an “Emergency” reunion) CAN’T be far off, now.
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### Author:  [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2002, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-the-tv-movie-my-prayers-have-been-answered/136926/14 "2002-11-15T22:19:18Z")
Mmm. Locklear.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2002, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-the-tv-movie-my-prayers-have-been-answered/136926/15 "2002-11-15T23:39:03Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Petter \*
> \*\*Hunter gets a TV movie while Sledge Hammer languishes in obscurity?
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> It’s just not fair. \*\*
Damn straight it’s not fair!
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### Author:  [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2002, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-the-tv-movie-my-prayers-have-been-answered/136926/16 "2002-11-16T00:25:04Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Sauron \*
> \*\*So did _anybody_ watch “Hunter” when it was on? I never saw the appeal of that show, myself. \*\*
Yup. Along with The Equalizer, M_A_S\*H, Spencer for Hire, Magnum PI, and just about any other 80s detective-type series. It’s what happens when your father controls the remote and there’s only one TV in the house.
Who wants popcorn?
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### Author:  [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-the-tv-movie-my-prayers-have-been-answered/136926/17 "2002-11-16T00:48:17Z")
I’m waiting for the Beretta movie.
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### Author:  [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2002, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-the-tv-movie-my-prayers-have-been-answered/136926/18 "2002-11-16T03:08:22Z")
> [@](#):
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> _Originally posted by chique \*
> \*\*Yup. Along with The Equalizer, M_A_S_H, Spencer for Hire, Magnum PI, and just about any other 80s detective-type series. It’s what happens when your father controls the remote and there’s only one TV in the house.
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> Who wants popcorn? \*\*
M_A_S\*H was NOT!!! _any other 80s type detective series._ :wally :smack:
Sheesh.
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### Author:  [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2002, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-the-tv-movie-my-prayers-have-been-answered/136926/19 "2002-11-16T03:14:40Z")
Nope, but it was one of the shows I was forced to watch as a kid. For some reason those were the only shows that came to mind as I was typing, but I could’ve added BJ and the Bear and The Dukes of Hazard and a few other paragons of 80s TV culture. Want me to keep going? 🙂
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### Author:  [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2002, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-the-tv-movie-my-prayers-have-been-answered/136926/20 "2002-11-16T04:20:19Z")
> [@](#):
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> _Originally posted by chique \*
> \*\*Yup. Along with The Equalizer, M_A_S_H, Spencer for Hire, Magnum PI, and just about any other 80s detective-type series. It’s what happens when your father controls the remote and there’s only one TV in the house.
>
> Who wants popcorn? \*\*
Other than M_A_S\*H, you could be my sister.
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