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| Information | |
| Title: | Starman |
| Format: | Live-action |
| Genres: | Drama Sci-fi |
| Running time: | 60 min. |
| country: | USA |
| Network: | ABC |
| Seasons: | 1 |
| Episodes: | 22 |
| Production | |
| Production company: | Columbia Pictures Television |
| Executive producers: | James S. Henerson James G. Hirsch Michael Douglas |
| Producers: | John Mason Mike Gray Joel Chernoff Wayne Hanks |
| Principal cast: | Robert Hays Christopher Daniel Barnes Michael Cavanaugh |
| Air dates | |
| First aired: | September 19th, 1986 |
| Last aired: | May 2nd, 1987 |
Starman is an American science fiction television series and a spin-off of the 1984 John Carpenter film Starman. The show was produced by Henerson/Hirsch Productions and aired on ABC for a single season from September 19th, 1986 to May 2nd, 1987, spanning a total of twenty-two episodes.
The series stars Robert Hays as the alien from the first film (originally played by Jeff Bridges), who now assumes the identity of a man named Paul Forrester. Christopher Daniel Barnes plays his son, Scott Hayden, Jr., with Michael Cavanaugh rounding out the main cast as George Fox.
Episodes
| Episode | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1x01 | The Return | September 19th, 1986 |
| 1x02 | Like Father, Like Son | September 26th, 1986 |
| 1x03 | Fatal Flaw | October 3rd, 1986 |
| 1x04 | Blue Lights | October 17th, 1986 |
| 1x05 | Best Buddies | October 24th, 1986 |
| 1x06 | Secrets | October 31st, 1986 |
| 1x07 | One for the Road | November 7th, 1986 |
| 1x08 | Peregrine | November 14th, 1986 |
| 1x09 | Society's Pet | November 28th, 1986 |
| 1x10 | Fever | December 5th, 1986 |
| 1x11 | The Gift | December 12th, 1986 |
| 1x12 | The System | January 9th, 1987 |
| 1x13 | Appearances | January 16th, 1987 |
| 1x14 | The Probe | January 30th, 1987 |
| 1x15 | Dusty | February 6th, 1987 |
| 1x16 | Barriers | February 13th, 1987 |
| 1x17 | Grifters | March 13th, 1987 |
| 1x18 | The Wedding | March 21st, 1987 |
| 1x19 | Fathers and Sons | March 28th, 1987 |
| 1x20 | Starscape (Part 1) | April 4th, 1987 |
| 1x21 | Starscape (Part 2) | April 11th, 1987 |
| 1x22 | The Test | May 2nd, 1987 |
Notes & Trivia
- Starman (TV series) and Starman (1986) both redirect to this page.
- All twenty-two episodes of the show were released on the Starman: The Complete Series DVD collection, released by Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) in 2012.
- Starman is the only series produced by Henerson/Hirsch Productions.
- Title and opticals by F Stop.
- The series is set some fifteen years after the events of Starman.
- Some ten years after the series cancellation, actor Christopher Daniel Barnes will go on to voice the character of Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man on the 1990s animated series Spider-Man. Coincidentally, co-star Robert Hays will also do some superhero voice work during this era as the armored avenger Iron Man on the Iron Man animated series.