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Hardcastle and McCormick

Name: Hardcastle and McCormick
Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime
Released: 1983-09-18
Cast: Brian Keith, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Joe Santos

1983 | 3 seasons | 60 min | Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With just 19% on Rotten Tomatoes and a short run with a modest audience, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for crime-drama fans and action fans. If you loved Fargo or Peaky Blinders, start here.
The mood: Dark and gritty.
The pace: 3 seasons: a few weeks of evenings, hour-long episodes, about 67 hours in all.
What might put you off: Rated TV-PG. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.

Hardcastle and McCormick is an American action/drama television series from Stephen J. Cannell Productions, shown on ABC from 1983 through 1986. The series stars Brian Keith as Judge Milton C. Hardcastle and Daniel Hugh Kelly as ex-con and race car driver Mark "Skid" McCormick. The series premise was somewhat recycled from a previous Cannell series, Tenspeed and Brown Shoe.

How it earned its rating

CriticsWeak
19% on Rotten Tomatoes
AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
Reach & staying powerBelow par
Ran for 3 seasons and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 61K people sought it out in the past year