Hunter is a police drama television series starring Fred Dryer which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective (badge# 089) with the Los Angeles Police Department. Stepfanie Kramer co-starred in the first six of the series' seven seasons as Hunter's female partner Sgt. Dee Dee McCall.

Created by Frank Lupo, the show in its early episodes played as television's answer to Dirty Harry . Even after the show's violence was toned down during the second season in hopes of boosting ratings, Hunter and McCall still managed to resolve many cases the good old-fashioned way, by shooting the perpetrators dead.

The show's executive producer during the first season was noted producer Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series. It was co-produced by Lorimar Productions (1984-1986), Lorimar-Telepictures (1986-1988), and Lorimar Television (1988-1991).

Hunter was an Australian espionage adventure television series screened by the Nine Network from 5 July 1967 to 1969. The series was created by Ian Jones and produced by Crawford Productions .

The title character, a dashing spy, was played by Tony Ward. However he was quickly overshadowed by the show's main antagonist, Kragg, played by Gerard Kennedy, the show's breakout character. Kennedy won a TV Week Logie Award for Best New Talent for his portrayal of the character .

Scripts were written by Ian Jones and Terry Stapleton . The series became extremely popular rating in the top-ten most popular programs in Australia for 1967, and had a run of 65 one hour episodes; it also achieved a limited number of international sales . It was shot in black and white, with interior scenes shot on videotape in the studio and outdoor scenes shot on location on 16 mm film . Compared to Australian drama series of the day, the series featured an above-average quota of location-shot footage. The Melbourne-based show filmed some episodes in Sydney and the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales, on the Gold Coast, Queensland, in South Australia, and in Singapore .

Initially the stories were serialised over three and four-episode story arcs. Soon the decision was made to switch to stand-alone episodes, and after episode 15, episodes largely featured a self-contained story, apart from two subsequent two-part stories .

As the series progressed the immense popularity of the villain Kragg presented several problems. Apart from apparently being more popular amongst viewers than the show's title character, in the stories the villain invariably had to defeat the ostensible hero in order to still be around for the next episode . In a concession to the character's popularity, Kragg ultimately defected to the side of good. Series star Tony Ward had been somewhat dissatisfied with the direction his character was taking and the increased emphasis on Kragg, and late in the show's run suggested that the high output of episodes by this stage had outstripped the ability of the writers .

Late in the show's run and after some disagreements with the show's producers, Ward left the series and a new lead spy portrayed by Rod Mullinar was introduced. Mullinar completed just eight episodes of the series before it was cancelled. Keen to retain the services of Kennedy, Crawford's decided that new police series Division 4 was a better vehicle for his talents; they convinced the Nine Network to cancel Hunter and proceed with Division 4, which indeed emerged as a popular success . Mullinar subsequently took the lead role in another Crawford's adventure series Ryan (1973).

After moving from Los Angeles to San Diego following his partner's on-the-job murder, hardnosed police detective Rick Hunter teams up with his old partner, Dee Dee McCall (nicknamed "The Brass Cupcake"), to battle bad guys, screech tires, shoot guns and fight crime on the streets of San Diego. Written by Marty McKee

This was the pilot to the long running series, about a cop, Rick Hunter, who has two things going against him. The first is that his family is involved with organized crime. So, most of the cops don't trust him. And most of his partners get seriously injured. Now his commanding officer, Captain Cain, has it in for him. Currently, he is forcing him to see a psychiatrist, and that if he wants to work in the field, he has to have a partner and the only one who is willing to work with him, Bernie Terwilleger, a less than competent cop. Hunter then decides to team with the only other cop, who has a hard time with partners, too, Dee Dee McCall. Currently, they are working on a case involving a possible serial killer, but since Terwilliger was the first cop at the scene, it's his case. But Hunter sensing that Terwilliger will not give it his all, decides to investigate on his own. Written by

Detective Sergeant Rick Hunter and his partner, Sergeant Dee Dee McCall, are homicide investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department. Often they must go undercover to catch a variety of L.A.-style villains. "Sporty" James, a helpful police-informant, occasionally provides a bit of humor in this action-drama T.V. series. Written by Tad Dibbern

L.A.P.D. Sgt. Rick Hunter (Dryer) is a tough-minded, Dirty Harry-type policeman who can't stand the creeps, thieves, rapists, and especially murderers who prowl the streets of Los Angeles. Unfortunately his method of doing things doesn't sit well with his precinct captains, which lead to their efforts to get rid of him. Because of his heavy-handed approach, he is unable to keep partners for any significant time frame, and is assigned to Sgt. Dee Dee 'The Brass Cupcake' McCall (Kramer). Through 8 years on TV, the two homicide detectives found themselves up against the slimiest criminals Los Angeles has to offer... Written by Derek O'Cain

Rick Hunter is a (good) cop, who has a few things going against him. One is the fact that he, albeit unintentionally, injures his partners, which that not too many cops want to be his partner. Another is that his captain has it in for him. And the fact, that some of the people in his family are mobsters. Hunter teams up with Dee Dee McCall, another cop, whom the other cops don't like. But nevertheless, they prove to be quite a formidable duo. As stated Hunter's captains during the first season had it in for him, but during the second season, Hunter's new Captain, Wyler did not have a grudge against Hunter but liked to do things by the book which Hunter sometimes didn't do. And during the third season, his new Captain, Charles Devane got along well with Hunter and McCall. After six seasons, Stepfanie Kramer left the show. During the seventh season, Hunter and Devane were transfered to the Metro Division and were joined by Joanne Molenski. Eventually Darlanne Fluegel who played Molenski left and was replaced by Chris Novack. Written by

This series centered around the cases of US Government special agents James Hunter and Marty Shaw who cover the world of contemporary espionage. His cover was operating a Santa Monica book store, hers posing as a model. Written by Amy