After starring in the original Star Trek series, William Shatner boldly went where many Hollywood men had gone before: to a TV cop show. That was T.J. Hooker, in which Shatner played the namesake Los Angeles County Police Department sergeant, who had given up his detective job and gone back on patrol with new trainees following the death of his partner. It also starred a young Heather Locklear and Gidget star James Darren along with Adrian Zmed.

T.J. Hooker debuted on March 13, 1982, and lasted for five seasons — four on ABC and one on CBS — but aired for many more years in syndication.