Bert D'Angelo/Superstar
A Quinn Martin police drama spun off from The Streets of San Francisco.
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Bert D'Angelo/Superstar is an American police drama television series broadcast by the American Broadcasting Company on Saturday Nights from February 21 to July 10, 1976. Produced by Quinn Martin, the series derived from The Streets of San Francisco, although the episode that introduced the character, "Superstar," first aired on March 4, 1976—after the spinoff had already premiered. In Britain, the show was broadcast as Bert D'Angelo on BBC1 during the summer of 1976.
Quick Facts
- Starring
- Paul Sorvino
- Company
- Quinn Martin Productions
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 60 minutes
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 12 (1 unaired)
- First aired
- 21 February 1976
Facts from the source article.
Did You Know?
- The series was broadcast in Britain on BBC1 during the summer of 1976, while The Streets of San Francisco was an ITV import.
- Paul Sorvino played Bert D'Angelo, a ten-year veteran of the New York City Police Department transferred to San Francisco.
Critical reception
Critic John Camper of the Chicago Daily News found little positive about the program, writing, "YOU try to think of something interesting to say about it." He noted that D'Angelo, "With practically no evidence he intuits the entire convoluted murder plot by the end of Act IV." Dwight Newton of the San Francisco Examiner compared the show to the movie Dirty Harry (1971), dubbing D'Angelo "Dirty Bert" for violating proper procedure. Newton called the series a "garbage-heap clinker" but praised Paul Sorvino, saying, "Sorvino imbues his cop role with vitality, finesse, humaneness and, when called upon, great roaring fervor."
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