“Kojak” is back, 11 years after the death of Telly Savalas, in a limited series from the USA Network, and let us all admit from the start that, lollipops and “New York setting” aside -- Toronto ...

Television in the '70s was cluttered with one-named detective shows, each with its own gimmick. Baretta: bird. McCloud: cowboy hat. Quincy: medicine. Banacek: insurance fraud and some kind of ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Ving Rhames hears the question often. Why make Lt. Theo Kojak black? After all, everyone remembers the no-nonsense, Tootsie Pops-sucking New York City detective being Greek, ...

On Oct. 24, 1973, one of the most memorable cop series in the history of the world officially arrived. Starring Garden City native Telly Savalas, with the indomitable dome and incisive wit, "Kojak" ...

Universal Studios is gearing up its “Kojak” movie with playwright Philip Gawthorne on board for Vin Diesel‘s bigscreen version of the Telly Savalas cop series. Gawthorne recently signed on to write ...