Hooperman

All Episodes 1987 - 1989

  • Ended
  • #<Network:0x00007fbcba60be08>
  • 1987-09-24T01:00:00Z
  • 30m
  • 21h (42 episodes)
  • Terry Louise Fisher + 1 more, Steven Bochco
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy, Drama
Hooperman is an American television series which ran on ABC from September 23, 1987 until July 26, 1989. A comedy-drama, the show centered around the professional and personal lives of San Francisco plainclothes detective Harry Hooperman, played by John Ritter. The series was created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, who were the team responsible for creating L.A. Law.

42 episodes

Series Premiere

1987-09-24T01:00:00Z

1x01 Hooperman (Pilot)

Series Premiere

1x01 Hooperman (Pilot)

  • 1987-09-24T01:00:00Z30m

The beloved owner of the apartment building is killed by a burglar and Hooperman inherits both the building and her dog, Bijoux.

Bijoux is on trial. Hooperman claims Bijoux is a 'police sniffer' and has 24 hours to prove it.

1x03 Don We Now Our Gay Apparel

  • 1987-10-08T01:00:00Z30m

Things start warming up between Hooperman and his fix-it person and DeMott is again a victim of cupid's arrow.

1987-10-15T01:00:00Z

1x04 Aria Da Capo

1x04 Aria Da Capo

  • 1987-10-15T01:00:00Z30m

A witness in the Federal Witness Protection Program rapes a woman and Hooperman is ordered to look the other way.

1x05 John Doe, We Hardly Knew Ye

  • 1987-10-29T02:00:00Z30m

A psychic tenant helps identify an unidentified body found at the docks. Also, a 'nephew' claims he is entitled to the apartment.

1987-11-12T02:00:00Z

1x06 The Shooting

1x06 The Shooting

  • 1987-11-12T02:00:00Z30m

Hooperman can't bring himself to shoot an escaping robbery suspect.

1987-11-19T02:00:00Z

1x07 Hot Wired

1x07 Hot Wired

  • 1987-11-19T02:00:00Z30m

Hooperman gets all wired up to go undercover.

1987-11-26T02:00:00Z

1x08 Baby Talk

1x08 Baby Talk

  • 1987-11-26T02:00:00Z30m

Hooperman is assigned to baby-sit an Arab sheik's spoiled daughter while DeMott and Silardi pose as a couple to catch a baby broker who steals children.

1987-12-03T02:00:00Z

1x09 Blues for Danny Welles

1x09 Blues for Danny Welles

  • 1987-12-03T02:00:00Z30m

Hooperman befriends an inmate with AIDS.

1987-12-10T02:00:00Z

1x10 I, Witness

1x10 I, Witness

  • 1987-12-10T02:00:00Z30m

Hooperman and Stern dismiss a lonely old man's claim that he can identify a masked murderer- until he calls a press conference.

The precinct is in the holiday spirit and holds an open house for a colorful array of petty criminals.

1988-01-07T02:00:00Z

1x12 The Naked and the Dead

1x12 The Naked and the Dead

  • 1988-01-07T02:00:00Z30m

Hooperman is after the thief who's robbing stiffs from a cemetery, and Susan's dead sure that her new novel will make a killing.

1988-01-14T02:00:00Z

1x13 The Snitch

1x13 The Snitch

  • 1988-01-14T02:00:00Z30m

Hooperman's informant is petrified of tattling on thugs and needs police protection.

1988-01-21T02:00:00Z

1x14 Chariots of Fire

1x14 Chariots of Fire

  • 1988-01-21T02:00:00Z30m

Hooperman buys a vintage sports car from a convicted drug dealer and Susan is writing an article about women involved with cops.

1988-02-04T02:00:00Z

1x15 High Noon

1x15 High Noon

  • 1988-02-04T02:00:00Z30m

While working undercover as a fence, Hopperman discovers that a convict who threatened to kill him has just escaped from prison.

1988-02-11T02:00:00Z

1x16 Blaste From the Past

1x16 Blaste From the Past

  • 1988-02-11T02:00:00Z30m

Love draws Stern to a precinct shrink, Susan to a muscle-bound airhead, and Hooperman to a recently divorced ex-girlfriend.

1988-03-10T02:00:00Z

1x17 Tomato Can

1x17 Tomato Can

  • 1988-03-10T02:00:00Z30m

Hooperman befriends an illiterate boxer who wants to be a cop and McNeil gets a bad case of the jitters right before he's to appear on a game show.

1988-03-17T02:00:00Z

1x18 Me and Mr. Magoo

1x18 Me and Mr. Magoo

  • 1988-03-17T02:00:00Z30m

Hooperman enlists the aid of an eccentric pilot when a child-abuse case calls for some airbourne assistance.

1988-04-07T01:00:00Z

1x19 Baby On Board

1x19 Baby On Board

  • 1988-04-07T01:00:00Z30m

Hoopperman learns he's the father of Susan's unborn child.

1988-04-14T01:00:00Z

1x20 Trudy and Clyde

1x20 Trudy and Clyde

  • 1988-04-14T01:00:00Z30m

Stakeout experts Hooperman and Pritzger spend days ogling a robbery suspect's girlfriend who does aerobics in the buff, until she calls for help and pulls a gun on them.

1988-05-05T01:00:00Z

1x21 Nick Derringer, P.I.

1x21 Nick Derringer, P.I.

  • 1988-05-05T01:00:00Z30m

Out to nail an elusive drug dealer, Hooperman sides with a pint-size private eye who makes short shrift of his clients and the police department.

Season Finale

1988-05-19T01:00:00Z

1x22 Surprise Party

Season Finale

1x22 Surprise Party

  • 1988-05-19T01:00:00Z30m

It's showdown time when Silardi's homophobic twin brother and Susan's Hooperphobic mother both show up in time to celebrate Hooperman's birthday.

Season Premiere

1988-12-01T02:00:00Z

2x01 Requiem for an S.O.B.

Season Premiere

2x01 Requiem for an S.O.B.

  • 1988-12-01T02:00:00Z30m

Harry must deliver the eulogy for a despised colleague and a cop killer is tricked with a winning Lotto ticket.

1988-12-08T02:00:00Z

2x02 We'll Always Have Paris

2x02 We'll Always Have Paris

  • 1988-12-08T02:00:00Z30m

Grief over the loss of their unborn child leads to a fight between Hooperman and Smith and a hasty proposal from Hooperman.

1988-12-15T02:00:00Z

2x03 Who Do You Truss?

2x03 Who Do You Truss?

  • 1988-12-15T02:00:00Z30m

Hooperman gets a hernia and won't have it treated because he doesn't trust hospitals or surgeons.

1988-12-22T02:00:00Z

2x04 In Search of Bijoux

2x04 In Search of Bijoux

  • 1988-12-22T02:00:00Z30m

Hooperman must appear on TV to recover an ungrateful Bijoux. Also, Hooperman goes undercover in drag to hunt down a slasher.

1989-01-12T02:00:00Z

2x05 Look Homeward, Dirtbag

2x05 Look Homeward, Dirtbag

  • 1989-01-12T02:00:00Z30m

A former inmate released from prison harasses Hooperman to put him back in the slammer.

2x06 Nightmare in Apartment One

  • 1989-01-19T02:00:00Z30m

Hooperman figures- wrongly- that renting an apartment to McNeil will prevent a big headache.

When a gunshot sends Hooperman falling down a flight of stairs and into unconsciousness, he wakes up to discover that he is chained to a wall in a tacky underworld whose only other inhabitant is a red-suited demon who takes devilish delight in playing Pat Boone's 'April Love' on an old phonograph.

1989-02-02T02:00:00Z

2x08 Rashomanny

2x08 Rashomanny

  • 1989-02-02T02:00:00Z30m

Hooperman is found in a compromising position with a female suspect whose retelling of the incident differs wildly from his.

1989-02-09T02:00:00Z

2x09 In the Still of My Pants

2x09 In the Still of My Pants

  • 1989-02-09T02:00:00Z30m

Hooperman falls for Lisa's roommate and doesn't know how to handle it. A bunco artist zeros in on elderly women.

1989-02-16T02:00:00Z

2x10 The Dating Game

2x10 The Dating Game

  • 1989-02-16T02:00:00Z30m

When his girlfriend goes out of town to visit her parents, Hooperman is left dateless for the annual policeman's ball.

1989-02-23T02:00:00Z

2x11 Intolerance

2x11 Intolerance

  • 1989-02-23T02:00:00Z30m

Star-struck Hooperman allows a movie producer fresh out of film school to use the apartment building as a set for a gory movie.

1989-03-02T02:00:00Z

2x12 The Nun and I

2x12 The Nun and I

  • 1989-03-02T02:00:00Z30m

Hooperman is in love with a new woman; a nun.

1989-03-16T02:00:00Z

2x13 The Sure Thing

2x13 The Sure Thing

  • 1989-03-16T02:00:00Z30m

Hooperman's colleagues are furious with him after he persuades them to join him in an investment scheme.

1989-03-23T02:00:00Z

2x14 The Long So Long

2x14 The Long So Long

  • 1989-03-23T02:00:00Z30m

Hooperman and McNeil must cart around a corpse during a transportation strike.

1989-06-15T01:00:00Z

2x15 Stakeout

2x15 Stakeout

  • 1989-06-15T01:00:00Z30m

Hooperman is forced on a stakeout with a good-natured lout, but must bite his tongue because his new partner is the Commissioner's nephew.

A ventriloquist asks Hooperman to retrieve a stolen dummy, and Hooperman seeks professional help when Bijoux won't stop biting Alex.

1989-06-29T01:00:00Z

2x17 Love Bytes

2x17 Love Bytes

  • 1989-06-29T01:00:00Z30m

Hooperman sets up a love connection between a convicted computer criminal and the woman who spurned his advances, but used his crooked program for her own profit.

1989-07-06T01:00:00Z

2x18 Take My Building, Please

2x18 Take My Building, Please

  • 1989-07-06T01:00:00Z30m

Two renters in the building are at each other's throats after one puts down a deposit on an apartment that the other won't vacate. Also, a building inspector finds numerous violations and Mrs. Davis offers to buy the apartment building. Hooperman confronts a pregnant thief.

1989-07-13T01:00:00Z

2x19 Some of That Jazz

2x19 Some of That Jazz

  • 1989-07-13T01:00:00Z30m

While moonlighting as a jazz saxophonist, Hooperman considers trading his life as a cop for a life of music. Also, DeMott is guilt-ridden after accidentally shooting Silardi.

Season Finale

1989-07-27T01:00:00Z

2x20 Goodnight, Sweet Hooperman

Season Finale

2x20 Goodnight, Sweet Hooperman

  • 1989-07-27T01:00:00Z30m

A precinct-wide sleep-deprivation experiment withholds sweet slumber from Hooperman, but something in the sleeplessness makes DeMott seem suddenly seductive.

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