The show also features Barbara Bosson, Felton Perry, Sydney Walsh, Clarence Felder, Alix Elias, Joseph Gian, Debrah Farentino, Rod Gist, and Paul Linke.
It aired on ABC for two seasons.
Tropes for the series:
- Alliterative Name:
- Harry Hooperman.
- Betty Bushkin.
- Susan Smith.
- Character Title: Hooperman.
- Dramedy: The first show to be explicitly dubbed one of these by the media.
- Make the Dog Testify: A variant is used where the defendant shouts in court, "I should have killed the dog, too!" - thus proving his own guilt.
- One-Word Title: Hooperman.
- Poorly Disguised Pilot: "Nick Derringer, P.I." revolved around Hooperman teaming up with a pint-size private eye in order to bring down an elusive drug dealer. It never got picked up.
- Talking Down the Suicidal: Harry does this with props (specifically a watermelon) in the pilot episode. While he talks the would-be jumper out of jumping, he brings up the finality of death and demonstrates by throwing the watermelon onto the street below. In a later episode, he tries this again. However, he decides against taking the watermelon out of the bag when the jumper says he can't stand the sight of them.
