![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Owing to poor and corrupt police work and the prevailing casual attitude toward suspects' civil rights, the crimes in the Wylie-Hoffert case were pinned on a young African-American man, George Whitmore Jr., who had been arrested on a separate assault charge. Universal Television approached him to do a story based on the 1963 Wylie-Hoffert murders, the brutal rape and murder of two young professional women in Manhattan. The show was created by Abby Mann, an Academy Award winning film writer best known for his work on drama anthologies such as Robert Montgomery Presents and Playhouse 90. The show currently airs on Sony Pictures' getTV. In 1999, TV Guide ranked Theo Kojak number 18 on its 50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time list. Taking the time slot of the popular Cannon series, it aired on CBS from 1973 to 1978. Kojak is an American action crime drama television series starring Telly Savalas as the title character, New York City Police Department Detective Lieutenant Theodopolis "Theo" Kojak. ![]()
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