Series · 1973 · 75 min · 1 seasons

Shaft (1973)

“All-new Shaft thrills!”

7.2/10 · 6 votes

Shaft is a TV series (Drama, Action & Adventure and Crime) that first aired in 1973. Shaft has 1 seasons and 7 episodes in total. It has an average rating of 7.2/10 from 6 viewers. There is currently no known legal streaming option for Shaft in United States. Check back later or switch your region.

Last episode S1 · E7 — The Murder Machine February 19, 1974

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Plot

Shaft is a series of TV movies that aired along with Hawkins during 1973-74 television season on The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies. The series was based on three films beginning with Shaft, and starring Richard Roundtree as private detective John Shaft.

Because it was aired on over-the-air television, CBS felt that the character needed to be toned down. Now instead of working against the police, he worked with them. The series rotated with Hawkins starring James Stewart as a country lawyer who investigates his cases, similarly to his earlier film Anatomy of a Murder. Contemporary analysts suggested that since the two shows appealed to vastly different audience bases, alternating them only served to confuse fans of both series, giving neither one the time to build up a large viewership.