Hooperman

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Hooperman was an ABC television series starring John Ritter that had a two-year run from 1987 to 1989. It is perhaps best categorised as dramedy, a combination of drama and comedy.

Ritter played San Francisco plainclothed policeman Harry Hooperman. Hooperman owns a rundown apartment building together with his girlfriend Susan Smith (played by Debrah Farentino) and his dog Bijoux – a Jack Russell terrier. The show was filmed rather than taped, giving it a better production quality than many conventional (ie, studiobound) sitcoms. The brainchild of Steven Bochco (Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, NYPD Blue) and Terry-Louise Fisher (L.A. Law), the show was good-natured and often quite funny. The main theme was composed by Mike Post.