This was like reuniting with an old friend you hadn't seen in years, but felt like it was just yesterday you'd seen. Too bad it didn't last longer. A better timeslot would have helped.
I had such high hopes for this show. I was thrilled to death to hear it was coming back..... then I watched it. It was very dissapointing. Boring, to be honest. Fredy Dryer pretty much dissappeared from acting after this bomb.
@Nickthestorekeeper Fred is still doing acting and he's also producing, but he's goin' around the world to do that, but he has recently showed up on commercials which includes Identity Theft and so, he's still goin' strong and so is Stepfanie Kramer and the 2 of them are still close friends, but as Fred would say about this revival, you can't win 'em all.
It actually had strong ratings (I believe it was stuck on Friday or Saturday nights) but the problem was the demographic was all wrong for NBC (mostly the same demo as shows like NCIS) and so they aborted it after about 5 episodes.
@SPTO for the leave of Stephanie Kramer after Season 6, that's when everything went downhill and by the time Season 7 came around absolutely no1 were watching it and it didn't make much ratings at all, at least I liked it: the new partner to Fred and his Hunter flame character came in and that's when we get to learn and listen and see the 2 couple: Hunter and Chris meeting each other again which was a great story, i was looking 4ward 2 that.
It was on NBC Saturday nights back in 2003 for 3 weeks I believe. NBC decided to give it a run after a couple of highly-rated tv movies. Unfortunately, due to the low ratings, it was soon canceled.
@buckeyehunter18627 wow, i had no idea they even revived this show! Where was I in 2003! lol I guess because it didn't last long, i missed it. What a shame it got cancelled.
damn i had no idea the had a reunion show, now i feel bad knowing especially since this was one of my favorite shows to watch. but seeing it was short lived also, it must didn't have a full season. oh well. hunter will always be a fave
The reason they only had Dryer and Kramer from the old series was that Hallahan died in '97, when he could have easily lived longer. It's a shame, but at least Kramer came back.
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They started with a Black boss, went to a White one, and now a Hispanic. I guess if they ever do another reunion, they'll need an Asian (if they can't find a Native American, that is).
Incredible how much Fred Dryer aged, eh? I hear he's a huge homophobe, too.
They should have kept the gun at the beginning of the intro. Oh well. This probably could have gone on for two or three seasons, too bad it was cancelled.
I didn't know this existed! Too bad I hear it sucked ass. I used to LOVE the original. Stef Kramer still looked good, though, my hats off to her. Fred stayed in shape pretty much, too.
@biigzen The revival were decent shows, I think its kinda hard , perhaps unfair to compare them to the originals, they were not bad, Fred And Stefanie still had the chemistry................
@retroguy1976 - exactly! When is Hollywood and these networks gonna realize that reviving classic shows is bound to fail? Let's see NBC revived Bionic Woman and Knight Rider = FAILED! ABC revived Dragnet and Nightstalker = FAILED! (though in Dragnet's case it somehow lasted 2 seasons and in S2, they totally ruined it by making that a West Coast version of Law and Order) and now CBS is reviving Hawaii Five-O this fall.
@megamanj2004X Thebottom line that although Hawaii Five-O has been a surprise hit for CBS, they are the exception and not the rule. CBS got lucky on that one. That being said, the fault lies with the non-talented, uncreative moron producers & honchos running the networks. They don't have the brilliant mind of say an Aaron Spelling to creative NEW hit shows or create a new fresh formula. They resort to remakes or the ever cheaply made, no talent, garbage reality shows. As a result, TV is doomed.
@OreckBoy1 This comment should get 10,000 thumbs up.
TV now days is so HORRIBLE, i'd bet six ways to sunday if you put the ORIGINAL 5-0 back on in prime time right now, it would beat out other top shows in the same time slot. Perhaps even ALL top shows!!!
The original 5-0 debuted in 1968!!!! That's saying something if one thinks a 40 something year old show could CLOBBER the TALENTLESS shows that are on today
@megamanj2004X yeah, night rider became an excuse to use the cheapest CGI, a very confusing romance between the leads and more confusing plots like killing Mike only to have him become Michael Knight or have the "Foundation" do raids and shit in "FBI" windbreakers and not have Knight carry a gun. They couldn't have gotten someone as cool as Hasslehoff? I just hope that NBC does not redo Miami Vice.
Frickin' NBC! Adding too many characters like if Hunter was a soap opera! NBC totally screwed this up. And the 8 o'clock timeslot on Saturdays, no wonder it was over in a heartbeat!
I'm disappointed NBC didn't give the revival show a chance....I believe there were 2 movies and 6 TV episodes or so that did not air weekly but here and there.
After two highly-rated TV movies in Fall 2002 of Hunter, they decided to bring the show as a mid-season replacement in Spring 2003. NBC didn't give the show a chance of surviving with a 8pm Saturday night time slot and the show was cancelled after only 5 episodes of which I believe one or two didn't even air!
You can tell just by the intro that this was a lame ass attempt to revive the kick ass Hunter series. Fuckin networks always screw shit up when the try and revive it.
If Hunter and Mcall would die their hair it would be just like the 1980's one because the 2 have actually not changed much in looks..Anyone know if they have the 5 episodes for download anywhere?
why this season it's steph but not laura lane? didn't she quit the force and go out to sing?
anyway, this season is dedicated to my uncle that passed away...even though fred wanted her back one more time. what's up with that? But it's very cool and saying "hi" again to Stephanie Kramer. Sucks that it got cancelled and there was only 5 episodes but no one was watching.
The first Hunter return movie got huge ratings. It's too bad they didn't give the series more of a chance. Fred and Stepfanie looked better than ever. I wish NBC would share the unreleased eps with us.
I was thinking the same exact thing. This theme song had absolutely no feeling to it, compared to the themes of the original version. It might've worked on its own had there not been a parent series, but here, it falls flat when you look at any of the other "Hunter" intros...
i didnt even know they tried to revive the show. good promotion NBC!!! Its was best that they left classic shows like that alone anyway...at least until they run out of old TV show to movie ideas.
The did. You can buy all 7 complete seasons at tvdvdworld on the Internet. The price looks good to me as well. They're only $150.00dollars for the complete series. I don't think it gets much better than that.
Like I said in another post, nothing past season three has been officially released, so it's impossible for them to have them legally, and that site has received multiple customer complaints, most of them along the lines of long backorders and dodging giving refunds.
I looked up what you said about complaints and WOW!!!. I defiantely won't be buying Hunter from that website. I'll just write to the company that released the first three seasons and ask thee to bring out the rest of the series.
Does anyone know where I can find a copy of this theme and download it. The music is great and I would love to get it into the media library on my computer.
if you want to call it a season. i believe they filmed 5 episodes but only three actually aired. nbc had it in a saturday night 8 pm timeslot. that doomed the revival of hunter right off the bat. only the first 3 seasons have been released on dvd
yeah, i remember when they brought back the two tv movies before they launched the revival of the show. no one is home on saturday nights watching tv. perhaps if it were in a better time slot, it would have lasted.
When did this come out!!!!!!!! I do not remember it, and this was my favorite show. I remember the movies but didnt know about this :( anybody know if its out on dvd like seasons 1,2,3
i really find out that Stephanie went back to Hunter.For what? She quit and left the force to be with her old flame, and make music (which she did only once). what's up w/ her?
NBC did a reunion movies that did so well that they commissioned a second movie/pilot, plus five hourlong episodes. Then, they buried the revival on Saturday nights at 8:00, with no promotion. Might have made it in its old 10:00 timeslot. Not as entertaining as the original, but still pretty good. Stepfanie Kramer was still sexy as hell, too.
5 episodes were made, only 3 aired. To put into perspective how bad the ratings were for this revival, it got beat in its 8:00 time slot by a prime-time edition of The Price is Right.
hey ! not fair ! I had no idea they revived the show, i would have totally supported am a big fan of hunter ! DAm that's wrong NBC !!!
Sherma101 1 month ago
Yeah, I liked hunter but this GAR bage deserved to be canceled.
Kicksalotofassasarus 7 months ago
I know that stefanie is still hot til this day, WOW LOL AS FOR FRED, HE SHOWS HIS AGE. THIS NEW REVIVAL SHOW DIDN'T WORK OUT BECAUSE OF MONEY.
curtflirt2 7 months ago
They should have fred dryer/rick hunter's famous catch phrase at the end of the opening credits
Works for me.
jmjfanss 8 months ago
Dang, Stepfanie Kramer got hotter over the years.
FallGuy82 11 months ago
SOME PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me where i can watch this show or at least the TV reunion movies
asdfasdfasdf12321 11 months ago
hey what happened to this why was it cancelled looks decent
darkdragonforever 11 months ago
This was like reuniting with an old friend you hadn't seen in years, but felt like it was just yesterday you'd seen. Too bad it didn't last longer. A better timeslot would have helped.
MikeAM78 1 year ago
Wow, I didn't know they revived this show in '03. This was my favorite back in the 80s.
eh1920 1 year ago
put this out on dvd now!
pkkees 1 year ago
Loved the Original Hunter, but I do wonder why so many of the Hollywood
"Re-Makes" (Incl Hunter), of Successful 60's / 70's & 80's, Drama's/Programme's FAIL, and are not successful when they are Re-Made / Re-Imaged??
I think part of the problem is they try changing the essence of the orignal show too much, thus essentially screwing it up!
imnaz83 1 year ago
@imnaz83 First time it's a novelty, second time it's a bore.
supercreamysperm 1 year ago
god damn, stephanie kramer was still hot 20 years later
I had no idea they revived this show... maybe thats why it didnt last
jgrewal66 1 year ago 17
@jgrewal66 Same here,
CelticVictory 1 year ago
Fred Dryer looks like an emaciated Rush Limbaugh.
subliteral 1 year ago
I had such high hopes for this show. I was thrilled to death to hear it was coming back..... then I watched it. It was very dissapointing. Boring, to be honest. Fredy Dryer pretty much dissappeared from acting after this bomb.
Nickthestorekeeper 1 year ago
@Nickthestorekeeper Fred is still doing acting and he's also producing, but he's goin' around the world to do that, but he has recently showed up on commercials which includes Identity Theft and so, he's still goin' strong and so is Stepfanie Kramer and the 2 of them are still close friends, but as Fred would say about this revival, you can't win 'em all.
tnawcwvictoria 1 year ago
a revival is sure to fail if you put a latino in charge of two caucasians.white people dont like to see mexicans giving other whites orders
nealadams70 1 year ago
The video did not represent the show well
jason333331 1 year ago
i didn't know they re-did the show. I thought it was a SNL skettch. I could kick fred's ass
northernauto 1 year ago
They added too many additional characters. And the theme sounds too synthesized.
brotherbrown84 1 year ago
AWFUL!! It sounds like they got the Hunter theme and played it on an old Nintendo Entertainment System from the 80s
LocoYoFla 1 year ago
i remember this. it was ok, but not as gritty or well writen as the shows first run.
thay should have just kept making t.v. movies every year or so.
otheozzy 1 year ago
When did they ever show this, I think it is a fuckin embarressment !
polesee777 2 years ago
It actually had strong ratings (I believe it was stuck on Friday or Saturday nights) but the problem was the demographic was all wrong for NBC (mostly the same demo as shows like NCIS) and so they aborted it after about 5 episodes.
SPTO 2 years ago
@SPTO for the leave of Stephanie Kramer after Season 6, that's when everything went downhill and by the time Season 7 came around absolutely no1 were watching it and it didn't make much ratings at all, at least I liked it: the new partner to Fred and his Hunter flame character came in and that's when we get to learn and listen and see the 2 couple: Hunter and Chris meeting each other again which was a great story, i was looking 4ward 2 that.
rudyalapag5 1 year ago
@polesee777 It was burned off in summer of 2003 after horse racing events and the like. No publicity. A shame. Who knows, it could have succeeded.
SG1Mitchell 2 years ago
It was on NBC Saturday nights back in 2003 for 3 weeks I believe. NBC decided to give it a run after a couple of highly-rated tv movies. Unfortunately, due to the low ratings, it was soon canceled.
buckeyehunter18627 1 year ago
@buckeyehunter18627 wow, i had no idea they even revived this show! Where was I in 2003! lol I guess because it didn't last long, i missed it. What a shame it got cancelled.
cjs33139 1 year ago
@polesee777 Whats an embarrasment? Did you even see them? I guess not, and yet you are judging wothout watching, space cadet..........
starfly7 1 year ago
damn i had no idea the had a reunion show, now i feel bad knowing especially since this was one of my favorite shows to watch. but seeing it was short lived also, it must didn't have a full season. oh well. hunter will always be a fave
stingernitro 2 years ago
Too bad this didn't make it. I love Hunter Ms. Kramer is still a fox too..
Nightowl358 2 years ago 2
The reason they only had Dryer and Kramer from the old series was that Hallahan died in '97, when he could have easily lived longer. It's a shame, but at least Kramer came back.
garceaj 2 years ago 2
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They started with a Black boss, went to a White one, and now a Hispanic. I guess if they ever do another reunion, they'll need an Asian (if they can't find a Native American, that is).
Incredible how much Fred Dryer aged, eh? I hear he's a huge homophobe, too.
Sheldonwh 2 years ago
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bleah, this is pure shit...first, second, third season and all of season of '90 years are better....this is only a fucking copy of them!
abitcistv 2 years ago
They should have kept the gun at the beginning of the intro. Oh well. This probably could have gone on for two or three seasons, too bad it was cancelled.
Gopherbassist 2 years ago
No. Fucking. WAY! Where the hell was I?
I didn't know this existed! Too bad I hear it sucked ass. I used to LOVE the original. Stef Kramer still looked good, though, my hats off to her. Fred stayed in shape pretty much, too.
biigzen 2 years ago
@biigzen The revival were decent shows, I think its kinda hard , perhaps unfair to compare them to the originals, they were not bad, Fred And Stefanie still had the chemistry................
starfly7 1 year ago
my favorite telefilm
FalconDark5 3 years ago
geeze fred dryer isn't in the hall of fame? the guy had freakin 104 sacks and was a beast on the field in his prime
overdozerecords 3 years ago
And he played alongside Hall of Famer Jack Youngblood during his years with the L.A. Rams.
bwill613 2 years ago
At least w/ this revival, they kept two of the original version's stars (Dryer) and (Kramer).
This revival isn't half bad compared to what NBC is doing w/ their revival of Knight Rider.
megamanj2004X 3 years ago 11
PLEASE don't mention the new Knight Rider, I'm trying t forget that it even exists!
alphanumeric1971 2 years ago
@megamanj2004X oh god that new knight rider wasv pure garbage awful show nothing beats the hoff
retroguy1976 1 year ago 2
@retroguy1976 - exactly! When is Hollywood and these networks gonna realize that reviving classic shows is bound to fail? Let's see NBC revived Bionic Woman and Knight Rider = FAILED! ABC revived Dragnet and Nightstalker = FAILED! (though in Dragnet's case it somehow lasted 2 seasons and in S2, they totally ruined it by making that a West Coast version of Law and Order) and now CBS is reviving Hawaii Five-O this fall.
megamanj2004X 1 year ago
@megamanj2004X Thebottom line that although Hawaii Five-O has been a surprise hit for CBS, they are the exception and not the rule. CBS got lucky on that one. That being said, the fault lies with the non-talented, uncreative moron producers & honchos running the networks. They don't have the brilliant mind of say an Aaron Spelling to creative NEW hit shows or create a new fresh formula. They resort to remakes or the ever cheaply made, no talent, garbage reality shows. As a result, TV is doomed.
OreckBoy1 11 months ago 4
@OreckBoy1 you bet. these guys are finished
jawzmuzik 9 months ago
@OreckBoy1 This comment should get 10,000 thumbs up.
TV now days is so HORRIBLE, i'd bet six ways to sunday if you put the ORIGINAL 5-0 back on in prime time right now, it would beat out other top shows in the same time slot. Perhaps even ALL top shows!!!
The original 5-0 debuted in 1968!!!! That's saying something if one thinks a 40 something year old show could CLOBBER the TALENTLESS shows that are on today
25mfd 9 months ago 2
@OreckBoy1 Sir,it's a shame I can only give you one thumbs up...What you said is so dead on.It sickens me how bad TV is nowadays.
ravager48 7 months ago
@megamanj2004X yeah, night rider became an excuse to use the cheapest CGI, a very confusing romance between the leads and more confusing plots like killing Mike only to have him become Michael Knight or have the "Foundation" do raids and shit in "FBI" windbreakers and not have Knight carry a gun. They couldn't have gotten someone as cool as Hasslehoff? I just hope that NBC does not redo Miami Vice.
codename617 2 weeks ago
Frickin' NBC! Adding too many characters like if Hunter was a soap opera! NBC totally screwed this up. And the 8 o'clock timeslot on Saturdays, no wonder it was over in a heartbeat!
CubanOverlord 3 years ago
Man this sucked ass. The commercials for it got me excited to watch, but then it was a total snooze fest.
monaco74 3 years ago 2
the extra's should've been guest stars. everyone knows hunter is about fred & stephanie....period.
RedAzurite 3 years ago 2
In my humble opinion, this does not hold a candle to the original series.
antoniopardi76 3 years ago
The co-stars were all flakey. Terrible actors,all.
modmusik 3 years ago
San Diego? Hunter has to be LAPD, man! L.A. is his town! This show wasn't bad, but couldn't compare to the original series.
FireBuff51 3 years ago
I'm disappointed NBC didn't give the revival show a chance....I believe there were 2 movies and 6 TV episodes or so that did not air weekly but here and there.
LAPD........to San Diego PD?
spudtv 3 years ago
when in the hell did they make a new hunter show I must have been really sleeping under a rock never seen it advertised or anything
retroguy1976 3 years ago
I must have been in a coma too, because I don't remember this at all!
ElJefeNLA 3 years ago 2
After two highly-rated TV movies in Fall 2002 of Hunter, they decided to bring the show as a mid-season replacement in Spring 2003. NBC didn't give the show a chance of surviving with a 8pm Saturday night time slot and the show was cancelled after only 5 episodes of which I believe one or two didn't even air!
buckeyehunter18627 3 years ago
after all these years she still looks fine and he still kicks ass!
blacksultan85 3 years ago
Mike Gomez is the man to watch!
procommenter 3 years ago
I think that Fred and Stephanie must finish the series, they are good roleplayers and let the opportunity to other people
jesebeab 3 years ago
Michelle Gold = producer's daughter? No other explanation as to why she got a role doing anything.
agenttorpor 3 years ago 2
**** me! Why did Fred Dryer turn into a Depends-wearing geriatric whilst STEPfanie Kramer stayed youthful and vibrant?
agenttorpor 3 years ago
You can tell just by the intro that this was a lame ass attempt to revive the kick ass Hunter series. Fuckin networks always screw shit up when the try and revive it.
paulwes1983 3 years ago 2
If Hunter and Mcall would die their hair it would be just like the 1980's one because the 2 have actually not changed much in looks..Anyone know if they have the 5 episodes for download anywhere?
PolizeiPaul 3 years ago
Did kramers music career flop and she was back to hunter desperate for money?
Brainman94 3 years ago
why this season it's steph but not laura lane? didn't she quit the force and go out to sing?
anyway, this season is dedicated to my uncle that passed away...even though fred wanted her back one more time. what's up with that? But it's very cool and saying "hi" again to Stephanie Kramer. Sucks that it got cancelled and there was only 5 episodes but no one was watching.
rudyalapag5 3 years ago
The first Hunter return movie got huge ratings. It's too bad they didn't give the series more of a chance. Fred and Stepfanie looked better than ever. I wish NBC would share the unreleased eps with us.
Rogersocal 3 years ago
I love Hunter, but wow, this was a really lame intro when compared to any of the intros from the original series.
DJEclipseNiagara 3 years ago 5
I was thinking the same exact thing. This theme song had absolutely no feeling to it, compared to the themes of the original version. It might've worked on its own had there not been a parent series, but here, it falls flat when you look at any of the other "Hunter" intros...
tvpirate05 3 years ago 3
Oh, this must have been the boring "Law & Order" style opening. Everything about the original show was awesome.
chompychomps 3 years ago 2
i didnt even know they tried to revive the show. good promotion NBC!!! Its was best that they left classic shows like that alone anyway...at least until they run out of old TV show to movie ideas.
mrdeedz1 3 years ago 2
I never knew either and I was a big fan. I suspect/conclude a serious lack of promotion.
chompychomps 3 years ago
The did. You can buy all 7 complete seasons at tvdvdworld on the Internet. The price looks good to me as well. They're only $150.00dollars for the complete series. I don't think it gets much better than that.
ALPHA000102 3 years ago
Like I said in another post, nothing past season three has been officially released, so it's impossible for them to have them legally, and that site has received multiple customer complaints, most of them along the lines of long backorders and dodging giving refunds.
DJEclipseNiagara 3 years ago
I looked up what you said about complaints and WOW!!!. I defiantely won't be buying Hunter from that website. I'll just write to the company that released the first three seasons and ask thee to bring out the rest of the series.
ALPHA000102 3 years ago
Does anyone know where I can find a copy of this theme and download it. The music is great and I would love to get it into the media library on my computer.
ALPHA000102 3 years ago
Was this the last season of Hunter?
AshleyCantori 4 years ago
if you want to call it a season. i believe they filmed 5 episodes but only three actually aired. nbc had it in a saturday night 8 pm timeslot. that doomed the revival of hunter right off the bat. only the first 3 seasons have been released on dvd
buckeyehunter18627 4 years ago
i remember...it was disappointing
246624street 4 years ago
yeah, i remember when they brought back the two tv movies before they launched the revival of the show. no one is home on saturday nights watching tv. perhaps if it were in a better time slot, it would have lasted.
buckeyehunter18627 4 years ago 2
When did this come out!!!!!!!! I do not remember it, and this was my favorite show. I remember the movies but didnt know about this :( anybody know if its out on dvd like seasons 1,2,3
tigresfanrosie 4 years ago
i really find out that Stephanie went back to Hunter.For what? She quit and left the force to be with her old flame, and make music (which she did only once). what's up w/ her?
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hunter fan!Not this one.
rudyalapag5 4 years ago
Like ROCKFORD the actor playing HUNTER was older than the character he played.
highperson666 5 years ago
should of coloured his hair to make it look younger..lol
JackWalsh44 5 years ago 3
@JackWalsh44 I agree!
snoopy64116 1 year ago
And Fred Dryer was still meaner than hell to the perps too !
amr370 5 years ago
NBC did a reunion movies that did so well that they commissioned a second movie/pilot, plus five hourlong episodes. Then, they buried the revival on Saturday nights at 8:00, with no promotion. Might have made it in its old 10:00 timeslot. Not as entertaining as the original, but still pretty good. Stepfanie Kramer was still sexy as hell, too.
kbirdusa 5 years ago
did this even air?? i don't recall any of this.
juarezrt 5 years ago
For maybe a month at the most. Saturday nights, when nobody's really home to watch TV.
tvpirate05 4 years ago
5 episodes were made, only 3 aired. To put into perspective how bad the ratings were for this revival, it got beat in its 8:00 time slot by a prime-time edition of The Price is Right.
greg6363 4 years ago 3
Blink and you missed it. I'm actually suprised NBC greenlit this revival.
jegoing 5 years ago
the biggest mistake they made with this show was not having Hunter & McCall finally hook up
NewsLynne 5 years ago
That's because Stephen J. Cannell is a FUCKTARD!!!
KwansPrayerWarrior 5 years ago
Cannell wasn't even involved in this revival.
greg6363 4 years ago
I agree, as a loyal fan of this show that still burns my grits that Hunter and McCall never got together arghhhhhh.
KarinaGahan 4 years ago