Starsky & Hutch scored several episodes; Alan Silvestri also worked on the series, scoring three episodes. A theatrical film produced by Weed Road Pictures and Red Hour Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and Dimension Films was released in theatres on March 5, 2004. The film stars Ben Stiller as Starsky, Owen Wilson as Hutch and Snoop Dogg as Huggy Bear, as they attempt to stop a drug kingpin played by Vince Vaughn. The film grossed $170,268,750 worldwide. A video game based on the series was developed by Mind's Eye Productions and published by Empire Interactive for PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube,
Starsky & Hutch & Hutch" was moved to Saturday night for the second season and was up against tough competition on CBS with the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" followed by "The Bob Newhart Show". NBC had the NBC "Saturday Night Movie". Although the show lost some of their viewers from the move from the Wednesday night time slot from the previous season, "Starsky & Hutch" held its own, finishing #34 with a 19.6 rating in the Nielsens. In 1977, a rising concern in America about violence on TV, along with Glaser's own concerns about the level of violence in the series, forced the