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 the violence ejected and more of a focus on the friendship of the two leads, viewership remained steady during the season. From September to December 1977, the show stayed in its Saturday night time slot, now up against "The Jeffersons" and "The Tony Randall Show" on CBS and the "NBC Saturday Night at the Movies". In January 1978, the show moved back to it original Wednesday night time slot of 10 p.m. The ratings dropped a little bit, however "Starsky & Hutch" finished #33 (tied with ABC's "Lucan") with a 19.2 Nielsen rating. Glaser again voiced his desires to leave