Starsky & Hutch film and a video game. The series' protagonists were two Southern California police detectives: David Michael Starsky (Paul Michael Glaser), the dark-haired, Brooklyn transplant and U.S. Army veteran, with a street-wise manner and intense, sometimes childlike moodiness; and Kenneth Richard "Hutch" Hutchinson (David Soul), the divorced, blond, Duluth, Minnesota, native with a more reserved and intellectual approach. Under the radio call sign "Zebra Three", they were known for usually tearing around the streets of fictional Bay City, California. The vehicle of choice was Starsky's two-door Ford Gran Torino, which was bright red, with a large white vector stripe on both
Columbia Pictures Television distribution rights to "Barney Miller" and "Fish" from Danny Arnold, Quinn Martin's "Barnaby Jones" and "Soap" from Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions. On June 27, CPT bought domestic distribution rights to four series made by Spelling-Goldberg Productions including "S.W.A.T.", "Starsky & Hutch", "Charlie's Angels" and "Family" from Metromedia Producers Corporation. From 1978 to 1986, CPT co-produced series with Spelling-Goldberg including "Fantasy Island", "Hart to Hart", and "T. J. Hooker". On February 19, 1979, CPT acquired TOY Productions, whose output included "What's Happening!!" and "Carter Country". On August 13, 1981, CPT acquired the television assets of Time-Life Films. On May 17, 1982, Columbia Pictures