Season 1 • Episode 22
LatestBooker learns that his father ran out on him as a child because he was made part of the witness protection program after testifying against a mobster.
Booker is an American crime drama series starring Richard Grieco that aired on the Fox Network from September 24, 1989 to May 6, 1990. The series is a spin-off of 21 Jump Street and the second installment of the 21 Jump Street series. The character of Dennis Booker was originally a recurring character on that police drama during its third season. The theme song for the series, "Hot in the City", was performed by Billy Idol.
Acting
Grieco's smoldering intensity that launched a thousand Tiger Beat covers
Score
Billy Idol's 'Hot in the City' as the most aggressively cool theme song ever
Costume
Leather jackets and teased hair that defied physics and reason
Creator
Stephen J. Cannell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Richard Grieco reportedly turned down a full-time Jump Street return to star in this, making it one of television's most ambitious leaps of faith into obscurity.
Booker represents the peak of Stephen J. Cannell's empire—when Fox would greenlight literally anything starring a handsome rebel investigating mundane crimes.
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