Tucker's Witch

Tucker's Witch
Starring	Tim Matheson Catherine Hicks
Theme music composer	Brad Fiedel
Opening theme	Brad Fiedel
Ending theme	Brad Fiedel
Composer(s)	Brad Fiedel (unaired pilot, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12) Shirley Walker (1.6) J.A.C. Redford (1.7) George Kahn (co-composer on episodes 1.11, 1.12)
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	One
No. of episodes	12 (pilot not aired)
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	Hill/Mandelker Films
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	Color
Original release	October 6, 1982 – June 9, 1983
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Tucker's Witch is a comedy-detective series that aired on CBS television from October 6, 1982, to November 10, 1982, and again sporadically from March 31 to June 9, 1983. It starred Tim Matheson and Catherine Hicks as a charming married couple, Rick and Amanda Tucker, who own and operate their private detective agency in Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles. Hicks replaced Kim Cattrall, who starred in the pilot; Cattrall was released after the film Porky's debuted, which contained a racy scene with Cattrall. In the story line, Amanda's psychic powers become an asset in solving cases but also tend to get the pair into various troubles. In later rebroadcasts on the USA Network, the program was retitled The Good Witch of Laurel Canyon.

Tucker's Witch aired at 10 p.m. Eastern on Wednesdays in its first run and proved unable to compete with ABC's Dynasty and NBC's Quincy, M.E.. The program was switched to Thursday for the second half of its run.

The show was produced by Hill-Mandelker Films.

Cast

• Tim Matheson as Rick Tucker
• Catherine Hicks as Amanda Tucker
• Bill Morey as Lt. Sean Fisk
• Alfre Woodard as Marcia Fulbright
• Barbara Barrie as Ellen Hobbes

Episodes

The series pilot, in which Art Hindle and Kim Cattrall played Rick and Amanda, was never broadcast.

Ted Danson played an elevator killer in the 1982 premiere episode during the same season he began playing bartender Sam Malone on Cheers. Danson first was seen as Sam Malone on the September 30th premiere episode of Cheers and then seen on Tucker's Witch on October 6, six days later. The better known guest stars in Tucker's Witch included Barry Corbin, Simon Oakland, Ted Danson, Joe Penny, and Noble Willingham.

#	Episode	Release Date
1	The Good Witch of Laurel Canyon	October 6
2	Big Mouth	October 13
3	The Corpse Who Knew Too Much	October 20
4	The Curse of the Toltec Death Mask	October 27
5	Terminal Case	November 3
6	Abra-Cadaver	November 10
7	Dye Job	March 31
8	Psyche Out	April 7
9	Rock Is a Hard Place	April 14
10	Formula for Revenge	April 28
11	Living and Presumed Dead	May 5
12	Murder Is the Key	June 9

External links

• Tucker's Witch at IMDb

• [1] Archived July 18, 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• 1982-1983 American network television schedule
• [2]