Frank Lupo (Writer)
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Works
Magnum, P.I.
A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.
Release Date1980-12-11
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count405
The A-Team
A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."
Release Date1983-01-23
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count94
Vote Count1006
Walker, Texas Ranger
Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee injury, and now owns "C.D.'s," a Country/Western saloon/restaurant. Rookie Ranger, James "Jimmy" Trivette is an ex-football player who bases his crime-solving methods on reason and uses computers and cellular phones. Alex Cahill is the Assistant DA who shares a mutual attraction with Walker, but often disagrees with his unorthodox approach to law enforcement.
Release Date1993-04-21
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count202
Vote Count499
B. J. and the Bear
B.J. and the Bear is an American comedy series which aired on NBC from 1979 to 1981. Created by Christopher Crowe and Glen A. Larson, the series stars Greg Evigan and Claude Akins.
Release Date1979-02-10
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count20
Wiseguy
Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an agent for the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau) of the United States. His roots in a traditional Italian city neighborhood form the underlying dramatic base throughout the series, bringing him into conflict with his conservative mother and other family members while acting undercover as syndicate enforcer.
Release Date1987-09-16
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count32
Hunter
Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh season, Hunter partnered with two different women officers. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolve many of their cases by shooting dead the perpetrators. The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.
Release Date1984-09-18
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count152
Vote Count89
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo is an American action/adventure situation. Claude Akins stars in the title role in this wacky new NBC one-hour comedy series about the exploits of a rural county sheriff and his two deputies, played by Mills Watson and Brian Kerwin.
Release Date1979-09-25
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count4
Vote Count7
Riptide
The cases of a private investigations agency run by two Vietnam War veterans and their computer geek friend from high school, armed with toughness, their own helicopter, and the third's technical ability.
Release Date1984-01-03
DepartmentProduction
JobCo-Executive Producer
Episode Count56
Vote Count53
Battlestar Galactica
When the 12 Colonies of Man are wiped out by a cybernetic race called the Cylons, Commander Adama and the crew of the battlestar Galactica lead a ragtag fleet of human survivors in search of a "mythical planet" called Earth.
Release Date1978-09-17
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count251
Raven
Jonathon Raven is a ninja-trained former Special Forces agent, retired in Hawaii to search for his long-lost son. Avoiding assassins sent to kill him by his former associates in the Black Dragon Clan, he uses his skills to help those in need. He is assisted by his former military buddy turned eccentric private investigator, Herman Jablonski.
Release Date1992-06-24
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count3
Vote Count4
The Greatest American Hero
The chronicles of teacher Ralph Hinkley's adventures after a group of aliens gives him a red suit that gives him superhuman abilities. Unfortunately, Ralph, who hates wearing the suit, immediately loses its instruction booklet, and thus has to learn how to use its powers by trial and error, often with comical results.
Release Date1981-03-18
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count8
Vote Count104
Werewolf
Eric Cord, a college student transformed into a werewolf undergoes a quest to rid himself of his curse by killing the apparent originator of his 'bloodline'.
Release Date1987-07-11
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count29
Vote Count76
Sword of Justice
Sword Of Justice is an American action-adventure television series that aired on NBC for one season during 1978 and 1979. The series was considered a mix of The Saint, It Takes a Thief, and The Rockford Files.
Release Date1978-09-10
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count4
Galactica 1980
30 years after the original Battlestar Galactica series. Upon reaching Earth, the inhabitants of the renegade starfleet take action when they realize earthlings aren't advanced enough to help battle the Cylons.
Release Date1980-01-27
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count85
Something Is Out There
A short-lived weekly series based on the miniseries of the same name.
Release Date1988-10-21
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count8
Stingray
Ray is an enigmatic adventurer with no traceable past who travels from place to place fighting crime and helping people in trouble. He refuses to be paid for his services; however, those seeking his assistance must promise him a favor.
Release Date1985-07-14
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count24
Vote Count21
The Rousters
The Rousters is a 1983 NBC television series about a group of modern-day bounty hunters who are descendants of legendary lawman Wyatt Earp. Despite advertising claims that this series would "sink The Love Boat" in the ratings, it ran for only one season of 13 episodes.
Release Date1983-10-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count2
Hunter
Attempted revival of the popular 1984 NBC police drama of the same name. The series was cancelled after the pilot and three one-hour episodes were broadcast.
Release Date2003-04-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count1
The Last Precinct
The Last Precinct is an American comedy series that aired on NBC from January to May 1986 on Friday Night at 9:00pm. The series stars Adam West as Capt. Rick Wright, leading a group of misfit police academy rejects. The pilot for the Stephen J. Cannell series debuted after Super Bowl XX in 1986, but the show was canceled within two months of its April premiere. This was the only sitcom from Stephen J. Cannell Productions.
Release Date1986-04-11
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count8
Vote Count3
Something Is Out There
Two police officers investigate a series of brutal murders in which the victims have had bodily organs removed. When one of them questions a young woman who has been seen at the crime scenes, it turns out she is an alien from an interstellar prison ship and that the murders have been committed by a powerful xenomorphic alien which had escaped.
Release Date1988-05-08
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count9
Hardball
Hardball is an American crime drama television series that ran on NBC during the 1989-1990 television schedule.
Release Date1989-09-21
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count18
Vote Count2
Lawless
Lawless is an American detective television series starring former NFL player Brian Bosworth on the Fox Broadcasting Company that performed so poorly on television it was cancelled after one episode.
Release Date1997-03-22
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
Raven is a ninja, a former member of the Black Dragons clan and also a former Special Forces agent, living in Hawaii, helping those in trouble and searching for his long-lost son while avoiding assassins sent to kill him.
Release Date1992-06-19
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Dark Avenger
An acid-scarred judge turns masked avenger, backed by an electronics expert and her crime lab.
Release Date1990-10-11
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count6
Conquest of the Earth
A compilation of Battlestar Galactica episodes 1–3 and 7–9, with alternate footage. The Galactica and its ragtag fleet of ships finally arrive on Earth, only to discover that the planet is not prepared for the inevitable Cylon invasion.
Release Date1980-12-31
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count18
The Last Precinct
In this spoof of TV cop shows, which served as the pilot to the subsequent short-lived series, a bunch of bumbling misfits and rejects from the police academy, all assembled under a straitlaced but dimwitted captain, fumble their way to success cracking a drug ring run by a blind mobster.
Release Date1986-01-26
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Hunter: Back in Force
Lieutenent Rick Hunter, now of San Diego Police Department, along with his 'new' partner Sergeant Dee Dee McCall, must track down a group of women bank robbers who appear to be behind bars when the crimes occur, while simultaneously looking for an excon he put away who has just been released and is now on a vengeful crime wave.
Release Date2003-04-12
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Vote Count4
Hunter: Return to Justice
On enforced leave following a failed drug bust, LAPD Lieutenant Rick Hunter heads to San Diego, where he catches up with former partner Dee Dee McCall. But upon their reunion, Hunter and McCall become embroiled in a terrifying game of cat and mouse that has its roots in Russia.
Release Date2002-08-31
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count3
Wiseguy: Pilot
This was the feature-length pilot for the hit series. Vinnie Terranova, a Justice Department agent reassigned to the Organized Crime Bureau as a “wiseguy”, a specially trained deep undercover agent. To help support his cover, Vinnie has just finished serving 18 months in a New Jersey prison…
Release Date1987-09-16
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Adrenaline Run
2000 TV drama film about cops.
Release Date2000-04-17
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter