- Shadow Chasers
"Shadow Chasers"' is a
1985 Americanmystery television series created byBrian Grazer andKenneth Johnson . It aired 14 episodes, nine of which were shown on the ABC television network, the remaining four on the Armed Forces Network. It debuted onNovember 14 ,1985 , and was produced byWarner Brothers Television ."Shadow Chasers" ran for less than a season. The starred straight-laced British anthropologist Jonathan MacKensie (Trevor Eve), who was blackmailed by his department head, Dr. Julianna Moorhouse (Nina Foch), into investigating a supposed "haunting" in return for a research grant. He paired up with flamboyant tabloid reporter Edgar "Benny" Benedek (Dennis Dugan) in an attempt to short-cut the time involved, and over Moorhouse's objections. Benny and Jonathan did not get along, but managed to solve the case without killing each other. The episodes continued in this vein, with Jonathan and Benny grudgingly learning to respect and admire each other in typical "
Odd Couple " fashion. Only nine episodes were actually shown in the U.S. Four others were only shown overseas on the Armed Forces network in the original run of the series. The pilot is often rerun on cable, particularly the Mystery Channel.Cast
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Dennis Dugan as Edgar 'Benny' Benedek
*Trevor Eve as Dr. Jonathan MacKensie
*Nina Foch as Dr. Juliana MoorhouseExternal links
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* [http://www.tv.com/search.php?qs=shadow+chasers&type=11&stype=search&tag=search%3Bbutton "Shadow Chasers" at]tv.com
* [http://www.shadowchasers.tv/schpage.htm "Shadow Chasers" Home Page]
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