The New Mike Hammer

Infobox Television
show_name = The New Mike Hammer


caption =
format = Drama, Mystery
picture_format = Color; NTSC
audio_format = Monaural sound
runtime = 60 minutes (with commercials)
starring = Stacy Keach
Lindsay Bloom
Don Stroud
Kent Williams
opentheme = Harlem Nocturne
country = USA
network = CBS
first_aired = September 27, 1986
last_aired = May 13, 1987
num_episodes = 21
list_episodes = List of The New Mike Hammer episodes
imdb_id = 0086760
tv_com_id = 60637

"The New Mike Hammer" was an American television series based on the exploits of the fictitious New York-based private detective Mike Hammer. The show starred Stacy Keach and was essentially a continuation of "Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer", an earlier television program featuring an identical core cast. In fact, similarities between "The New Mike Hammer" and "Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer" are so close that many often group the two shows together under the same "Mike Hammer" umbrella. It was not a ratings success, undoubtedly due to it having to compete with the Top 10 hit The Golden Girls and the Top 20 hit Amen both on NBC in the same time slot, however it did manage to outrank ABC's Heart of the City in that timeslot. It ranked 59th out of 79 shows with an average rating/share of 11.9/19.