BROADCAST DATE: Saturday, September 25, 1976, ABC. EPISODE TITLE: 2.01 "THE LAS VEGAS STRANGLER".
DESCRIPTION: "STARSKY & HUTCH" are two California policemen, David Starsky [Paul Michael Glaser], a streetwise detective with intense, childlike curiosity and Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson [David Soul], a more reserved, shy, intellectual type of cop. They drive a red two-door Ford Torino, with a large white stripe. Their underworld contact is Huggy Bear [Antonio Fargas]; and their boss is the irascible Captain Dobey  [Bernie Hamilton]. Lynda Carter plays Vicki in the second season opener.

	Series Run: September 19, 1975 thru August 21, 1979. Broadcast Network: ABC. Time Slot: Saturdays, 09:00 PM. Regular Cast: PAUL MICHAEL GLASER [David "Dave" Starsky] / DAVID SOUL [Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson] / BERNIE HAMILTON [Capt. Harold C. Dobey] / ANTONIO FARGAS [Huggy "Bear" Brown]. Guest-Stars: PAUL BURKE [Lieutenant Ted Cameron] / FRANK CONVERSE [Jack Mitchell] / LYNDA CARTER [Vicki] / JOAN BLONDELL [Pegina Pruitt] / GEORGE TOBIAS [Ace] / fOSTER BROOKS [Comic] / DARREL FETTY [Eugene Pruitt] / SETH ALLEN [Lantz]. Co-starring: ROZ KELLY [Iris Thayer] / VICTORIA ANN BERRY [Sharon Flint] / COLLETTE BERTRAND [Glenda Hollander] / JAYNE KENNEDY [Gretchen] STYMIE BEARD [Duke] / JAMES RAY [Dr. Cleveland] / KATIE HOPKINS ZERBY [Taffy] / ROD BROWNING [Dr. Seims]. Featuring: BOB BAILEY [Backstage Guard] / GEORGE DUNN [Officer O'Keefe] / DARWIN LAMB [Security Guard] / ROBERT LUSSIER [Damien] / NATASHA RYAN [Cary] / VICTORIA WELLS [Sharon]. Director: George McCowan Writer: Michael Fisher. Producer: Joseph T. Naar. Executive Producers: Aaron Spelling, Leonard Goldberg. Associate Producer: Michael Hiatt. Creator: William Blinn. Story Editor: Michael Fisher. Music: Tom Scott. Executive Production Manager: Norman Henry. Film Editor: Allan Jacobs. Director of Photography: Travers Hill. Art Director: Paul Sylos. Film Editor: Allan Jacobs. Casting Supervisor: Joel Thurm. Production Manager: Robert Beche. Assistant Director: John Morrison. Post Production Supervisor: Dick Reilly. Set Decorator: Dave Love. Property Master: Bob Henderson. Script Supervisor: Doris DeHerdt. Music Supervisor: Rocky Moriana. Sound Engineer: Glenn Anderson. Costumes: Dave Rawley, Gail Viola. Make-up: Shotgun Britton. Hairstylist: Gerry Leetch. Construction Coordinator: Ernie Depew. Stunt Coordinator: Charles Picerni. Special Effects: Dutch Van Debyl.
EPISODE SYNOPSIS: Starsky and Hutch are loaned to the Las Vegas Police Department to snare a serial killer that has strangled a string of chorus girls. But the pair don't realize that they've been chosen for the case on more than merit alone. The prime suspect is an old high-school friend of Hutch's. While tracking down the killer, Starsky starts seeing an attractive show-girl–who could possibly be the killer's next victim..

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			RUNNING TIME:	0:90:00 [2 hours including commercials].
			VHS:	Not available on commercial video.
			DVD:	Not available on commercial video.
			INFO:	This is LYNDA CARTER's first and only appearance on "STARSKY & HUTCH".
			VIDEO:	[1]  "STARSKY & HUTCH - THE LAS VEGAS STRANGLER - CLIP 1". Video clip 1.
				[2]  "STARSKY & HUTCH - THE LAS VEGAS STRANGLER - CLIP 2". Video clip 2.
				[3]  "STARSKY & HUTCH - THE LAS VEGAS STRANGLER - CLIP 3". Video clip 3.
				[4]  "STARSKY & HUTCH - THE LAS VEGAS STRANGLER - CLIP 4". Video clip 4.
				[5]  "STARSKY & HUTCH - THE LAS VEGAS STRANGLER - CLIP 5". Video clip 5.
				[6]  "STARSKY & HUTCH - THE LAS VEGAS STRANGLER - CLIP 6". Video clip 6.
				[7]  "STARSKY & HUTCH - THE LAS VEGAS STRANGLER - CLIP 7". Video clip 7.
				[8]  "STARSKY & HUTCH - THE LAS VEGAS STRANGLER - CLIP 8". Video clip 8.
ADS: [1]  "STARSKY & HUTCH - THE LAS VEGAS STRANGLER". Original TV GUIDE ad.
			TRIVIA:	[•] This episode of "STARSKY & HUTCH" was premiered only 17 days after the original broadcast of "THE FEMINUM MYSTIQUE - PART II", and only 23 days before the next episode of "THE NEW, ORIGINAL WONDER WOMAN", which would be "WONDER WOMAN VS. GARGANTUA".
				[•] This is Lynda Carter's fifth appearance as an actress in a TV series or movie (not counting the "WONDER WOMAN" pilot and series) after "NAKIA", "SHAMUS: A MATTER OF WIFE AND... DEATH", "MATT HELM", and "BOBBIE JO AND THE OUTLAW".
				[•] Originally,  "THE LAS VEGAS STRANGLER" which was the second season opener, aired as a 90-minute episode, then it was subsequently syndicated as a two-part episode.
				[•] Lynda plays Vicki, a chorus girl from Las Vegas who may be one of the victims of a chorus girl murderer.
				[•] This is the first time ever that Lynda Carter plays a Mother!!!
				[•] Lynda appears for the first time on scene 31:55 after the beginning of the episode.
				[•] The strangler wears very distinctive white shoes, which alternate between very dirty and very clean – often with a very short cutaway in between!
				[•] DAVID SOUL, who plays Hutch, on this episode, 8 years later, went on to play Harry Colby on "THE HOTTEST GUY IN TOWN" episode of the "PARTNERS IN CRIME" series.
				[•] COLLETTE BERTRAND, who plays Glenda Hollander, went on to play Claudine on the "A DATE WITH DOOMSDAY" episode of the "WONDER WOMAN" series.
				[•] JAYNE KENNEDY, who plays Gretchen, went on to play Carolyn on the "KNOCKOUT" episode of the "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF WONDER WOMAN" series.
				[•] JAMES RAY, who plays Dr. Cleveland, went on to play John Key on the "SKATEBOARD WHIZ" episode of the "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF WONDER WOMAN" series.

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