Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe is an American television series originally broadcast by the ABC network between January and June 1980.

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American - ABC - 1980

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The one-hour program revolved around two detectives, each of whom was known by a nickname, who had their own detective agency in Los Angeles. "Tenspeed" (Ben Vereen) was a hustler who worked as a detective to satisfy his parole requirements. His partner "Brownshoe" (Jeff Goldblum) was a wealthy and rather naive man with idealistic and glamorous notions about detective work. The show has some broad similarities to the later television series Simon & Simon and Moonlighting, in that all of these lightly dramatic programs have many comedic moments and are about two dissimilar detectives who attempt to solve cases together.

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Detective - Los Angeles - Ben Vereen - Jeff Goldblum - Simon & Simon - Moonlighting

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Produced by Stephen J. Cannell, Tenspeed and Brown Shoe was heavily promoted by ABC at the time it premiered in late January 1980. The series attracted a substantial audience for its first few episodes (indeed, the series was the 29th most-watched program of the 1979-80 U.S. television season, according to Nielsen ratings), but viewership dropped off substantially after that and the series was not renewed for the 1980-81 season.

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Stephen J. Cannell - Nielsen rating

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