The series starred Burt Reynolds, Ossie Davis, Dana Kaminski and Rita Moreno.

Stryker was seven two-hour episodes that aired every three weeks, broadcast on Monday nights from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m., on ABC.

Reynolds portrays Buddy Lee Stryker, aka B.L., a Vietnam War vet and retired New Orleans police officer who has moved back home to the other side of the tracks in Palm Beach, Florida, and is working as a private investigator.

Stryker lives on a houseboat and drives an old Cadillac, and occasionally scrapes up a client while trying to avoid being relocated for not paying his slip fees.

Reynolds says he was attracted by the fact the series gave him six months off and considerable creative control, and it would be shot in Florida where he lived.