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American TV series or program
Ohara
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/32/Ohara.jpg/220px-Ohara.jpg) Pat Morita as Ohara
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Genre
| Police procedural
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Created by
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Developed by
| Ronald M. Cohen
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Starring
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Composer
| Bill Conti
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Country of origin
| United States
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Original language
| English
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No.
of seasons
| 2
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No.
of episodes
| 30
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Executive producers
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- Brian Grazer
- Hal Sitowitz
- Tony Wharmby
- Roderick Taylor
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Producers
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Running time
| 60 minutes
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Production companies
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Network
| ABC
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Release
| January 17, 1987
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1987-01-17
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May 7, 1988
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1988-05-07
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Ohara
is an American
police procedural
television series that first aired on the
ABC television network
from January 17, 1987, until May 7, 1988, starring
Pat Morita
in the title role of Lt. Ohara. Morita also co-created the series along with Michael Braveman and
John A. Kuri
.
Kevin Conroy
,
Jon Polito
,
Rachel Ticotin
, and
Robert Clohessy
also starred in supporting roles. The series was notable for being one of the first television series to have a Japanese-American actor in the leading role.
Premise
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The series focuses on an unconventional
Los Angeles
-based
Japanese-American
police
lieutenant
named Ohara (
Pat Morita
) who uses spirituality methods such as meditation in his home
shrine
to solve crimes without the use of a gun or a partner, although he would use
martial arts
if necessary. He often talked in the form of
epigrams
. He was later paired with a partner named Lt. George Shaver (
Robert Clohessy
) who was a more conventional cop.
Main cast
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Season 1
Season 2
Notable guest stars
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Episodes list
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Season 1 (1987)
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Season 2 (1987?88)
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Format changes and cancellation
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Following its premiere, the show was not attracting the audience ABC had hoped for. They put it through several format changes to increase the ratings. The first major change was to change title character Ohara from a
lieutenant
to a
federal police
officer; he was also paired with a partner. Later on in the season Ohara became a more conventional cop using a gun to assist him in his investigations. The second season had a final format change in which Ohara and his partner were turned into
private investigators
. These changes failed to improve the show's declining ratings and the show was cancelled after the second season.
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