Double Dare (TV series)

This article is about the CBS mystery television series. For other TV shows named the same, see Double Dare (disambiguation).

Double Dare is a mystery television series that was broadcast on CBS for only one season in 1985, on Wednesday nights at 8:00 pm ET.^[1] The premise for this show is similar to that of the earlier series It Takes a Thief.

Double Dare
Genre	Drama, mystery
Created by	Garry Michael White
Developed by	Leon Tokatyan
Directed by	Christian I. Nyby II Paul Krasny
Starring	Billy Dee Williams Ken Wahl Janet Carroll Joseph Maher
Composer	Sylvester Levay
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	7 (1 unaired)
Production
Executive producer	Terry Hughes
Producers	Leon Tokatyan Carl Pingatore David Abramowitz Shelly Berger
Cinematography	Robert F. Sparks
Production companies	Terry Hughes Productions December Enterprises, Inc. Wanderers Productions, Inc. Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	April 10 (1985-04-10) – May 22, 1985 (1985-05-22)

Plot

Professional thief Billy Diamond is captured by San Francisco Police Lieutenant Samantha Warner, who offers him a deal: if he uses his burglary skills to work undercover for the police, he won't have to go to jail. Diamond agrees, on the condition that his former partner in crime, Ken Sisko, is sprung from jail to work as his partner in crimefighting.

Cast

• Billy Dee Williams as Billy Diamond
• Ken Wahl as Ken Sisko
• Janet Carroll as Lt. Samantha Warner
• Joseph Maher as Sylvester

Episodes

Seven episodes were made, but only six were broadcast.^[1]

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Double Negative"	Christian I. Nyby II	Leon Tokatyan, Garry Michael White	April 10, 1985 (1985-04-10)
2	"Hong Kong Con" "Double Faced"	Christian I. Nyby II	Tom Chehak	April 17, 1985 (1985-04-17)
3	"The Lady Is a Tramp"	Unknown	Unknown	April 24, 1985 (1985-04-24)
4	"Now You See It, Now You See It"	Christian I. Nyby II	Robert McKee	May 1, 1985 (1985-05-01)
5	"Three's a Killer"	Paul Krasny	Robert Sherman	May 15, 1985 (1985-05-15)
6	"Double Talk"	Unknown	Joseph Gunn	May 22, 1985 (1985-05-22)
7	"Diamonds Are for Murder"	TBD	TBD	Unaired