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The Troubleshooters (American TV series)
1959 American TV series or program From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Troubleshooters is an American adventure television series about a construction team that takes on difficult jobs around the world. It stars Keenan Wynn, Bob Mathias and Robert Fortier and aired on NBC beginning on September 11, 1959.[1]
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Synopsis
Kodiak is a construction engineer who for five years has served as the chief troubleshooter for the Stenrud Corporation, a heavy construction firm.[2][3] The work has taken him throughout the United States and around the world to solve difficult problems that crop up in construction projects ranging from highways to dams to skyscrapers to airports to nuclear facilities.[3] The pace of the work has begun to wear on him, and he has begun a slow program of training his assistant, construction engineer Frank Dugan, to replace him eventually.[3] The two men are very different: Kodiak is an older, grizzled, gruff, and brawny veteran of construction work, while Dugan is young, more socially adept, well-educated, soft-spoken, and innocent.[3] As they travel around the United States and the world to troubleshoot problems on construction sites, they learn from one another: Kodiak becomes more civil and Dugan gets stronger and more assertive.[3] Scotty, Skinner, Jim, and Slats are members of their construction crew who frequently work with them on their projects.[3]
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Cast
- Keenan Wynn as Kodiak
- Bob Mathias as Frank Dugan
- Robert Fortier as Scotty
- Carey Loftin as Skinner
- Bob Harris as Jim
- Chet Allen as Slats
Production
The Troubleshooters was a Meridian Productions-United Artists Television production, the first network television show produced by United Artists.[2] Episodes were filmed by Filmaster Productions, Incorporated, at Republic Studios in Studio City, California.[1] Frank P. Rosenberg and John Gibbs produced the series,[2] and Robert Altman was among its episode directors.[citation needed]
Broadcast history
The Troubleshooters premiered on September 11, 1959, and 26 episodes were produced.[2][3] It aired on NBC on Fridays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time.[2][3] The show was cancelled after a single season, and its last new episode was broadcast on April 1, 1960. Prime-time reruns of The Troubleshooters then aired in its regular time slot until June 17, 1960.[2][3]
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