Emmy® winner James Garner stars as the offbeat Jim Rockford, an ex-con-turned-private-investigator who would rather fish than fight but whose instinct on closed cases is more golden than his classic Pontiac Firebird. From his mobile home in Malibu, this wisecracking private eye takes you on the cases of the lost and the dispossessed, chasing down seemingly long-dead clues in the sun-baked streets and seamy alleys of Los Angeles.
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Seasons | |||
| Specials | March 1974 | April 1999 | 12 |
| Season 1 | September 1974 | March 1975 | 23 |
| Season 2 | September 1975 | March 1976 | 22 |
| Season 3 | September 1976 | April 1977 | 22 |
| Season 4 | September 1977 | February 1978 | 22 |
| Season 5 | September 1978 | April 1979 | 22 |
| Season 6 | September 1979 | January 1980 | 12 |
| Unassigned Episodes | 0 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | March 1974 | March 1975 | 24 |
| Unassigned Episodes | 111 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 0 | ||
| Unassigned Episodes | 135 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen J. Cannell | 43 | 03/27/1974 - 11/23/1979 | |
| Juanita Bartlett | 32 | 09/20/1974 - 11/30/1979 | |
| William Wiard | 25 | 01/17/1975 - 11/23/1979 | |
| David Chase | 15 | 10/01/1976 - 11/09/1979 | |
| Lawrence Doheny | 12 | 11/01/1974 - 12/17/1976 | |
| Jerry London | 8 | 10/11/1974 - 01/28/1977 | |
| Ivan Dixon | 8 | 10/31/1975 - 01/12/1979 | |
| Jackie Cooper | 8 | 01/03/1975 - 02/13/1976 | |
| Reza Badiyi | 7 | 02/11/1977 - 04/13/1979 | |
| Russ Mayberry | 7 | 09/27/1974 - 12/02/1977 | |
| Meta Rosenberg | 6 | 01/23/1976 - 12/08/1978 | |
| Lou Antonio | 5 | 09/13/1974 - 03/12/1976 | |
| Stuart Margolin | 4 | 12/06/1974 - 04/01/1977 | |
| Jeannot Szwarc | 3 | 11/21/1975 - 02/25/1977 | |
| Lester William Berke | 3 | 03/19/1976 - 01/10/1980 | |
| Chas. Floyd Johnson | 3 | 10/10/1975 - 02/11/1977 | |
| Corey Allen | 3 | 11/03/1978 - 11/30/1979 | |
| Harry Falk | 2 | 01/13/1978 - 02/10/1978 | |
| Alex Grasshoff | 2 | 10/04/1974 - 11/15/1974 | |
| Hy Averback | 2 | 02/24/1978 | |
| John Patterson | 2 | 11/09/1979 - 11/16/1979 | |
| James Garner | 2 | 12/19/1975 | |
| Bernard L. Kowalski | 2 | 10/18/1974 | |
| Dana Elcar | 2 | 01/06/1978 | |
| Michael Wagner | 1 | 01/12/1979 | |
| Joseph Pevney | 1 | 12/07/1979 | |
| Richard T. Heffron | 1 | 03/27/1974 | |
| Ted Harris | 1 | 02/11/1977 | |
| Christian I. Nyby II | 1 | 12/24/1976 | |
| Bernard Rollins | 1 | 02/25/1977 | |
| Richard Crenna | 1 | 01/20/1978 | |
| James Coburn | 1 | 11/18/1977 | |
| Mann Rubin | 1 | 01/12/1979 | |
| Charles S. Dubin | 1 | 11/08/1974 | |
| Burt Prelutsky | 1 | 11/04/1977 | |
| Dorothy J. Bailey | 1 | 03/12/1976 | |
| Bruce Kessler | 1 | 12/10/1976 | |
| Donald Gold | 1 | 10/15/1976 | |
| Don L. Gold | 1 | 01/10/1980 | |
| Vincent McEveety | 1 | 10/25/1974 | |
| Calvin Kelly | 1 | 09/16/1977 | |
| Alexander Singer | 1 | 12/09/1977 | |
| Michael Schultz | 1 | 09/20/1974 | |
| Bernard McEveety | 1 | 01/26/1979 | |
| Leroy Robinson | 1 | 02/25/1977 | |
| Winrich Kolbe | 1 | 01/10/1980 | |
| Booker Bradshaw | 1 | 09/16/1977 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Thomas James | 16 | 09/13/1974 - 02/14/1975 | |
| Gordon Dawson | 9 | 11/29/1975 - 01/26/1979 | |
| Don Carlos Dunaway | 4 | 09/26/1975 - 11/12/1976 | |
| Edward J. Lakso | 4 | 01/03/1975 - 02/13/1976 | |
| Rudolph Borchert | 4 | 02/07/1975 - 04/13/1979 | |
| David C. Taylor | 2 | 02/25/1977 - 04/01/1977 | |
| Walter Dallenbach | 2 | 01/30/1976 - 12/10/1976 | |
| Rogers Turrentine | 2 | 01/12/1979 - 02/24/1979 | |
| James S. Crocker | 2 | 11/04/1977 - 01/13/1978 | |
| Zekial Marko | 2 | 02/14/1975 | |
| William R. Stratton | 2 | 11/25/1977 - 12/09/1977 | |
| Eric Kalder | 1 | 02/28/1975 | |
| Roy Huggins | 1 | 02/10/1979 | |
| Howard Berk | 1 | 01/24/1975 | |
| Shel Willens | 1 | 12/07/1979 | |
| Donald L. Gold | 1 | 03/19/1976 | |
| Gloryette Clark | 1 | 11/15/1974 | |
| Leigh Brackett | 1 | 02/21/1975 | |
| Jo Swerling Jr. | 1 | 10/25/1974 | |
| Mitchell Lindemann | 1 | 03/07/1975 | |
| Jo Swerling | 1 | 01/17/1975 | |
| Robert Hamner | 1 | 10/25/1974 | |
| Charles Sailor | 1 | 02/28/1975 |
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