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    Drama TV Shows - 1980s 2 Mins Read

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    This short-lived Sunday action show from ABC dramatised life above-and-below-decks onboard the (fictional) USS Georgetown in the modern, peacetime US Navy.

    The handsome young fighter pilots were straight out of the hit movie Top Gun – “Sierra” (Ken Olandt), “Anzac” (John David Bland) and “Beebee” (Cec Verrell) – the latter a woman who was better than any of the men but couldn’t get sea duty because of her gender.

    In command of the pilots was Commander Jim Coleman (Robert Hooks), a black officer on his first big assignment, and worried about it. The ship’s commander was Captain Henry K. “Hank” Madigan (Dale Dye).

    The shipboard equivalent of the town cop was Master-at-Arms Luis Cruz (Gerardo Mejía), an earnest young military policeman who wanted to become a boxer. Rosie (Tasia Valenza) was a giggly medical assistant and Willoughby (Michael Sharrett) was the expert young radarman.

    The Georgetown was the pride of San Miguel Naval Base, where off-duty personnel frequented Billie’s Bar, run by salty old Billie Costello (Marie Windsor).

    Based (loosely) on a George C. Wilson book of the same name, initially, the show was shot on the real-life USS John F. Kennedy (exteriors) and USS Missouri (Interiors), but the US Navy withdrew its support after the first episode aired due to the steamy and controversial plotlines – including an onboard love scene (which was deleted), hot-shot pilots crashing $20 million jets into the sea, and the discovery of cocaine on board.

    The series was launched in March 1988 but sank quickly off the ABC schedule. Murder, She Wrote and Family Ties sent the show to the bottom in just eight weeks’ time.

    Capt. Henry K “Hank” Madigan
    Dale Dye
    Lt Jack “Sierra” DePalma
    Ken Olandt
    Lt Ruth “Beebee” Ruthkowski
    Cec Verrell
    Lt Doyle “ANZAC” Sampson
    John David Bland
    Commander Jim Coleman
    Robert Hooks
    Master-at-Arms 1st Class Luis Cruz
    Gerardo Mejía
    Master Chief Sam Rivers
    Richard Jaeckel
    Ocean Specialist 1st Class Donald Willoughby
    Michael Sharrett
    Yeoman 1st Class Rosie Henriques 
    Tasia Valenza
    Seaman Apprentice Raymond Lafitte
    Matthew Walker
    Lt. Dave Rawley
    Alex Hyde-White
    Billie Costello
    Marie Windsor

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