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Guilty pleasures don't come more guilty than The A-Team, television's only tongue-in-cheek drama about the exploits of renegade Vietnam vets. The primetime series' 1983 debut season was intentionally ludicrous, encouraging viewers to enjoy sundry talents of a colorful cast and laugh off storylines perhaps sillier than those on Charlie's Angels. Co-created by Stephen J. Cannell (Wiseguy) and Frank Lupo (Hunter), The A-Team introduced Lt. Col. John "Hannibal" Smith (George Peppard), the cocksure leader of a band of fugitive American soldiers framed for a crime in Vietnam and now thriving in Los Angeles. Hiring themselves out as soldiers of fortune, Hannibal's crew--including Lt. Templeton "Face" Peck (baby-faced Tim Dunigan in the pilot, Dirk Benedict thereafter), Sgt. Bosco Albert "B.A. (for 'Bad Attitude')" Baracus (Mr. T, outfitted with his trademark gold), and, most comically, Capt. H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock (Dwight Schultz)--assist (mostly) ordinary people having a problem with bad guys. The A-Team ostensibly charges large fees, but much of the time the guys seem to be doing pro bono work for the helpless.

Cast and Characters

• George Peppard as John 'Hannibal' Smith
• Dwight Schultz as 'Howling Mad' Murdock
• Mr. T as B.A. Baracus
• Dirk Benedict as Templeton 'Faceman' Peck
• John Ashley as Narrator (1983-1986)
• Melinda Culea as Amy Allen (1983)
• Lance LeGault as Colonel Roderick Decker (1983-1986)
• Carl Franklin as Captain Crane (1983-1985)
• Eddie Velez as Frankie Santana (1986-1987)
• Robert Vaughn as General Hunt Stockwell (1986-1987)
• Marla Heasley as Tawnia Baker (1983-1984)
• Jack Ging as General 'Bull' Fulbright (1983-1986)

Broadcast History, Episode Guide & TV Schedule

First Telecast: January 23, 1983
Last Telecast: June 14, 1987
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Number of Seasons: 5
Number of Episodes: 98
Original Network: NBC
Original Primetime TV Schedule:

• January 1983, NBC, Sunday 10:00-11:00PM
• February 1983- August 1986, NBC, Tuesday 8:00-9:00PM
• August 1986- December 1986, NBC, Friday Tuesday 8:00-9:00PM
• December 1986, NBC, Tuesday 8:00-9:00PM
• May 1987- June 1987, NBC, Sunday 7:00-8:00PM

Theme Song Lyrics and Opening Credits

Theme composed by Mike Post and Pete Carpenter

(Ten years ago / In 1972), a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire... The A-Team.

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