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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the film based on this TV series, see The A-Team (film) .

Mike Post
Pete Carpenter
Garry Schyman (uncredited)

John Ashley (seasons 1-4)
Patrick Hasburgh (season 1)
Tom Blomquist (season 5)

Film (1982–86)
Film (principal photography)/Videotape (post-production) (1986)
Single-camera setup

Universal Television
Stephen J. Cannell Productions

^ Jump up to: a b Edelstein, Robert (January 5, 2007). "Stephen J. Cannell: A Novel Approach to Life and Television" . Broadcasting & Cable . Retrieved June 13, 2008 .

^ Jump up to: a b c Neumaier, Joe (January 21, 2001). "Encore: A Real Kick In the 'A' " . Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved June 13, 2008 .

^ Bedell, Sally (April 28, 1983). "How TV Hit 'The A-Team,' Was Born". The New York Times .

^ Stephen J. Cannell on The A-Team Season Five DVD boxset.

^ Pickett, Debra (September 16, 2006). " 'I'm not into acclaim. I tune it out.' ". The Chicago Sun-Times .

^ Jump up to: a b "NBC Scores In Ratings With Super Bowl Broadcast". Associated Press. February 1, 1983.

^ Bring Back... The A-Team (UK), Mr. T. Broadcast on May 18, 2006.

^ Burns, Margaret E (2002), "The A-Team", St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture , Gale Group, archived from the original on July 8, 2012 , retrieved August 17, 2007

^ Ranked #96 in TV Land's list of The 100 Greatest TV Quotes and Catchphrases Archived March 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on August 17, 2007

^ The US Army Special Forces still uses the term ODA for their 12-man direct operations teams. Special Forces – Shooters and thinkers , United States: Army, October 26, 2009 , retrieved January 5, 2010

^ Matthew Beard (October 23, 2003). " 'A-Team' is viewers' most-wanted oldie for prime-time revival" . Independent . Retrieved August 15, 2007 .

^ Burt, Gold (October 30, 2006), "Late changes couldn't rescue The A-Team", The Leader-Post , Canada

^ Lee, Adrian (March 4, 2006). "The Final Mission". The Express .

^ "Television: All Our Fantasies" . Archived from the original on August 11, 2007 . Retrieved August 17, 2007 .

^ " When You Comin' Back, Range Rider? (Part 1) ", broadcast on October 25, 1983.

^ Jump up to: a b Bring Back... The A-Team (2006). Broadcast on May 18, 2006.

^ Jump up to: a b "For NBC, Trouble At 'A-Team'". The New York Times , May 18, 1986, written by Aljean Harmetz.

^ Cullen, Jenny (December 11, 1988). "Sex and politics as coonskin hero returns from the Alamo". Sunday Mail (AUS).

^ Buck, Jerry (January 5, 1989). "Tim Dunigan Plays a Different 'Davy Crockett' " . Indiana Gazette . Associated Press – via Newspapers.com .

^ "N/A". United Press International. March 30, 1983.

^ "ABC Special On Slips Tops Ratings, But CBS Wins Week". Associated Press. May 3, 1983.

^ "ABC Wins Its Second Week in the May Sweeps". Associated Press. May 24, 1983.

^ "NBC Hits Highest Mark in May Ratings Sweeps in Five Years". Associated Press. May 27, 1983.

^ Buck, Jerry (January 10, 1984). "CBS Wins Ratings But NBC Out of Cellar First Time This Season". Associated Press.

^ Carmody, John (September 26, 1985). "The TV Column". Washington Post .

^ "List of Nielsen Ratings". Associated Press. January 28, 1986.

^ Carmody, John (December 13, 1986). "The TV Column". Washington Post .

^ Jump up to: a b c "The TV Ratings Guide: 1986-87 Ratings History" .

^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present (Ninth ed.). Ballantine Books. pp. 1690–1691. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4 .

^ "Home" . COZITV.com . NBCUniversal Broadcasting Group . Retrieved November 13, 2015 .

^ As told by Dirk Benedict in Jensen! , a Dutch talk show, broadcast on May 11, 2007.

^ Repeated showing on Jensen! , a Dutch talk show, broadcast on May 11, 2007.

^ Harron, Mary (July 29, 1983). "volume 106, p. 133" . New Statesman . Retrieved November 25, 2011 .

^ Bring Back... The A-Team (UK), Stephen J. Cannell. Broadcast on May 18, 2006.

^ Dean, P (January 8, 1985), "No Mercy To Villains: But Do We Want More?", The Courier-Mail / The Sunday Mail , AUS

^ DeAndrea, William L. (editor). Encyclopedia Mysteriosa , p. 1. MacMillan, 1994, ISBN 0-02-861678-2 .

^ O'Connor, John J (February 16, 1986). "TV View; It's Fun And It's Not Violent" . The New York Times . Retrieved August 17, 2007 .

^ "A-Team 1983 GMC Van" .

^ Filipponio, Frank (April 1, 2010). "New York 2010: Hero cars invade Gotham" . Autoblog.com . Retrieved April 5, 2010 .

^ "New Lego Dimensions Packs Confirmed, Beetlejuice And The A-Team Make The Cut" . Nintendo Life . June 9, 2016 . Retrieved October 23, 2017 .

^ Joe Staton (w, a) Rick Burchett (i), Wendy Fiore (col), Ken Bruzenak (let), Mike Gold (ed). "The B-Team" E-Man v2, 21 (December 1984), First Comics

^ Jump up to: a b Berman, Nat (May 17, 2018). "The Top 20 Theme Songs of 80s Television Shows" . TV Overmind.

^ "Mike Post – The A Team" at Discogs.com. Retrieved July 15, 2018.

^ "WTF, The A-Team theme had LYRICS all this time?" . Digital Spy . July 13, 2017.

^ Vagg, Stephen (December 2019). "A Hell of a Life: The Nine Lives of John Ashley" . Diabolique Magazine .

^ Jump up to: a b http://www.americanrifleman.org/GalleryItem.aspx?cid=22&gid=107&id=949 |American Rifleman. Guns on TV...No. 1...The A-Team [1]

^ "The A-Team — The Ultimate Collection" (DVD) . UK: Amazon . Retrieved August 22, 2010 .

^ "The A-Team DVD news: Announcement for The A-Team — The Complete Series" . TV Shows on DVD. Archived from the original (retailer's product page) on August 5, 2010 . Retrieved August 22, 2010 .

^ "The A-Team" . Fabulous Films . Retrieved September 10, 2016 .

^ "The A-Team Bluray Set" . Elephant Films At Amazon.com . Retrieved March 15, 2022 .

^ Bring Back... The A-Team at IMDb . Retrieved on August 17, 2007.

^ "Plan Coming Together for The A-Team", Variety, March 19, 2008

^ Andreeva, Nellie (September 24, 2015). " 'A-Team' TV Series Remake In Works With Chris Morgan Producing" . Deadline .

Cannell, Stephen J; Lupo, Frank (1983–1987), The A-Team (broadcast and DVD) .
"The A-Team" . IMDb . 1983 . Retrieved August 14, 2008 .
"The A-Team" (TV show) . TV.com . Retrieved August 14, 2008 .

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Television series produced or created by Stephen J. Cannell

The D.A. (1971)
Chase (1973)
Toma (1973–74)
The Rockford Files (1974–80)
Baretta (1975–78)
City of Angels (1976)
Baa Baa Black Sheep (1976–78)
Richie Brockelman, Private Eye (1978)
The Duke (1979)
Stone (1980)
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980)
The Greatest American Hero (1981–83)
The Quest (1982)
The A-Team (1983–87)
The Rousters (1983–84)
Hardcastle and McCormick (1983–86)
Riptide (1984–86)
Hunter (1984–91)
Stingray (1985–87)
The Last Precinct (1986)
Wiseguy (1987–90)
21 Jump Street (1987–91)
J.J. Starbuck (1987–88)
Sonny Spoon (1988)
Top of the Hill (1989)
Unsub (1989)
Booker (1989–90)
Broken Badges (1990–91)
The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage (1991)
Palace Guard (1991)
Personals (1991–92)
Street Justice (1991–93)
The Commish (1991–96)
Silk Stalkings (1991–99)
The Hat Squad (1992–93)
Renegade (1992–97)
Cobra (1993–94)
Caesars Challenge (1993–94)
Missing Persons (1993–94)
Hawkeye (1994–95)
Traps (1994)
Marker (1995)
Profit (1996)

The A-Team is an American action-adventure television series that ran on NBC from 1983 to 1987 about former members of a fictitious United States Army Special Forces unit. The four members of the team were tried by court martial for a crime they had not committed. They were convicted and sentenced to serve terms in a military prison , but later escaped to Los Angeles and began working as soldiers of fortune , while trying to clear their names and avoid capture by law enforcement and military authorities. The series was created by Stephen J. Cannell and Frank Lupo . A feature film based on the series was released by 20th Century Fox in 2010.

The A-Team was created by writers and producers Stephen J. Cannell and Frank Lupo at the behest of Brandon Tartikoff , NBC's Entertainment president. Cannell was fired from ABC in the early 1980s, after failing to produce a hit show for the network, and was hired by NBC; his first project was The A-Team . Brandon Tartikoff pitched the series to Cannell as a combination of The Dirty Dozen , Mission Impossible , The Magnificent Seven , Mad Max , and Hill Street Blues , with " Mr. T driving the car". [1] [2] [3] [4]

The A-Team was not generally expected to become a hit, although Cannell has said that George Peppard suggested it would be a huge hit "before we ever turned on a camera". [5] The show became very popular; the first regular episode, which aired after Super Bowl XVII on January 30, 1983, reached 26.4% of the television audience, placing fourth in the top 10 Nielsen-rated shows. [6]

The show remains prominent in popular culture for its cartoonish violence (in which people were seldom seriously hurt, despite the frequent use of automatic weapons), formulaic episodes, its characters' ability to form weaponry and vehicles out of old parts, and its distinctive theme tune. The show boosted the career of Mr. T , who portrayed the character of B. A. Baracus , around whom the show was initially conceived. [7] [8] Some of the show's catchphrases, such as "I love it when a plan comes together", [9] "Hannibal's on the jazz", and "I ain't gettin' on no plane!" have appeared on T-shirts and other merchandise. [ citation needed ]

The term " A-Team " is a nickname coined for U.S. Special Forces ' Operational Detachments Alpha (ODA) during the Vietnam War. [10]

In a Yahoo! survey of 1,000 television viewers published in October 2003, The A-Team was voted the "oldie" television show viewers would most like to see revived, beating such popular television series from the 1980s as The Dukes of Hazzard and Knight Rider . [11]

"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." (Narration originally stated "10 years ago" instead of "In 1972".)

- John Ashley 's opening narration.

The A-Team is an episodic show, with few overarching stories, except the characters' continuing motivation to clear their names, with few references to events in past episodes and a recognizable and steady episode structure. In describing the ratings drop that occurred during the show's fourth season, reviewer Gold Burt points to this structure as being a leading cause for the decreased popularity "because the same basic plot had been used over and over again for the past four seasons with the same predictable outcome". [12] Similarly, reporter Adrian Lee called the plots "stunningly simple" in a 2006 article for The Express (UK newspaper), citing such recurring elements "as BA's fear of flying, and outlandish finales when the team fashioned weapons from household items". [13] The show became emblematic of this kind of "fit-for-TV warfare" due to its depiction of high-octane combat scenes, with lethal weapons, wherein the participants (with the notable exception of General Fulbright) are never killed and rarely seriously injured ( see also On-screen violence section).

As the television ratings of The A-Team fell dramatically during the fourth season, the format was changed for the show's final season in 1986– 87 in a bid to win back viewers. After years on the run from the authorities, the A-Team is finally apprehended by the military. General Hunt Stockwell ( Robert Vaughn ), a mysterious CIA operative, propositions them to work for him. In exchange, he will arrange for their pardons upon successful completion of several suicide missions. To do so, the A-Team must first escape from their captivity. With the help of a new character named Frankie "Dishpan Man" Santana who helped the group in Vietnam and who, like Murdock, was not arrested, Stockwell fakes their deaths before a military firing squad. The new status of the A-Team, no longer working for themselves, remained for the duration of the fifth season while Eddie Velez and Robert Vaughn received star billing along with the principal cast. The missions that the team had to perform in season five were somewhat reminiscent of Mission: Impossible , and based more around political espionage than beating local thugs, also usually taking place in foreign countries, including successfully overthrowing an island dictator, the rescue of a scientist from East Germany, and recovering top secret Star Wars defense information from Soviet hands. These changes proved unsuccessful with viewers, however, and ratings continued to decline. Only 13 episodes aired in the fifth season. In what was supposed to be the final episode, " The Grey Team " (although " Without Reservations " was broadcast on NBC as the last first-run episode in March 1987 for some unknown reason), Hannibal, after being misled by Stockwell one time too many, tells him that the team will no longer work for him. At the end, the team discusses what they were going to do if they get their pardon, and it is implied that they would continue doing what they were doing as the A-Team. The character of Howling Mad Murdock can be seen in the final scene wearing a T-shirt that says, "Fini".

During the Vietnam War, the A-Team were members of the 5th Special Forces Group (see the episode " West Coast Turnaround "). In the episode " Bad Time on the Border ", Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith (George Peppard), indicated that the A-Team were "ex-Green Berets". During the Vietnam War , the A-Team's commanding officer , Colonel Morrison, gave them orders to rob the Bank of Hanoi to help bring the war to an end. They succeeded in their mission, but on their return to base four days after the end of the war, they discovered that Morrison had been killed by the Viet Cong , and that his headquarters had been burned to the ground. This meant that the proof that the A-Team members were acting under orders had been destroyed. They were arrested, and imprisoned at Fort Bragg , from which they quickly escaped before they were to go to trial.

The origin of the A-Team is directly linked to the Vietnam War , during which the team formed. The show's introduction in the first four seasons mentions this, accompanied by images of soldiers coming out of a helicopter in an area resembling a forest or jungle. Besides this, The A-Team would occasionally feature an episode in which the team came across an old ally or enemy from those war days. For example, the first season's final episode " A Nice Place To Visit " revolved around the team traveling to a small town to honor a fallen comrade and end up avenging his death, and in season two's " Recipe For Heavy Bread ", a chance encounter leads the team to meet both the POW cook who helped them during the war, and the American officer who sold his unit out. Though he was affiliated with them during the war, the group's pilot "Howling Mad" Murdock was neither tried or involved in the bank robbery and is rather the group's secret member.

An article in the New Statesman (UK) published shortly after the premiere of The A-Team in the United Kingdom, also pointed out The A-Team's connection to the Vietnam War, characterizing it as the representation of the idealization of the Vietnam War, and an example of the war slowly becoming accepted and assimilated into American culture. [14]

One of the team's primary antagonists, Col. Roderick Decker ( Lance LeGault ), had his past linked back to the Vietnam War in which he and Hannibal had come to fisticuffs in "the DOOM Club" (Da Nang Open Officers' Mess). [15] At other times, members of the team would refer back to a certain tactic used during the War, which would be relevant to the team's present predicament. Often, Hannibal would refer to such a tactic, after which the other members of the team would complain about its failure during the War. This was also used to refer to some of Face's past accomplishments in scamming items for the team, such as in the first-season episode " Holiday In The Hills ", in which Murdock fondly remembers Face being able to secure a '53 Cadillac while in the Vietnam jungle.

The team's ties to the Vietnam War were referred to again in the fourth-season finale, " The Sound of Thunder ", in which the team is introduced to Tia ( Tia Carrere ), a war orphan and daughter of fourth season antagonist General Fulbright. Returning to Vietnam, Fulbright is shot in the back and gives his last words as he
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