On this day in television history - Murphy’s Law (November 2, 1988 - March 18, 1989)

Murphy’s Law

created by Lee David Zlotoff,

based on the Trace and Digger series of novels by Warren Murphy,

was released in the United States on November 2,1988 and ran for one season until March 18, 1989.

Theme music by Steve Kipner.

 

Cast:

George Segal, Maggie Han, Josh Mostel, Sarah Sawatsky, Charles Rocket, Kim Lankford, Walter Marsh, Lynne Randall, Julia Sweeney, Elizabeth Savage, Robert Thurston, Valerie Mahaffey, Christine Belford, Carolyn Seymour, Patrick Macnee, Clyde Kusatsu, David Spielberg, Linda Darlow, Leslie Carlson, Gerard Christopher, Andi Matheny, Bill Morey, Robert Thurston, Alan Robertson, Steve Peterson, Joan Severance, Will Estes, Reni Santoni, Judy Landers, Jennifer Hetrick, Norman Fell, Garwin Sanford, John Standing, Jack Bannon, Bruce Gray, Richard Foronjy, Ronnie Claire Edwards, Jeffrey Byron, Ken Swofford, Joseph Cali, David Byrd, Marvin Kaplan, Tom O'Rourke, Diana Bellamy, Robin Mossley, Richard Roat, Jerry Potter, Sheelah Megill, Jano Frandsen, Nancy Isaak, Brian Knox McGugan, A.J. Freeman, Serge Houde, Frank Slaten.

Born on this day – Warren Murphy:

Warren Murphy

Writer

September 13, 1933 – September 4, 2015

Credits:
 
Books:
 

100 Proof (2018); A Body is Found (1990); A Pound of Prevention (2000); Acid Rock (1974); Air Raid (2002); American Obsession (1997); An Old-Fashioned War (1987); And 47 Miles of Rope (1984); Angry White Mailmen (1996); Arabian Nightmare (1991); Assassin's Play-Off (1975); Atlantic City (1979); Bad Dog (2006); Balance of Power (1981); Bamboo Dragon (1997); Bay City Blast (1979); Bidding War (1995); Blood Brotherhood (2021); Blood Lust (1991); Blood Ties (1987); Bloodline (2015); Bloody Tourists (2003); Blue Smoke and Mirrors (1989); Bottom Line (1979); Brain Drain (1976); Brain Storm (1998); Bully Pulpit (2016); By Eminent Domain (2001); Caribbean Blues (1988); Chained Reaction (1978); Child's Play (1976); Chinese Puzzle (1973); Choke Hold (2007); Coin of the Realm (1989); Cold Warrior (1993); Continental Divide (2018); Created, the Destroyer (1972); Crime Square (2012); Dangerous Games (1980); Dark Ages (2005); Dark Horse (1992); Date with Death (1984); Dead End Street (1973); Dead Letter (1982); Dead Reckoning (2008); Deadly Genes (1999); Deadly Seeds (1975); Death Check (1972); Death Sentence (1990); Death Therapy (1974); Destiny's Carnival (1991); Destroyer World: New Blood (2010); Destroyer World: The Way Of The Assassin (2003); Disloyal Opposition (2001); Down and Dirty (1974); Dr. Quake (1974); Dragon Bones (2006); Dream Thing (2005); Dying Space (1982); Encounter Group (1984); Engines of Destruction (1996); Fade To Black (2000); Failing Marks (1999); Father to Son (2002); Feast or Famine (1997); Feeding Frenzy (1993); Fifty Shades of Grey Fedora (2015); Firing Line (1980); First Cases 4 (2002); Fool's Flight (1982); Fool's Gold (1983); Forgotten Son (2012); Frightening Strikes (2005); Funny Money (1975); Getting Up With Fleas (1987); Ghost in the Machine (1992); Grandmaster (1984); Ground Zero (1991); Guardian Angel (2007); High Priest (1987); High Priestess (1994); Holy Mother (2006); Holy Terror (1975); Homecoming (2021); Honor Among Thieves (1992); Hostile Takeover (1990); Identity Crisis (1994); In Enemy Hands (1977); Industrial Evolution (2004); Infernal Revenue (1994); Inside Sinanju (1985); Jericho Day (1990); Judgment Day (1974); Justice in Manhattan (1994); Kill Or Cure (1975); Killer Chromosomes (1978); Killer Ratings (2008); Killer Watts (2000); Killing Time (1982); King's Curse (1976); Last Call (1978); Last Drop (1983); Last Rites (1995); Last War Dance (1974); Laughing Matter (2017); Leonardo's Law (1978); Line of Succession (1988); Look Into My Eyes (1987); Lords of the Earth (1985); Lost Yesterday (1986); Lucifer's Weekend (1982); Mafia Fix (1974); Market Force (2002); Master's Challenge (1984); Midnight Man (1981); Mindblower (2006); Misfortune Teller (1999); Missing in Manhattan (1986); Missing Link (1980); Mob Psychology (1992); Monumental Terror (2019); Mother Mine (2015); Mugger Blood (1977); Murder Among Friends (2003); Murder in Manhattan (1988); Murder in the Family (2002); Murder is my Business (1994); Murder on the Run (1998); Murder Ward (1974); Murder's Shield (1973); Mystery Street (2001); Never Say Die (1998); Newer York (1991); Next of Kin (1981); No Contest (2005); Number Two (2012); Oil Slick (1974); Once a Mutt (1985); Overload (2014); Pigs Get Fat (1985); Political Pressure (2004); Power Play (1979); Profit Motive (1982); Prophet of Doom (1998); Rain of Terror (1989); Remo Williams, The Destroyer (2024); Remo: The Adventure Begins (1985); Return Engagement (1988); Savage Song (2012); Scorched Earth (1996); Scorpion's Dance (1990); Ship of Death (1977); Shock Value (1983); Shooting Schedule (1990); Skin Deep (1982); Skull Duggery (1990); Slave Safari (1973); Smoked Out (1982); Sole Survivor (1988); Spellbinders (2014); Spoils of War (1981); Sue Me (1986); Summit Chase (1974); Survival Course (1990); Sweet Dreams (1976); Syndication Rites (2001); Target of Opportunity (1994); Terminal Transmission (1993); Terror Squad (1973); The Arms of Kali (1984); The Best of the Destroyer (2007); The Broken Sword (1997); The Ceiling of Hell (1984); The Color of Fear (1995); The Day Remo Died (2015); The Destroyer Collection (2000); The Destroyer Collector's Ed. 2 (2000); The Eleventh Hour (1987); The Empire Dreams (1998); The End of the Beginning (2002); The End of the Game (1985); The End of the World (2013); The Final Crusade (1989); The Final Death (1977); The Final Reel (1998); The Forever King (1992); The Hand of Lazarus (1988); The Head Men (1977); The Killing Fields (2013); The Last Alchemist (1986); The Last Dragon (1993); The Last Monarch (2000); The Last Temple (1977); The Red Moon (1982); The Seventh Stone (1985); The Shamus Winners Volume II (2010); The Sky is Falling (1986); The Sure Thing (1989); The Temple Dogs (1989); The Ultimate Death (1992); The Wrong Stuff (2001); Timber Line (1980); Time Trial (1983); Too Old a Cat (1986); Total Recall (1984); Trace (1983); Trial and Terror (2014); Trial By Fire (2021); Troubled Waters (2003); Union Bust (1974); Unite and Conquer (1996); Unnatural Selection (2003); Unpopular Science (2004); Voodoo Die (1978); Walking Wounded (1988); Waste Not, Want Not (2003); When Elephants Forget (1984); White Water (1997); Wolf's Bane (2003); World without End (1996).

 

Movies and television:
 

Lethal Weapon 2 (1989); Murphy's Law (1988–1989); Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985); Remo Williams: The Prophecy (1988); The Eiger Sanction (1975); To Tell the Truth (1990).