When "Cannon" was a prime time show, I rarely ever watched it because the show sounded like a bad concept. Imagine....an obese private detective chasing down criminals!! But when I recently got the "Cannon" DVD set, I realized that the show was far more than just 'some fat guy'....no, it was an excellent program...and William Conrad was excellent in the lead. Why? Well...two reasons. First, the writing was generally very good and the shows didn't insult your intelligence*. Second, Conrad was a very good and likable actor. He was especially good in the first episode of season five....an episode that called for more emoting than usual when Cannon tracks down the person responsible for murdering his wife and son long, long ago.
So my advice is do what I did....get a disk from Netflix and see if you like them. They only have season one....but I enjoyed it enough that I purchased the set.
*Okay, not show is 100% perfect. In season five, they also had an episode about aliens...or supposed contact with aliens. It was god-awful and stupid. So, yes, there were a few stinkers now and again...but rarely.
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