Fortune Dane

1986 American crime drama television series

Fortune Dane

Genre	Drama
Created by	Ronald M. Cohen
Directed by	Charles Correll
Starring	Carl Weathers Daphne Ashbrook Joe Dallesandro
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Stormy Weathers Productions The Movie Company Enterprises The Rosenzweig Company
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	February 15 (1986-02-15) – March 27, 1986 (1986-03-27)

Fortune Dane is an American crime drama series that aired at 9 p.m. Eastern Time on ABC from February 15 to March 27, 1986.^[1] It stars Carl Weathers as the title character.^[2]^[3]^[4] It was cancelled after only six episodes, due to low ratings after failing to compete with NBC's The Golden Girls and 227. As of 2021, the series is available to stream on Crackle.

Synopsis

Fortune Dane is a former policeman who works as a special agent for the mayor in Bay City.^[5]

Cast

Carl Weathers as Detective Fortune Dane^[5]
Daphne Ashbrook as Kathy “Speed" Davenport,^[5] Fortune’s aide
Joe Dallesandro as Tommy "Perfect Tommy" Nicautri,^[5] Amanda’s aide
Penny Fuller as Amanda Harding,^[5] Mayor of Bay City, California
Alberta Watson as Amy Steiner^[5]

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Moving Parts"	Nicholas Sgarro	Ronald M. Cohen	February 15, 1986 (1986-02-15)
2	"Bay City"	Charles Correll	Ronald M. Cohen	February 22, 1986 (1986-02-22)
3	"The Tape"	John Patterson	Linda Elstad	March 1, 1986 (1986-03-01)
4	"Sanctuary"	Nicholas Sgarro	Adrian Spies	March 8, 1986 (1986-03-08)
5	"Airport"	Allen Baron	Paul Edwards	March 15, 1986 (1986-03-15)
6	"Jailhouse Blues"	Joel Oliansky	Leo V. Gordon	March 22, 1986 (1986-03-22)

References

^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (1999). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present (7th ed.). New York: The Ballentine Publishing Group. pp. 360–361. ISBN 0-345-42923-0.
^ Jerry Buck (March 1, 1986). "Abc Tries Fortune Dane". Merced Sun-Star. Retrieved 3 September 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Ron Weiskind (February 14, 1986). "Fortune Dane' Debut A Mixed Bag Of Drama". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
^ Ellen Klein (March 13, 1986). "Violence Fills Fortune Dane". Lewiston Journal. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 298. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.