Lookwell
★ 8 · 1991 · 25m · Comedy · Crime · TV Movie
The former star of a cancelled cop TV show solves crimes. The pilot was broadcast on NBC in July 1991 but was not picked up as a series despite being a "personal favorite" of NBC chairman Brandon Tartikoff.
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