Hart to Hart
Hit Jennifer Hart
TV Flash files “Hit Jennifer Hart” as a desk essential hour — Hart to Hart (1979–1984) on ABC, season 1, episode 1, aired 1979-09-22, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 110 in the Hart to Hart guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 1979-09-22 (60 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “Passport to Murder” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “Hit Jennifer Hart”. Hit Jennifer Hart opens the rich-amateur brief. Wagner and Powers already champagne sleuths; Freeway the dog in the credits. Spelling sophistication as comfort crime, marriage as the real mystery engine.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When Jonathan breaks up a semi-slavery ring, the manager running it sends a hit man to pretend to be Jennifer's cousin and terminate her.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Hit Jennifer Hart sit in the Hart to Hart guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 110 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did Hart to Hart S01E01 air?
Hit Jennifer Hart aired 1979-09-22 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I watch in order?
No. Amateur-sleuth case-of-the-week with a marriage at the center. Sample any champagne murder; Freeway and Max are the constants.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers play rich amateur sleuths with champagne, a dog named Freeway, and murder as a weekend hobby. Aaron Spelling sophistication as comfort crime. Marriage fantasy: glamour couple, light mystery, and chemistry that makes the corpses feel like party guests who overstayed.
Open on champagne that is not optional. ABC's Hart to Hart (1979–1984), created by Sidney Sheldon with Spelling-Goldberg sheen: self-made millionaire Jonathan Hart and journalist wife Jennifer stumble into murders between jet-set parties, loyal Max driving the getaway. Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers in champagne detective-couple energy; Lionel Stander in the Max slot; a dog named Freeway as branding. Theme and lifestyle were half the appeal. Premiered 1979; defined early-1980s light mystery glamour from a…
Filed against
- Robert Wagner as Jonathan Hart
Robert Wagner's Jonathan Hart made Hart to Hart feel like murder as a weekend hobby — Stefanie Powers as the other half of the champagne, a dog named Freeway, Aaron Spelling sophistication as comfort crime. Marriage fantasy with corpses…
- Stefanie Powers as Jennifer Hart
Stefanie Powers glided through Hart to Hart as Jennifer Hart — rich amateur sleuth, champagne, a dog named Freeway, murder as a weekend hobby beside Robert Wagner. Aaron Spelling sophistication as comfort crime. TV Flash files her as…
- Lionel Stander as Max
Lionel Stander growled the help as Max on Hart to Hart — the gravel-voiced fixer for Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers, rich amateur sleuths with champagne, a dog named Freeway, and murder as a weekend hobby. Aaron Spelling comfort crime.…