Hart to Hart
As the Hart Turns
TV Flash files “As the Hart Turns” as a desk essential hour — Hart to Hart (1979–1984) on ABC, season 4, episode 17, aired 1983-03-01, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E17: listed hour 83 of 110 in the Hart to Hart guide, hour 17 of 22 in season 4. It aired 1983-03-01 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Bahama Bound Harts” (S04E16). Next is “The Wayward Hart” (S04E18).
Essential hour: “As the Hart Turns”. As the Hart Turns is daytime-soap language on a prime-time marriage. Spelling glamour admitting the serial joke: amateur sleuths still richer than the cops, the corpses still RSVP.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Jennifer wins a walk on role on a soap opera which leads to a writing job that nearly gets her killed by the leading man.
Viewer FAQ
Where does As the Hart Turns sit in the Hart to Hart guide?
S04E17 is listed hour 83 of 110 — hour 17 of 22 in season 4, season 4 episode 17.
When did Hart to Hart S04E17 air?
As the Hart Turns aired 1983-03-01 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.…