Hardball
Format	Action Crime drama
Created by	Robert Palm
Starring	John Ashton Richard Tyson
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	18
Production
Executive producer(s)	John Ashley Frank Lupo
Running time	45 min. (17 episodes) 90 min. (pilot)
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Original run	September 21, 1989 in television – June 29, 1990 in television

Hardball is a shortlived American crime drama television series that ran on NBC for one season.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Cast 3 Episodes 3.1 Season 1 4 External links

[edit] Synopsis

Hardball was a variation of the buddy cop genre that focused on two cops, Charlie "C.B." Battles (Ashton) and Joe "Kaz" Kaczierowski (Tyson). Battles is a 45-year-old hard-nosed veteran cop who is forced to take a desk job or retire. Battles is soon assigned a new partner, the 25-year old hotshot Kaczierowski who follows his own set of rules when dealing with criminals. The pair are soon at odds over their respective methods of law enforcement. NBC President Brandon Tartikoff saw this series as inspired by the Lethal Weapon films and Battles was patterned after Pete Rose.

[edit] Cast

• John Ashton as Charlie "C.B." Battles
• Richard Tyson as Joe "Kaz" Kaczierowski
• John Pappas as Pappas
• Barney McFadden as Ballantine

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Season 1

Episode #	Title	Original Airdate
1	"Till Death Do Us Part" (Pilot)	September 21, 1989
2	"The Silver Scream"	September 28, 1989
3	"The One Armed Bandit"	October 13, 1989
4	"Which Witch Is Witch?"	October 27, 1989
5	"The Cleveland Indian"	November 3, 1989
6	"The Fighting 52nd"	November 10, 1989
7	"Time Bomb"	November 17, 1989
8	"Trying to Make a Living, and Doing the Best That I Can"	November 24, 1989
9	"The Out of Towner"	December 1, 1989
10	"The Cool Katt"	April 20, 1990
11	"The Angel of Death"	April 27, 1990
12	"A Killer Date"	May 4, 1990
13	"A Death in the Family"	May 11, 1990
14	" Sex, Cops, and Videotape"	May 18, 1990
15	"Wedding Bell Blues"	June 1, 1990
16	"Prescription for Murder"	June 8, 1990
17	"Every Dog Has His Day"	June 22, 1990
18	"The Hunt for Honus Wagner"	June 29, 1990

[edit] External links

• Hardball at the Internet Movie Database
• Hardball at TV.com