13 Awful TV Shows Star Trek Actors Want Us To Forget

Before he was the beloved Captain Sisko of Deep Space Nine, veteran TV star Avery Brooks was well-liked for his supporting turn on the long-running and wildly popular Spenser: For Hire.

With his character Hawk amongst the show’s best remembered creations, surely it was time for Brooks to star in a spin-off where he could have a series to himself?

Or not, as producers realized when the bluntly titled A Man Called Hawk lasted an embarrassing thirteen episodes before leaving our screens and leaving its star free to pursue a more lucrative career in space exploration aboard Star Trek’s more reliable franchise.