Series Description

The Booker TV show was a 60 minute drama series on the Fox Network about a former police officer who got hired by a huge company based in Japan to investigate suspicious insurance claims at their U.S. offices. He did not make the best employee, however, as he resented authority of any kind and pretty much did whatever he wanted. He actually spent very little time working on his employers' cases by constantly being sidetracked into other mysteries.

Booker Cast

Richard Grieco .... Dennis Booker
Lori Petty .... Suzanne Dunne/Diane Dunne
Marcia Strassman .... Alicia Rudd
Katie Rich .... Elaine Grazzo
Carmen Argenziano .... Chick Sterling

Booker Theme Song

Title: "Hot in the City"

Performed By: "Billy Idol"

I will move with the beat now.
I'm a chain 'round an A-bomb
I'm a ribbon in the heat now

Hot in the city, hot in the city tonight, (tonight)
Hot in the city, hot in the city tonight, (tonight)
Hot in the city, hot in the city tonight, (tonight)

Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot!

Booker Trivia

Booker was a "spin-off" of the series "21 Jump Street".

Booker is sometimes referred to as "Booker, P.I.". When it aired in Spain, it's title was "Booker, el detective".

Richard Grieco worked as an "Elite" model on campaigns including Armani, Chanel, and Calvin Klein.

Marcia Strassman's best known role is probably as Mr. Kotter's wife Julie on the series, "Welcome Back Kotter" but she also appeared on several episodes of "M*A*S*H*" as "Nurse Margie Cutler" and most recently on "Tremors" as "Nancy Sterngood". Her most notable big screen role was as "Diane Szalinski" in the 1989 movie, "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids".

Stargate SG-1 fans will recognize Carmen Argenziano from his role as Samantha Carter's father.