Not to be confused with the British 60s TV series of the same name

Stingray was a short-lived Action series starring Canadian actor Nick Mancuso.  Created by legendary producer/writer/creator Stephen J. Cannell, it ran for 2 seasons between 1985-1987 on NBC.  A mysterious man known only as Ray (Mancuso) places an ad in the newspaper offering his services to anyone who needs his help.  Being a good samaritan, he doesn't accept money, only that in return, whomever he helps must do him a favour in the future

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Season 1 - opening titles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FNEvOIeAjY&NR=1 
Season 2 - opening titles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtAj51MHHVw
Stingray promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4R7BYUX1HM

episode clip: Stingray breaks out of jail: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xQsoz6dQVE
('Silent Running', the actual song was kept in the DVD release.  Shocking, eh?)



The Complete Series is now available on a 6 disc DVD set.  I got my copy.  Have you got yours?

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I remember watching that on Fridays...then Miami Vice came on after that (or the other way around...can't remember).

I remember the series, I had almost forgot.

It was a pretty good show (as good as these types of shows were). I think the issue was that, at the time, there were just too many "mysterious man/good samaritain with cool car" type of thing going on.

That with "Knightrider", the "A-Team" and other 80's slick shows like Miami Vice, Stingray kinda got lost in the shuffle.

I remember the series, I had almost forgot.

It was a pretty good show (as good as these types of shows were). I think the issue was that, at the time, there were just too many "mysterious man/good samaritain with cool car" type of thing going on.

That with "Knightrider", the "A-Team" and other 80's slick shows like Miami Vice, Stingray kinda got lost in the shuffle.


The one that came closest to Stingray was 'The Equalizer' which premiered as a series before Stingray, and ended up lasting longer

I remember watching some episodes of "Stingray" during its run. I think it did come on after "Miami Vice".

Man, I get all the way to Episode 6 on the set, and it starts to skip.  So I exchanged it and it skips in the exact same location.  The store only had just the two copies, and no other store had it.  I am officially sad now :\'(

Cool Mike Post theme music. 


******SPOILERS****** as they say...

What the hell happened at the end of the series?  Did he ever get his identity back and all that jazz?  I remember that creepy boss with the 'fro and glasses he reported to.  Seems like Stingray was always under his thumb.

Man, I get all the way to Episode 6 on the set, and it starts to skip.  So I exchanged it and it skips in the exact same location.  The store only had just the two copies, and no other store had it.  I am officially sad now :\'(


I'm really sorry about that....I hate it when that happens, and it has happened to me a few times. I hope the other discs play OK.

I'm really sorry about that....I hate it when that happens, and it has happened to me a few times. I hope the other discs play OK.


I ended up returning it to a different location of the same store that had a copy and the disc that skipped doesn't skip on this one.  I hope the rest work ok.  Sometimes the best looking DVDs (Scratch free) can skip. 

I got burned on S1 of 'Knight Rider'.  I get all the way to the last disc and it goes all screwy with those green pixels, and it had been far past the 30 day warranty on the receipt.  In cases like that, I wait until a used CD shop gets a copy, then I buy it, switch the discs and say it's defective ;D

I ended up returning it to a different location of the same store that had a copy and the disc that skipped doesn't skip on this one. 

Turns out it did skip on the same episode but in a different scene.  3 copies, all which didn't work, and it was the only store in town that had it in stock.  Looks like I'm going to have to order a copy from somewhere else.  I watched the first 6 episodes and they were awesome.  I need my Stingray fix 8)