pilot episode of Hawkins aired as a 90-minute television movie on March 13, 1973. As a regular series, it premiered on October 2, 1973, airing on CBS on Tuesdays at 9:30 p.m. throughout its run. Like the series pilot, each regular-season episode was 90 minutes long. It was broadcast every third week as part of the "wheel series" The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies, alternating in its time slot with Shaft and a made-for-television movie. The "wheel series" was a popular programming strategy in television entertainment programming during the late 1960s and the 1970s in which two or more regular programs were rotated in the same time slot. However, Hawkins attracted a starkly different viewer demographic from Shaft, which probably worked against it finding an audience as part of The New CBS Tuesday Night Movies. With Hawkins suffering from low ratings and Stewart expressing his desire to bring the show to an end, its last new episode aired on March 5, 1974. Reruns of Hawkins ran in prime time during its regular time slot until September 3, 1974. Episodes SOURCES"Tuesday TV & Radio Schedule," Schenectady Gazette, December 4, 1973, p. 15."Tuesday TV & Radio Schedule," Schenectady Gazette, February 5, 1974, p. 11. References Citations Bibliography Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1995). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows: 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. . McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television. Penguin Books USA, Inc. . External links Hawkins theme on YouTube Hawkins opening credits for Episode 1 "Murder in Movieland" on YouTube Hawkins opening and closing credits for episode "A Life for a Life" on YouTube Hawkins pilot Death and the Maiden on YouTube Hawkins Episode 1 "Murder in Movieland" on YouTube Hawkins Episode 2 "Die, Darling, Die" on YouTube Hawkins Episode 3 "A Life for a Life" on YouTube Hawkins Episode 4 "Blood Feud" on YouTube Hawkins Episode 5 "Murder in the Slave Trade" on YouTube Hawkins Episode 6 "Murder on the 13th Floor" on YouTube Hawkins Episode 7 "Candidate for Murder" on YouTube CBS original programming 1970s American drama television series 1970s American legal television series 1973 American television series debuts 1974 American television series endings English-language television shows Television shows set in West Virginia Television series by MGM Television