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The A-Team

★ 7.5 1983 · 1980s 5 seasons NBC

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Synopsis

A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."

Cast & Crew

George Peppard

George Peppard

John 'Hannibal' Smith

Dirk Benedict

Dirk Benedict

Templeton 'Faceman' Peck

Mr. T

Mr. T

B.A. Baracus

Dwight Schultz

Dwight Schultz

'Howling Mad' Murdock

Eddie Velez

Eddie Velez

Frankie Santana

Robert Vaughn

Robert Vaughn

General Hunt Stockwell

Stephen J. Cannell

Stephen J. Cannell

Producer

John Ashley

John Ashley

Producer

Frank Lupo

Frank Lupo

Producer

Rob Bowman

Rob Bowman

Producer

Trivia about The A-Team

Cannell with Dirk Benedict in mind, NBC insisted that the part should be played by another actor.

Therefore, in the pilot, Face was portrayed by Tim Dunigan, who was later replaced by Benedict, with the comment that Dunigan was "too tall and too young".

So it was difficult to accept me as a veteran of the Vietnam War, which ended when I was a sophomore in high school." Tia Carrere was intended to join the principal cast of the show in its fifth season after appearing in the season four finale, providing a tie to the team's inception during the war.

Her character was abruptly dropped as a result.

Cannell was fired from ABC in the early 1980s, after failing to produce a hit show for the network, and was hired by NBC; his first project was The A-Team.

The show became popular; the first regular episode, which aired after Super Bowl XVII on January 30, 1983, reached 26.4% of the television audience, placing fourth in the top 10 Nielsen-rated shows.