Supercarrier was a 1988

1988 in television

The year 1988 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1988.For the American TV schedule, see: 1988-89 United States network television schedule.-Events:-Debuts:...

 ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 television series aired during the Top Gun

Top Gun

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trend of the late 1980s. It featured US Navy Pilots

United States Naval Aviator

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 aboard the fictional aircraft carrier USS Georgetown, and ran for eight episodes before being cancelled.

Cast

• John David Bland as Lt Doyle "ANZAC" Sampson
• Ken Olandt
  Ken Olandt
  Kenneth Andrew "Ken" Olandt is an American actor, producer, and executive producer. He has starred in many feature films and television shows....
  
   as Lt Jack "Sierra" DePalma
• Gerardo Mejia as Luis Cruz
• Cec Verrell
  Cec Verrell
  -Filmography:* Nice Guys Finish Dead - Shauna* ER - - Mrs. Casey* Air America - - Sandra Casey* The Price of Kissing - Renee's Mother...
  
   as Lt Ruth "Bee-Bee" Ruthkowski
• Alex Hyde-White
  Alex Hyde-White
  Alex Punch Hyde-White is an English born, US raised film and television actor. He is sometimes credited as Alex Hyde White. In 1978 he signed with Universal Pictures as one of the last "contract players" in Hollywood, in a group that included Lindsay Wagner, Andrew Stevens and Sharon...
  
   as Lt Dave "Hat Trick" Rawley
• Matthew Williams
• Dale Dye
  Dale Dye
  Dale Adam Dye is an American actor, presenter, businessman, and retired U.S. Marine captain who served in combat during the Vietnam War.-Early life & Marine service:...
  
   as Capt Henry K. 'Hank' Madigan
• Robert Hooks
  Robert Hooks
  Robert Hooks is an American actor of films, television and stage. With a career as a producer and political activist to his credit, he is most recognizable to the public for his over 100 roles in films and television, as well as his political and civil rights activities...
  
   as Commander Jim Coleman
• Richard Jaeckel
  Richard Jaeckel
  Richard Hanley Jaeckel was an American actor of film and television.-Life and career:Jaeckel was born in Long Beach, New York. A short, but tough guy, he played a variety of characters during his fifty years in movies & television and became one of Hollywood's best known character actors...
  
   as Master Chief Sam Rivers
• Dennis R. "Beau" Sumner, Jr.

Episodes

Ep.	Title	Aired
01	Deadly Enemies (Pilot)	6 March 1988
02	All in the Game	13 March 1988
03	Common Ground	20 March 1988
04	Ring of Fire	27 March 1988
05	Rest and Revolution	10 April 1988
06	Give Me Liberty	17 April 1988
07	Exodus	24 April 1988
08	Vector	1 May 1988

Production

This series was never filmed on a carrier. It was filmed on the USS Vandegrift FFG 48 which is a Perry class frigate. The navy pulled its support for the show due to the ship's captain writing a scathing letter to the secretary of the navy outlining the way in which these people conducted themselves as guests. The way they portrayed the men and women in uniform had nothing to do with it losing support.