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During its run, this mid-'80s take on Mickey Spillane's hard-boiled PI lost its sexist slant (so as to attract more female viewers), but there was still ample violence. The show's title changed from 'Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer' to 'The New Mike Hammer' in 1986; production in the 1984-85 season had been halted because of the drug arrest of star Stacy Keach, who, a decade later, reprised the role in a syndicated version.