Kojak. He's bald, bad, and back. Well. Not really back. Telly Savalas, who brought the lollipop-loving, hard-boiled detective with a heart of gold to the airwaves from 1973 to 1978, died 11 years ago.

Bald head? Check. Lollipop? Check. Fedora? Done. The basic elements of “Kojak,” the hit cop drama from the ’70s, survive in the 21st-century remake starting tonight on the USA Network. That Ving ...

KOJAK. Tonight at 9, USA. 2 STARS. The tough-talking, lollipop-sucking, fedora-wearing, dapper-dressing New York cop named Kojak is back – and USA Network’s got him. And where Telly Savalas played him ...

“Kojak” is back, 11 years after the death of Telly Savalas, in a limited series from the USA Network, and let us all admit from the start that, lollipops and “New York setting” aside -- Toronto ...

Ving Rhames did not bone up for his role as the bald New York City detective with a lollipop habit by watching episodes of the original Telly Savalas series “Kojak. He didn’t have to. ” ‘Kojak’ was ...

Park any preconceived notions you have about Lt. Theo Kojak at New York City's 13th Precinct door. USA's Kojak is not the Kojak of the 1973 CBS series. Like Telly Savalas' portrayal, the modern-day ...

Television’s remake business disgorges another rickety knockoff as USA Network updates the police drama Kojak with disturbing results. Kojak originally ran from 1973 to 1978 and gave Telly Savalas his ...

Kojak is an American television series starring Ving Rhames, airing on the USA Network cable channel, and on ITV4 in the United Kingdom. It was a reimagined version of the 1973-1978 series starring ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the presidency an unprecedented four times, but The History Channel's "FDR" was still no match for USA Network's "Kojak." The first installment of cable network's ...