Remington Steele(1982)

series - first aired/released 1982-10-01 - audience 7.1

Directed by Burt Brinckerhoff, Gabrielle Beaumont, Sidney Hayers, Thomas Carter, Will Mackenzie

Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.