Kojak

Ving Rhames as Kojak? Seriously?

What kind of PC nonsense was that? Might as well cast Charlie Sheen as MLK. Or Samuel Jackson as Gandhi. Or some Swede as Geronimo.

Look, Kojak was an ethnic Greek in a way that was integral to his character. It's just not believable. And the acting was sub par.

This was yet another example of franchise poaching, whereby junk scripts are piled up until a time when the title and character names on one of them can be altered and it be pushed out there.

Did the 6 people who reviewed this see the same show as me? I think not, or they are Ving Rhames' lackeys or possibly family members. This was a real stinker and the 10 episode limit proves it. It also puts those 6 previous reviewers in the "duh" category. First, a black Greek detective. OK whatever. Ving is no actor, I don't know what he did before this but he needs to go back. In the year of the remakes where either every writer in Hollywood was brain dead, or completely devoid of ideas, this was the worst. The supporting cast could not save it. This had disaster written all over it from jump street. It was a lot of things, good or even watchable was not one of them. The first six reviewers were paid lackeys.

I like it, not exaggerated or vulgar or boring like other series... and Rosslyn Sanchez adds the latina spice, love it... hopefully they'll bring some more episodes..

This cool remake of 1973-78 Classic has all style and substance and image with better teleplay, better dialog, better writing skills, better music and a sleeker car (Chysler 300c) Ving Rhames is the great person to play kojak and the rest of the cast is universally excellent, the TV show has some of the smoothest, darkest episodes I've seen, even the opening credits are cool, I Wish they were better remakes and this is the best remake of a TV show since the movie version of the fugitive.

I Hope Ving Rhames revives his character soon and make it even more sleeker than it already has, this is a very good and cool remake.

I watched the new Kojak premiere and the second episode, hoping that I would get a good feel for how the series was. Its a great show that follows most of the cop rules. Tough lead role, Check. Cohorts of fellow cops who admire the lead, check. Interesting but guessable plot, check. Iconic captain figure who provides little help, Check. Nevertheless, Its a really great show. Ving Rhames is one of the great actors of our time. The show also features Michael Kelly, who stared with Ving in Dawn of the Dead. It's Good to see them together again, as they had a great dynamic in the movie.

Sadly I think this series has a limited future. It just doesn't add enough new to the cop genre to keep it interesting and different. However, I hope most people are just like me. You watch it, Enjoy it for what it is, and hope to see more.