TV Show Details
Air Date:January 6th, 1980
Last Air Date:February 21st, 1980
Network:NBC
Status:Ended
Genres:Drama
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Lorimar Productions
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Skag (1980)
NBC
Scripted
TV Series
Skag is a short-lived American drama series that aired on NBC and starred Karl Malden. Skag originated as a three-hour television movie that aired on January 6, 1980. Over a week later, it then premiered as a weekly series, Thursdays at 10/9c, which ran from January 17, 1980 until its cancellation on February 21, 1980.
Skag focused on the life of a foreman at a Pittsburgh steel mill. Malden described his character, Pete Skagska, as a simple man trying to keep his family together. The series was created by Abby Mann, and executive produced by Mann and Lee Rich.
