- For the creature, see Werewolves.
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| Information | |
| Title: | Werewolf |
| Format: | Live-action |
| Genres: | Horror |
| Rating: | Unrated |
| Running time: | 60 min. |
| country: | USA |
| Network: | FOX Network |
| Seasons: | 1 |
| Episodes: | 29 |
| Production | |
| Production company: | TriStar Television |
| Executive producers: | Frank Lupo; John Ashley |
| Producers: | Janice Cooke |
| Principal cast: | John J. York; Lance LeGault |
| Air dates | |
| First aired: | July 11th, 1987 |
| Last aired: | May 22nd, 1988 |
Werewolf is an American television series that ran for a single season from July of 1987 to May of 1988. The show debuted on the FOX Network and was one of the then-fledgling network's inaugural television programs. The eponymous pilot episode was a two-hour premiere that first aired on Friday evening, July 11th. The rest of the series were broadcast at their standard running time of thirty minutes per episode. The series was ultimately cancelled not because of ratings, but due to the exorbitant budget costs required to produce each episode. To reduce costs, many of the werewolf transformation scenes were done using recycled footage from the first few episodes.
The premise of the show revolved around a young college student named Eric Kord. Kord had the misfortunate of inheriting the curse of lycanthropy after being bitten by his best friend (who died soon after). Researching the nature of werewolves, Eric discovered that the only way to cure lycanthropy was by destroying the originator of the werewolf bloodline. Eric's search for the originator brought him into conflict with Janos Skorzeny, the werewolf responsible for infecting his best friend Ted. Only later did Eric discover that Skorzeny was not the original werewolf after all. Complicating Eric's life even further was the presence of an old world bounty hunter named Alamo Joe Rogan, who believed Eric was responsible for a string of murders that were actually committed by Skorzeny. Helping Eric in his search for a cure was his girlfriend Kelly Nichols.
Episodes 
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| Episode | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1x1 | Werewolf | July 11th, 1987 |
| 1x2 | Nightwatch | July 18th, 1987 |
| 1x3 | The Boy Who Cried Werewolf | July 25th, 1987 |
| 1x4 | The Black Ship | August 1st, 1987 |
| 1x5 | Spectre of the Wolf | August 8th, 1987 |
| 1x6 | The Wolf Who Thought He Was a Man | August 15th, 1987 |
| 1x7 | Nothing Evil in These Woods | August 29th, 1987 |
| 1x8 | Running With the Pack | September 5th, 1987 |
| 1x9 | Friendly Haven | September 26th, 1987 |
| 1x10 | Let Us Prey | October 3rd, 1987 |
| 1x11 | A World of Difference (Part 1) | October 10th, 1987 |
| 1x12 | A World of Difference (Part 2) | October 17th, 1987 |
| 1x13 | The Unicorn | October 25th, 1987 |
| 1x14 | All Hallow's Eve | October 31st, 1987 |
| 1x15 | Blood on the Tracks | November 1st, 1987 |
| 1x16 | Nightmare at the Braine Hotel | November 8th, 1987 |
| 1x17 | Wolfhunt | November 15th, 1987 |
| 1x18 | Blood Ties | November 22nd, 1987 |
| 1x19 | Big Daddy | November 29th, 1987 |
| 1x20 | Eye of the Storm | December 6th, 1987 |
| 1x21 | Nightmare in Blue | January 17th, 1988 |
| 1x22 | Skinwalker | January 24th, 1988 |
| 1x23 | King of the Road | February 7th, 1988 |
| 1x24 | A Material Girl | February 14th, 1988 |
| 1x25 | To Dream of Wolves (Part 1) | February 21st, 1988 |
| 1x26 | To Dream of Wolves (Part 2) | February 28th, 1988 |
| 1x27 | Blind Luck | March 6th, 1988 |
| 1x28 | Gray Wolf | March 13th, 1988 |
| 1x29 | Amazing Grace | May 22nd, 1988 |
Notes & Trivia Edit
- Independent comic book publisher Blackthorne Publishing, Inc. published a bi-monthly Werewolf comic book series from July, 1988 to May, 1989. Only six issues of the series were produced.
- Video release of Werewolf has been indefinitely suspended. Shout! Factory, who licensed the distribution rights to Werewolf from Sony were unable to settle a copyright dispute over audio tracks used in the series. The audio tracks were overlaid with dialogue from the episodes and could not be excised without destroying the integrity of the episodes as a whole. Unable to come to an accord with the song owners, Shout! Factory relinquished the rights of the series back to Sony. [1]
- Although it's highly unlikely the complete series will ever be released on DVD, the two-hour pilot was released in the UK in PAL VHS format by Entertainment in Video.
