Spenser: For Hire

American television series
TVSeries television_series Q1487960
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Spenser: For Hire

Summary

Spenser: For Hire is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (618 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Spenser: For Hire's instance of is recorded as For Hire — instance of (P31): television series[3].
  • Spenser: For Hire's genre is For Hire — genre (P136): detective fiction[4].
  • A cast member of Spenser: For Hire was For Hire — cast member (P161): Robert Urich[5].
  • A cast member of Spenser: For Hire was For Hire — cast member (P161): Avery Brooks[6].
  • A cast member of Spenser: For Hire was For Hire — cast member (P161): Barbara Stock[7].
  • A cast member of Spenser: For Hire was For Hire — cast member (P161): Ron McLarty[8].
  • A cast member of Spenser: For Hire was For Hire — cast member (P161): Carolyn McCormick[9].
  • A cast member of Spenser: For Hire was For Hire — cast member (P161): Richard Jaeckel[10].
  • The original language of Spenser: For Hire was For Hire — original language of film or TV show (P364): English[11].
  • Spenser: For Hire's original broadcaster is recorded as For Hire — original broadcaster (P449): American Broadcasting Company[12].
  • Spenser: For Hire's country of origin is recorded as For Hire — country of origin (P495): United States[13].
  • Spenser: For Hire comprises For Hire — has part(s) (P527): Spenser: For Hire, season 1[14].
  • Spenser: For Hire comprises For Hire — has part(s) (P527): Spenser: For Hire, season 2[15].
  • Spenser: For Hire comprises For Hire — has part(s) (P527): Spenser: For Hire, season 3[16].
  • Spenser: For Hire began on September 20, 1985[17].
  • Spenser: For Hire ended on May 7, 1988[18].
  • Spenser: For Hire's distributed by is recorded as For Hire — distributed by (P750): Warner Bros. Television Studios[19].
  • Spenser: For Hire's narrative location is recorded as For Hire — narrative location (P840): Massachusetts[20].
  • Spenser: For Hire's number of episodes is recorded as {'amount': '+66'}[21].
  • Spenser: For Hire's title is recorded as Spenser: For Hire[22].
  • Spenser: For Hire's list of episodes is recorded as For Hire — list of episodes (P1811): list of Spenser: For Hire episodes[23].
  • Spenser: For Hire's duration is recorded as {'amount': '+45'}[24].
  • Spenser: For Hire's number of seasons is recorded as {'amount': '+3'}[25].
  • Spenser: For Hire's P14813 is recorded as 63143[26].
  • Spenser: For Hire's P14821 is recorded as 88612[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Cast members include For Hire — cast member (P161): Robert Urich[5], For Hire — cast member (P161): Avery Brooks[6], For Hire — cast member (P161): Barbara Stock[7], For Hire — cast member (P161): Ron McLarty[8], For Hire — cast member (P161): Carolyn McCormick[9], and For Hire — cast member (P161): Richard Jaeckel[10].

Publication

The original language of Spenser: For Hire was For Hire — original language of film or TV show (P364): English[11]. Its genre is For Hire — genre (P136): detective fiction[4].

Why It Matters

Spenser: For Hire ranks in the top 8% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (618 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 25d ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 88612
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14821]]: 88612, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269901|batch #269901]]"
  2. 5w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    End time → +1988-05-07T00:00:00Z
    Narrative location → Massachusetts
    Start time → —
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14813]]: 63143, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269251|batch #269251]]"
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