The A-Team is an action/adventure television show about
a fictional group of ex-US Army commandos who are on the
run from the military while working as mercenaries and
helping the oppressed. It ran for five seasons from January
23, 1983 to March 8, 1987 with a total of ninety-eight
episodes. The show has achieved cult status among some
viewers. The A-Team. Clockwise from top: Dwight Schultz,
Mr. T, George Peppard, Dirk Benedict. Image copyright,
usage restricted.The A-Team was one of a wide variety
of successful creations from prolific television producer
Stephen J. Cannell. Cannell is known for having a particular
skill at capitalizing on momentary cultural trends, such
as the machine guns, cartoonish violence, and joyful militarism
of this series, which are now recognizable as trademarks
of popular entertainment in the mid-1980s.
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