The popular detective drama starring James Garner as an ex-con turned private investigator was so big at the time, its theme song became a top 10 hit and won a Grammy. The show earned Cannell an Emmy award when it was named Outstanding Drama Series in 1978.
The offbeat cop show often found Robert Blake's undercover detective upstaged by his pet cockatoo.
A teacher, played by William Katt, becomes the unlikeliest American hero when he's inadvertently given a red suit that gives him superpowers and uses them, albeit awkwardly, to fight crime. Like The Rockford Files, the show's theme song, "Believe It or Not," became a smash.
Cannell's action-comedy series found success with the premise of pairing an L.A. judge (Brian Keith) with a fast-talking, fast-driving parolee (Daniel Hugh Kelly) to track down bad guys.
This show starred former pro football player Fred Dryer as the titular character, a Dirty Harry-esque L.A. detective partnered with the stunning Stepfanie Kramer.
The over-the-top, tongue-planted-firmly-in-cheek nature of this action-adventure series made it one of Cannell's biggest successes and turned Mr. T into a pop icon.
This Cannell creation centering on a group of baby-faced cops often going undercover as students to solve juvenile crimes not only gave the fledgling Fox network a much-needed hit, it also launched the career of a certain up-and-comer. You may have heard of him: Johnny Depp.
As the commissioner in a small town in upstate New York, Michael Chiklis definitely took a much kinder, gentler approach to justice than his Shield alter ego Vic Mackey.