Skag

Name: Skag
Genre: Drama
Released: 1980-01-06
Rating: 7
Cast: Peter Gallagher, Craig Wasson, Powers Boothe, Karl Malden, Piper Laurie

7.0First aired 1980-01-06Last aired 1980-02-21Status: Ended

Drama

Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
Networks: NBC

Overview

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.