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What happens when a wealthy Texas oil heir decides running a billion-dollar business is less interesting than chasing criminals across Los Angeles?
Matt Houston (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125239/http://www.jumptheshark.com/m/matthouston.htm) arrived in the early nineteen eighties at a time when television detectives were changing. Style mattered. Wealth mattered. And escapism was the point. But behind the helicopters, penthouses, and slick action was a show (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/MattHouston) built to compete in one of the most crowded eras of network TV.
If you remember Matt Houston (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Houston) from late-night reruns or you’ve only heard it mentioned alongside shows like Magnum P.I. and Hart to Hart, this is the full story you rarely hear.
What happens when a wealthy Texas oil heir decides running a billion-dollar business is less interesting than chasing criminals across Los Angeles?
Matt Houston (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125239/http://www.jumptheshark.com/m/matthouston.htm) arrived in the early nineteen eighties at a time when television detectives were changing. Style mattered. Wealth mattered. And escapism was the point. But behind the helicopters, penthouses, and slick action was a show (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/MattHouston) built to compete in one of the most crowded eras of network TV.
If you remember Matt Houston (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Houston) from late-night reruns or you’ve only heard it mentioned alongside shows like Magnum P.I. and Hart to Hart, this is the full story you rarely hear.