Stepfanie Kramer

[isiahthomas]

Stephanie played Lt. McCall on the show as Hunter's partner. What was her first name on the show? She was very attractive. Did her & Hunter ever have a relationship on the show as far as dating? What's the black guy's name that used to play on Hunter? He played on The Jamie Foxx Show & Martin.

[Sitcomwriter]

DeeDee

[Mr. Television]

Garrett Morris played Sporty James. Dee Dee and Hunter never dated on the show.

[purplefuzzycouch]

They should've dated.They had great chemistry!

[TDfan69]

They never dated,but in one episode, it was revealed in a flashback that they did sleep together.

[EricIdlefan]

Did they sleep together because they were undercover??

[TDfan69]

No, I believe passion just took over one night. Then Hunter supposedly left the next day on a trip or something, I remember her saying to him, "When you came back, we never talked about it" or something like that.

Wendi

[EricIdlefan]

When Stephanine left to pursue a music career and got a new replacement, It as in the website said not only did the ratings go down but "It jumped the shark!!"

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Originally Posted by EricIdlefan

When Stephanine left to pursue a music career and got a new replacement, It as in the website said not only did the ratings go down but "It jumped the shark!!"

The music career story was apparently, really just a cover. The supposed actual reason behind Stepfanie Kramer's departure is that she was upset that they wanted to do another rape episode and she said it was purely for ratings.

She was also supposedly upset that Fred Dryer had taken control of the show and was getting multiple paychecks as an actor, writer, producer, and director while she herself wasn't getting any raises even though the ratings were good.

All in all and at the end of the day, she really left because the show had become much more of a boy's club and her once tough character was reduced to playing a heroine needing rescue by Dryer.

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Originally Posted by EricIdlefan

When Stephanine left to pursue a music career and got a new replacement, It as in the website said not only did the ratings go down but "It jumped the shark!!"

https://web.archive.org/web/20231030...336-story.html

"Hunter" (made a wrong turn when) star Fred Dryer's ego got in the way of his judgment when he divested Hunter of his partner, Dee Dee McCall. Apparently, he never understood that the strong female partner, the banter and their non-sexual care and concern for each other were the selling points of the show. Her last show had a sappy ending with her in a wedding dress, as though that were the culmination of every woman's dream. They took a good female cop and reduced her to "The Little Woman."

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Originally Posted by EricIdlefan

When Stephanine left to pursue a music career and got a new replacement, It as in the website said not only did the ratings go down but "It jumped the shark!!"

Thoughts on “Hunter”

Stepfanie Kramer leaves at the end of season 6, and I think they botched her exit. She leaves to marry a previously unknown beau, which is not a problem in and of itself. However, he talks about giving up a prestigious position in London to stay with her in LA, and then when the position he wanted to get in LA doesn’t seem like it will work out this creates a dilemma for her. This is also not an issue and works fairly well. No, the problem is that when her life is placed in danger he ends up demanding that she leave the force, when she really didn’t want to. This makes him look like a complete jerk. And they didn’t need to have him be that forceful. He was already established as someone who didn’t want to interfere with her career because he knew how important it was to her, and so since she knew that it was already established that his sacrificing for her was eating at her a bit. All they needed to do was have him suffer and worry silently and at most express some doubts that he could ever get used to his wife being in that much danger all the time to get her thinking about whether giving up her career to marry him might be what’s best for her. But as it is she gives up her career for someone that we can easily see as unreasonable, which is not at all desirable.

In season 7, Kramer is replaced by Darlanne Fluegel, who lasted half a season before wanting out after reportedly having creative differences with Dryer, who was the star and a producer at the time and so, well, we know who was going to win that one. That being said, her character didn’t have all that much to do in the season so her complaints might have been valid, or that might merely have been a reflection of the fact that the actress didn’t want to do what they wanted her to do. She’s replaced by Lauren Lane who was CC in “The Nanny”, and who does a better job in her role. But season 7 was the last season, and it made sense as the show had started to spin its wheels a bit in the final season, especially since the wonderful chemistry between the leads was lost.

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In this star-studded episode of Proud to Serve, host Jack Scalia sits down with the iconic Stepfanie Kramer, best known for her unforgettable role as Detective Sgt. Dee Dee McCall on the hit NBC series Hunter. Once named one of the most beautiful women on television, Stepfanie reflects on her groundbreaking role, her career beyond Hunter, and the evolution of women in entertainment.

She also shares the excitement of receiving the prestigious "Icon of Television" award at the 56th International Television Festival in Monaco, and gives us an inside look at the inspiring projects she's been working on since her days as a prime-time staple.

This episode is a celebration of talent, resilience, and the lasting legacy of a true television trailblazer.