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Dangerous Curves was a television series which aired from 1992 to 1993 as part of CBS's "Crimetime After Primetime" late-night programming block.

Detective Drama

First Telecast: February 26, 1992

Last Telecast: December 15, 1993

Broadcast History:

Feb 92-June 93 CBS Wed 11:30p-12:30a ET
Sep 93-Dec 93 CBS Wed 12:35a-1:35a

Cast[edit]

References[edit]

  • Tucker, Ken (May 1, 1992). "TV Review: Dangerous Curves". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
  • Collum, Danny Duncan (January 15, 1993). "Crimetime After Primetime". National Catholic Reporter. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
  • Brooks, Tim; March, Earle (2007). "CrimeTime After Prime Time". The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. p. 299. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.
  • Brooks, Tim; March, Earle (2007). "Dangerous Curves". The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. p. 322. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.
  • "Crime Time After Prime Time: Dangerous Curves". BFI Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
  • Hiltbrand, David (March 23, 1992). "Picks and Pans Main: Tube". People. Retrieved September 30, 2010.


Brooks/Marsh: "Gina and Holly were two former policewomen working as operatives for the Personal Touch security service in Dallas. Their assignments included protecting people and property from thieves and assassins. When the series premiered their boss was Marina Bonnelle, but she was transferred a couple of months later. Her replacement, Alexandre Dorleac, was actually an agent for an Interpol-like agency that dealt with international criminals and terrorists around the world. He used Personal Touch as a cover for his international activities, and under him Gina and Holly's work expanded to include assignments for this agency in addition to their local security work. Ozzie, Gina's lover, was a Dallas cop who provided them with information and sometimes got personally involved in their cases."


EW: "Most programming built around the allure of sex lurks in late-night hours, in stuff like CBS' latest addition to its Crime Time After Prime Time schlock action hours, Dangerous Curves. It's about two young female security guards (Lise Cutter and Michael Michele) who chase criminals while straining against the confines of miniskirts and spike heels. A kind of sadomasochistic Starsky and Hutch, Curves features flashes of nudity in its overseas editions, undoubtedly as an added viewer incentive to overcome the show's banal plots. But those scenes are primly trimmed for America, thus giving the lie to CBS' Crime Time ad campaign, the one in which an announcer with a leer in his voice rumbles, It's too hot to sleep!; It's too tame to get you all hot and bothered! is more like it."


People: "Two women, Lise Cutter, who appeared in a number of NBC's Desperado TV-movie westerns, and Michael (New Jack City) Michele play a glamorous team of undercover guards for Personal Touch, an upscale security company in Dallas. The writing and acting are flat, but the pretty faces and itchy trigger fingers make this a good fit for CBS's late-night rotation, Crimetime After Primetime. As a matter of fact, if you throw out Scene of the Crime on Tuesdays, CBS has fashioned itself a serviceable action wheel. Like the other Crimetime shows, Dangerous Curves is a foreign coproduction. The galling part is that over in Europe they see a more risqué 48-minute episode with topless scenes. We see a 40-minute version, with the sexy parts replaced by commercials. I don't mind living in a puritanical society, but getting a pile of extra ads seems like a pretty lousy trade-off."


  • de Moraes, Lisa (May 11, 1992). "White 'Knight' for 'Crime Time'; Numbers have bite; CBS confident show is last piece of 5-night slate". The Hollywood Reporter.

"Overnight ratings for the week of May 24, for example, had Monday's "Sweating Bullets" at 4.0/14, "Forever Knight's" Tuesday predecessor "Scene of the Crime" down at 3.0/11, Wednesday's "Dangerous Curves" at 4.1/14, Thursday's "Silk Stalkings" at 4.2/14, and Friday's "Dark Justice" at 4.0/13. "What is important is how all of these shows do collectively," Perth said. "We have put five pieces together into an overall programming strategy. But most importantly, we've got a real bead on what works in late night in terms of action-adventure. The latest two shows premiered prove we know how to improve on our past experiences." Only two of the five original series are still on the air, "Dark Justice" and "Sweating Bullets," which both debuted in April 1991. When "Crime Time" debuted, CBS execs said some of the shows might make their way to primetime. So far none have. In fact, "Forever Knight" is a revamp of a primetime series pilot of about three years ago, called "Nick Knight," starring Rick Springfield. [...] Through April 5 this past season, CBS' "Crime Time" was up 30 percent in ratings compared with the net's 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. performance the same time last year. "Crime Time" also was up 27 percent among adults ages 18-34, and 31 percent among adults 18-49."


"The current lineup ranges from Dangerous Curves which almost drags the Charlie's Angels concept into the 90s to Forever Knight which features a dangerously handsome vampire detective."


"Dangerous Curves Wednesday Features Michael Michelle and Lise Cutter as former policewomen who work for a chichi security firm. These are the kind of tough broads who never tackle an assignment without high heels and miniskirts. Cutter brings a cute Southern accent and naive enthusiasm to the role and adds charm to this tired vehicle."


"For the first time, Dallas will have a network television series shooting in December. The first episode of CBS-TV's Dangerous Curves, formerly Deadlier Than the Male, goes before the camera on Monday. The new series stars Lise Cutter and Michael Michele as ex-cops turned private detectives. Ms. Michele is a relative newcomer, but she should be a natural for the gumshoe action show. Special skills listed in her bio include competitive volleyball, basketball and track."


"To succeed in television - or on television - you have to do more than be on the cutting edge. You must be ahead of the edge. So if you have any script ideas about a TV series dealing with two women working together as private-eye types, find an agent and go to Hollywood. I have a strong hunch this will be the next series rage. We already have Dangerous Curves (11:05 p.m. Tuesday, Channel 7) a CBS late-night offering that premiered earlier this month. This is another of the network's crimetime after primetime series which also wears the promotional tag It's too hot to sleep Well maybe But how about it's too dull to stay awake"


"Newcomer Michael Michele says she put her life on hold to make Dangerous Curves. At the time she was cast with partner Lise Cutter in the series, the actress was getting ready to wed and go to New York University. "In case I ever make any money,'she says, "I wanted to know how to manage it.' Before her film debut in New Jack City, the Evansville, Ind., native worked in theater in New York and made commercials for Keri lotion and"


"Though Fort Worth-Dallas is still far from becoming a threat to Hollywood, a new network television series that begins its weekly run tonight suggests that when producers are searching for ways to minimize expenses, they may well start to look to Texas. Dangerous Curves, a late-night, hourlong CBS action drama (KDFW/ Channel 4, 11:05 p.m.), is shot entirely in the Fort Worth-Dallas area, and makes generous use of local crews and talent. It was created by Leonard Katzman, who was the... "


"With one or two exceptions, female cop shows have been either terrific or trash. Cagney and Lacey was terrific. Charlie's Angels was trash. Now comes Dangerous Curves, which, judging by the pilot episode, falls somewhere in between. Just where will depend on how much the producers punch up this buddy crime series. And it needs a lot of punching. Michael Michele and Lise Cutter star as employees of Personal Touch, a Dallas-based security firm that's... "


"Gentlemen, start your televisions. Dangerous Curves, CBS' latest late-night entry, geared toward a largely male audience, just sounds like a road show. The series being shot in Dallas is about two ex-cops who use their old police skills in a new line of work. In the show, created by Leonard Katzman, formerly executive producer of Dallas, and David Paulsen, formerly supervising producer of Dynasty, Lise Cutter (Havana) and Michael Michele (New Jack City) play upscale... "


"It's official. Dangerous Curves, CBS' late-night series, has been picked up for another season. That's 22 more episodes. And if all goes as planned, the show aimed at a male audience will circle back to Dallas in mid-September or early October. "It seems that despite everything we did, we're back next year,'joked executive producer Leonard Katzman. "It proves you can fool all of the people all the... "


"Crime Time, which currently airs at 11:35 p.m. ET/PT, will move to 12:35 in August when David Letterman's new show premieres on CBS. After that, its fate is not certain. Letterman has a contractual deal with CBS to produce a companion late-night show, though his first priority will be launching his own show. About 82% of the CBS affiliates carry Crime Time, but only 45% at 11:35. Perth believes Crime Timewould have ended up a close No. 2 to Tonight in the ratings if more affiliates had run the shows, and if more had run them at 11:35 (99% of NBC affiliates run Tonight)."


"It's been practically forever since CBS had anything to get really excited about in late-night programming. For years, the network limped by with a motley lineup of old reruns and movies. In fact, many CBS affiliates simply pre-empted CBS's late-night lineup to air far more profitable syndicated programs. Then, last fall, CBS began airing the cutting-edge humor of the acclaimed Canadian comedy show, The Kids in the Hall. Instantly it added a hip edge to the... "


"CBS series premiere: Johnny Bago: 10-11 p.m. today, WPEC-Channel 12, WCIX-Channel 6. "There are no second acts in American life," wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald. The same is true for most TV series that debut in the summer. Johnny Bago, a relentlessly funny, inventive farce opening its summer run on CBS tonight, may be a happy exception. It also has probably the funniest first act on television. Peter Dobson stars as sweet, naive wiseguy Johnny Tenuti, whom... [...] In addition to its limited summer run, Johnny Bago will be showcased in CBS' late-night Crimetime after Primetime, replacing Dangerous Curves."


"It's a, uh, kinda fluffy piece, an entertainment piece," says Michael Michele, as reflective over the phone as hoped - "something that if it had ingredients on it, would be low in protein and high in calories. Deadly calories." She is discussing Trade Winds, the lush-looking serial drama about love, greed and well-tanned men and women plotting the fates of nations and huge conglomerates between sexual encounters. Trade Winds came along shortly after Dangerous Curves ended. ... woman with equal billing (Ms. Michele played alongside Lisa Cutter in the series. ..."


"Usually, early January is a good time for Dallas crew people to clean out their closets. Often, production takes a holiday after Thanksgiving and doesn't heat up until well after the new year. [...] For all who've asked those big white trailers parked around town belong to Dangerous Curves CBS latenight series starring Lise Cutter and Michael Michele."


"Dangerous Curves CBS latenight series starring Lise Cutter and Michael Michele will be shooting in the Dallas area through April And the new episodes have extras casting coordinator Barbara Blanchette searching for new faces. People of all ages and looks are needed for the show."


"...the Majestic Martha Lidji late of Lou Lattimore has been chosen as the manager of the new Bottega Veneta store at Highland Park Village You can also see Martha on Nov 4 on TV's Dangerous Curves Speaking of Curves it taped a segment Tuesday inside the Southland Center Hotel (now the Sheraton Dallas Hotel) in the suite that was specially designed for Tommy Tune. Tommy wasn't in it though."

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