''Grand Slam'' is an American
action
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drama
Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...
television series that aired from January 28 to March 14, 1990. The series premiered after
Super Bowl XXIV
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on
CBS
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, but never found an audience and was cancelled after six episodes leaving two unaired.
Premise
The series was about two bounty hunters in
San Diego
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.
Cast
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John Schneider as Dennis "Hardball" Bakelenoff
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Paul Rodriguez as Pedro N. Gomez
*
Larry Gelman
Lawrence Sheldon Gelman (November 3, 1930 – June 7, 2021) was an American film and television character actor. He was known for playing Dr. Bernie Tupperman on the TV series ''The Bob Newhart Show'' and Vinnie, the poker playing friend of O ...
as Irv Schlosser
*Abel Franco as Al Ramirez
*
Lupe Ontiveros
Guadalupe Ontiveros (; September 17, 1942 – July 26, 2012) was an American actress best known for portraying Rosalita in '' The Goonies'', and Yolanda Saldívar in the film ''Selena''. She acted in numerous films and television shows. Ontive ...
as Grandma Gomez
Episodes
See also
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List of Super Bowl lead-out programs
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References
External links
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1990 American television series debuts
1990 American television series endings
American action television series
American English-language television shows
CBS television dramas
Television shows set in San Diego
Television series by New World Television