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{{Short description|American comedy-drama television series (1987–1989)}}
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{{Infobox television
| image              =
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| runtime            = 30 minutes
| genre              = [[Comedy drama]]
| creator            = [[Steven Bochco]] <br> [[Terry Louise Fisher]]
| starring           = [[John Ritter]]<br>[[Debrah Farentino]]<br>[[Barbara Bosson]]<br>[[Felton Perry]]<br>[[Clarence Felder]]<br>[[Sydney Walsh]]<br>[[Joseph Gian]]<br>Alix Elias<br>[[Paul Linke]] <small>(1988–1989)</small><br>Rod Gist <small>(1988–1989)</small>
| composer           = [[Mike Post]]
| country            = United States
| language           = English
| executive_producer = Robert M. Myman
| network            = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
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| camera             = 
| company            = Adam Productions<br/>[[20th Century Fox Television]]
| first_aired        = {{start date|1987|9|23}}
| last_aired         = {{end date|1989|7|19}}
| num_episodes       = 42
| num_seasons        = 2 
}}

'''''Hooperman''''' is an American [[comedy-drama]] television series that aired on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] from September 23, 1987, to July 19, 1989. The show centered on the professional and personal life of [[San Francisco]] police Inspector Harry Hooperman, played by [[John Ritter]]. The series was created by [[Steven Bochco]] and [[Terry Louise Fisher]], who were the team responsible for creating ''[[L.A. Law]]''. Though not the first comedy drama, ''Hooperman'' was considered the vanguard of a new television genre when it premiered, and critics coined the term "[[dramedy]]" to describe it.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hyatt|first=Wesley|title=Television's Top 100|year=2012|publisher=McFarland|location=US|isbn=978-0-7864-4891-3|page=171|url=http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-4891-3|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326163815/http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-4891-3|archive-date=2011-03-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Kelley|first1=Bill|title=The Best And The Brightest Abc's Hooperman -- The Hands-down Winner Of The Best New Show Of The Year -- Introduces A New Format, ''dramedy,'' While Slap Maxwell Reintroduces Dabney Coleman.|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1987-09-23/features/8703150300_1_hooperman-lewis-erlicht-brandon-stoddard|access-date=24 September 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|date=27 April 1988|archive-date=24 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924095527/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1987-09-23/features/8703150300_1_hooperman-lewis-erlicht-brandon-stoddard|url-status=dead}}</ref>