Skag (1980)
Skag (1980)
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Plot.
Skag is a short-lived American drama series that aired on NBC and starred Karl Malden. Skag originated as a three-hour television movie that aired on January 6, 1980. Over a week later, it then premiered as a weekly series, Thursdays at 10/9c, which ran from January 17, 1980 until its cancellation on February 21, 1980.
Skag focused on the life of a foreman at a Pittsburgh steel mill. Malden described his character, Pete Skagska, as a simple man trying to keep his family together. The series was created by Abby Mann, and executive produced by Mann and Lee Rich.
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Cast & Crew.
Karl Malden
Pete 'Skag' Skagska
Piper Laurie
Jo Skagska
Craig Wasson
David Skagska
Peter Gallagher
John Skagska
Abby Mann
Writer
Kathryn Holcomb
Patricia Skagska / Patricka Skagska
Leslie Ackerman
Barbara Skagska
George Voskovec
Petar Skagska
Details.
This TV Show Is About.
working class
Scripted
Wiki.
Skag is an American drama series that aired on NBC and starred Karl Malden. Skag originated as a three-hour television movie that aired on January 6, 1980 (as an installment of The Big Event). Over a week later, it then premiered as a weekly series, Thursdays at 10/9c, which ran from January 17, 1980, until its cancellation on February 21, 1980.
Skag focused on the life of a foreman at a Pittsburgh steel mill. Malden described his character, Pete Skagska, as a simple man trying to keep his family together. The series was created by Abby Mann, and executive produced by Mann and Lee Rich.