Space Rangers 

Short-lived, futuristic science-fiction series about a rag-tag police force stationed in deep space on Planet Avalon's Fort Hope. They deal with all manner of criminals, aliens, technology ... See full summary »

Creator:

Pen Densham

Stars:

Jeff Kaake, Marjorie Monaghan, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Jeff Kaake	...	Capt. John Boon 6 episodes, 1993-1994
Marjorie Monaghan	...	JoJo 6 episodes, 1993-1994
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	...	Zylyn 6 episodes, 1993-1994
Jack McGee	...	Doc 6 episodes, 1993-1994
Clint Howard	...	Mimmer 6 episodes, 1993-1994
Danny Quinn	...	Daniel Kincaid 6 episodes, 1993-1994
Gottfried John	...	Erich Weiss 6 episodes, 1993-1994
Linda Hunt	...	Cmdr. Chennault 6 episodes, 1993-1994
Richard Grove	...	Isogul 2 episodes, 1993-1994
Keith Berger	...	Ringer 2 episodes, 1993-1994
Peter Looney	...	Max / ... 2 episodes, 1993-1994
Arlen Dean Snyder	...	Alien / ... 2 episodes, 1993-1994
James Lew	...	Alien / ... 2 episodes, 1993-1994
Richard Marcus	...	Alien / ... 2 episodes, 1993

Storyline

Short-lived, futuristic science-fiction series about a rag-tag police force stationed in deep space on Planet Avalon's Fort Hope. They deal with all manner of criminals, aliens, technology and the more mundane problems of certain individuals trying to have them shut down.

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Plot Keywords:

the future | outer space | alien | law enforcement | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

January 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

Avaruuspartio 2104

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ranger Productions Inc., RHI Entertainment, Trilogy Entertainment Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min (6 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to "The Sci-Fi Channel Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction" by Roger Fulton & John Betancourt, only six episodes were made. The series was cancelled after one episode was shown on network TV. They said only four of the six episodes were ever shown in the U.S.A., although all six were shown overseas.

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Quotes

Jojo Thorson: There's one thing I can't stand: it's a guy who can't hold his ammunition!

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Connections

Referenced in Movie Nights: The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2015)

User Reviews

From the makers of the new version of "The Outer Limits." But don't let that put you off.

"MAD"'s spoof of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" ended with the space station being under threat from "Babylon 5," "Time Trax" and "Space Rangers." As it turned out, it outlasted all of them; "Space Rangers" was the first to get the chop. Not that it was such a great loss, but it wasn't totally useless.

This action-based show was pretty much a live-action cartoon focusing on our peace-keeping heroes, breaking the rules and irritating their superior (Linda Hunt - a long way from "The Year of Living Dangerously"), and with no story arcs anywhere in sight... or any thoughtful writing or strong acting, admittedly (star Jeff Kaake was last heard of on the even less successful "The D.R.E.A.M. Team" alongside Angie Everhart, Traci Bingham, Caprice and Roger Moore). But when a show has even ONE moment that hangs around in your mind for years - in the first episode's teaser an underground creature that pulls down its prey with tentacles and eats it alive snatches one of the villain's men and later on nearly gets Space Ranger Jojo (Marjorie Monaghan) - it has to have done something right.

Not too bad.