TV series
Skag
1980 · 1 season
A slow-burning, emotionally heavy family drama about work, change, and generational divides, anchored by a strong central performance.
- Created by
- Abby Mann
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Peter Gallagher, Craig Wasson, Powers Boothe
- Overview
- 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.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Family, work, class, identity
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Abby Mann
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Peter Gallagher, Craig Wasson, Powers Boothe
