As of July 2026, Kojak Season 1 aired in 1973 with 22 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.

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Kojak Season 1

1973 22 Episodes Crime · Action & Adventure ⭐ 7/10

Kojak Season 1 is currently streaming on major platforms, and its case-by-case structure never gets in the way of the bigger story. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. With 144 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Telly Savalas anchors it, but the writing does the real work. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Kojak Season 1 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. At its heart, Kojak Season 1 understands what makes crime drama work — character first, plot second. Season 1 of Kojak includes 22 episodes. It aired from October 1973 to May 1974. This season stars Telly Savalas, Dan Frazer and Kevin Dobson. Telly Savalas and Dan Frazer lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1973. The plot mechanics of Kojak Season 1 never overwhelm the human cost underneath them. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Crime and mystery fans will find exactly what they are after in Kojak Season 1. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. Telly Savalas carries scenes that would sink a lesser production. The resolution feels inevitable rather than arbitrary, which is rarer than it sounds.

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🎬 Kojak Season 1 — Episode Guide

Siege of Terror

Kojak has two hours to free the hostages from three robbers in an Army surplus store.

A fellow detective, Nick Ferro, kills his wife's lover and tries to cover it up.

One for the Morgue

Kojak is suspicious of anonymous tips suggesting that an underworld boss is attempting assassination of his rival which would lead to a mafia war.

A murder victim's diamond ring compounds a homicide case with that of a big robbery.

Girl in the River

Kojak suspects that the strangler of seven women has returned, when another girl dies in similar circumstances.

Requiem for a Cop

Kojak races a 48-hour deadline to prevent the burial without honors of his old friend, an officer accused of corruption.

Kojak suspects that new store staff may be involved in murder of a jewelry store owner.

The murder of a car thief reveals vital clues to a $500,000 heist.

Conspiracy of Fear

Kojak tries to hold up an urban re-development project until he solves a murder case.

Freshly freed from prison, a criminal jailed by Kojak wants revenge and is targeting Kojak's niece on her wedding day.

Marker to a Dead Bookie

Kojak pretends to be corrupted (buying even more expensive suits than usual and a brand new Cadillac)—not without opposition from Capt. McNeil, who tries save as much police money he can—to catch a narcotics dealer in the act.

Last Rites for a Dead Priest

During a jeweler's convention, a jewel thief disguises as a priest in order to steal valuable gems.

Death Is Not a Passing Grade

While teaching a criminal justice class at a local college, Kojak embarrasses a student with a criminal background, forcing him to leave a stolen item to have the upper hand in future classroom discussions.

Die Before They Wake

A junkie prostitute holds the key which would help solving the murder cases of her roommate and a local TV reporter.

Deliver Us Some Evil

A small time crook prepares to pull a big robbery to flee a pending murder charge.

Eighteen Hours of Fear

A woman is coming back from winter holidays from Canada, smuggling two twenty Canadian dollar plates in her fake cast. Once she arrives in US she needs to run from the ex-partner in crime, who murdered her boyfriend and wants get the plates back.

Before the Devil Knows

A man has embezzled a million dollars in US Government bonds, and David and Kevin burgle the bonds from the safe in his high rise apartment.

Dead on His Feet

A detective is hiding his terminal illness, while pursuing his partner's murderer. As he knows that he won't make it he's even more motivated to find a murder even if he'll have to pay the highest price.

Down a Long and Lonely River

A young psychologist asks Kojak for help after her fiancee attempts to settle an old score with the people who left him to take the whole responsibility for the crime which sent him to prison.

Kojak goes undercover as a chemist in order to expose the thieves who stole morphine from an insurance company, to sell it at an inflated price.

🎭 Cast of Kojak Season 1

Telly Savalas

Dan Frazer

Kevin Dobson

Mark Russell

Percy Saperstein

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