That’s what Ving Rhames will soon be saying, as star of a potential wheel of “Kojak” movies for USA Network. Rhames has agreed to take the title role, Lt. Theo Kojak, in a re-envisioning of the ...

Park any preconceived notions you have about Lt. Theo Kojak at New York City's 13th Precinct door. USA's Kojak is not the Kojak of the 1973 CBS series. Like Telly Savalas' portrayal, the modern-day ...

USA has given a 10-episode series order to the Ving Rhames starrer “Kojak,” a project initially set to air as an original movie. Cabler decided to move forward with a potential wheel of “Kojak” movies ...

“Who loves ya, baby?” Ving Rhames does. Rhames has signed with USA Network to a weekly series of “Kojak,” debuting in March, Bonnie Hammer, president of USA Network and the Sci Fi Channel, said ...

It seems that smooth, round objects are the only things the new “Kojak” and the original TV cop drama have in common. Actor Ving Rhames sports the familiar smooth, bald head of the title character.

Who loves ya, baby? I’m prepared to believe that Ving Rhames might, with his earring, lollipop, and jazz licks. I was never entirely convinced that Telly Savalas did, in the original Kojak. Mostly, ...

NEW YORK -- Ving Rhames did not bone up for his role as the bald New York City detective with a lollipop habit by watching episodes of the original Telly Savalas series ``Kojak.'' He didn't have to.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Ving Rhames hears the question often. Why make Lt. Theo Kojak black? After all, everyone remembers the no-nonsense, Tootsie Pops-sucking New York City detective being Greek, ...

Who loves ya, Ving baby? The next generation of Kojak fans, if the USA network has any say. Starting in March, Pulp Fiction’s VING RHAMES will resurrect the role of the dapper detective played by ...