Shelley in a promo pic
for the TV series Cutter to Houston, 1983
1983 was a landmark year for Shelley as she received critical acclaim for all her acting efforts that year. It was the year she starred in the Martin Scorsese feature film The King of Comedy with Robert De Niro and the filmed-for-TV play Close Ties. It was the year she starred in the TV movies Found Money (alongside comedy greats Dick Van Dyke and Sid Caesar) and Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer (with industry veteran George Segal). To cap the year off, she starred in her second TV series, Cutter to Houston, with Golden Globe nominated actor Jim Metzler and The Doctors star Alec Baldwin.
a writeup about Cutter to Houston's
cancellation from October 29, 1983
But Cutter to Houston was unfortunately short-lived. It began airing in the fall of 1983 and it received mixed reviews. It had great promise though; plus, the cast had an easy rapport and was talented enough to carry an hour-long drama. It was aired Saturday nights and had a difficult time finding an audience. Aside from the bad time slot, it seemed to have lost network confidence early on (a "sleeper hit" wasn't a common notion at the time.) It was first aired on October 1, 1983; and after 4 original episodes, it was announced cancelled by October 29, 1983. Replays and three more original episodes were aired until December 31, 1983. There were two more completed episodes; but they weren't aired during the show's initial 1983 run.
Shelley in a promo pic
for the TV series Cutter to Houston, 1983
