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Cover Up is an American action/adventure television series that aired for one season on CBS from September 22, 1984, to April 6, 1985. Created by Glen A. Larson, the series stars Jennifer O'Neill, Jon-Erik Hexum, Antony Hamilton, and Richard Anderson.

Cover Up
Jon-Erik Hexum and Jennifer O'Neill
Genre	Action/Adventure
Created by	Glen A. Larson
Starring	Jennifer O'Neill Jon-Erik Hexum Antony Hamilton
Theme music composer	Dean Pitchford Jim Steinman
Opening theme	"Holding Out for a Hero" performed by E.G. Daily
Composers	Joseph Conlan J.A.C. Redford Morton Stevens
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22
Production
Executive producer	Glen A. Larson
Producers	Brian Alan Lane Bob Shayne Harker Wade
Production locations	Stage 18, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Editors	David Howe Gene Ranney
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	44 mins.
Production companies	20th Century Fox Television Glen A. Larson Productions
Distributor	20th Century Fox Television (1984-1992) 20th Television (1992-2020) Disney-ABC Domestic Television (2020-present)
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Mono
Original release	September 22, 1984 (1984-09-22) – April 6, 1985 (1985-04-06)

Plot

Fashion photographer Dani Reynolds's life suddenly changes after the death of her husband. That's when she discovers that he was actually an undercover CIA agent. When she learns he had been murdered, she recruits Mac Harper, a former Special Forces Operator, to help her find her husband's killers.

Henry Towler, her husband's boss, then offers her the dead husband's job. Dani would pretend she was still a photographer and Mac would be her model. Henry would send them anywhere in the world where Americans are in trouble or criminals need to be caught. Once there, they act pretty much on their own.

After the death of actor Jon-Erik Hexum, who played Mac, the episode "Writer's Block" introduced Dani's new assistant, Jack Striker. Jack was a CIA agent who, like Mac, operated under the cover of a model.

At the end of the episode "Writer's Block", they explained that 'Mac' was not coming back and ran the following message that replaced the closing credits:

"When a star dies, its light continues to shine across the universe for milleniums [sic]...John-Eric Hexum [sic] died in October of this year... but the lives he touched will continue to be brightened by his light... forever... and ever..."[1]

Cast

• Jennifer O'Neill as Dani Reynolds
• Jon-Erik Hexum as Mac Harper
• Antony Hamilton as Jack Striker
• Richard Anderson as Henry Towler

Production

On-set accident

During a break between scenes on the set on Friday, October 12, 1984, Jon-Erik Hexum became bored with the filming delays. He began playing Russian roulette with what he believed was a harmless .44 Magnum prop gun and jokingly placed it to his temple and pulled the trigger. The shot sent the wadding from the blank cartridge into Hexum's skull, driving a bone fragment the size of a quarter into his brain and causing massive hemorrhaging. Hexum was rushed to the hospital, where he was declared brain dead nearly a week later. On October 18, he was taken off life support.[2]

Hexum appeared in only eight episodes of the series, including the pilot. He was replaced by Antony Hamilton for the remainder of the season.[3] Jennifer O'Neill appeared in all of the episodes. As Cover Up continued to air throughout the winter of 1984–85, ratings held up. The network ultimately canceled the series after its first season due to mediocre ratings.[4]

Episode list

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1 2	"Pilot"	Peter Crane	Glen A. Larson	September 22, 1984 (1984-09-22)
3	"Death in Vogue"	Guy Magar	David H. Balkan	September 29, 1984 (1984-09-29)
4	"The Million Dollar Face"	Phil Bondelli	Glen A. Larson	October 6, 1984 (1984-10-06)
5	"Harper-Gate"	Arthur Allan Seidelman	Bob Shayne	October 13, 1984 (1984-10-13)
6	"Sudden Exposure"	Guy Magar	Lane Del	October 20, 1984 (1984-10-20)
7	"Nothing to Lose"	Richard A Colla	Doug Heyes Jr.	October 27, 1984 (1984-10-27)
8	"Golden Opportunity"	Sidney Hayers	Bob Shayne	November 3, 1984 (1984-11-03)
Hexum's last episode[5]
9	"Writer's Block"	Richard A. Colla	S : Low Shaw; T : David H. Balkan & Douglas Brooks West; S/T : Andrew Schneider & Sam Egan	November 24, 1984 (1984-11-24)
Hamilton's first episode[6]
10	"Murder in Malibu"	Sidney Hayers	S : David Swift (director); T : Anne Collins;	December 1, 1984 (1984-12-01)
11	"Midnight Highway"	Guy Magar	Doug Heyes Jr.	December 8, 1984 (1984-12-08)
12	"A Subtle Seduction"	Walter Grauman	Douglas Brooks West	December 29, 1984 (1984-12-29)
13	"Black Widow"	Sidney Hayers	Robert Hamilton	January 5, 1985 (1985-01-05)
14	"Murder Offshore"	Jeffrey Hayden	Joe Gannon	January 12, 1985 (1985-01-12)
15	"The Assassin"	Christopher Hibler	Unknown	January 26, 1985 (1985-01-26)
16	"Rules to Die By"	Bernard McEveety	Robert Hamilton	February 2, 1985 (1985-02-02)
17	"Healthy, Wealthy and Dead"	Unknown	Unknown	February 23, 1985 (1985-02-23)
18	"The Ugliest American"	Don Weis	Unknown	March 2, 1985 (1985-03-02)
19	"Who's Trying to Kill Miss Globe?"	Unknown	Unknown	March 9, 1985 (1985-03-09)
20	"Adams' Ribs"	John D. Hancock	Robert Hamilton	March 23, 1985 (1985-03-23)
21	"Jack of Spades"	Christopher Hibler	Stan Berkowitz	March 30, 1985 (1985-03-30)
22	"Passions"	Don Carlos Dunaway	Doug Heyes Jr.	April 6, 1985 (1985-04-06)

References

External links

• Cover Up at IMDb
• Cover Up at epguides.com

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