Telly Savalas as “Kojak”: “Who Loves Ya’, Baby?”

A retrospective on TV’s original bald, lollipop-loving private eye

[Artwork by Peter Pulp/https://www.deviantart.com/peterpulp/art/Who-Loves-Ya-Baby-580278200]

Approximately one year after the demise of Mannix, a CBS crime-drama starring Mike Connors as one of the most popular TV detectives in history, the charismatic Telly Savalas surfaced on Kojak, one of that network’s other successful private-eye series.