Private-investigator shows have been a staple of network television almost from the beginning. Martin Kane Private Eye in 1949, the classic Ellery Queen, Peter Gunn, and, of course, 77 Sunset Strip ...

“The Rockford Files” is one of those shows where the hero’s preferred set of wheels becomes a beloved character in its own right: James Garner’s Jim Rockford spent a lot of screen time chasing and ...

"It makes you want to fight crime when you drive it," Jay Leno says while being behind the wheel of a Pontiac Firebird Formula. And it is not just any Firebird Formula out there. It is the car that ...

Thanks to such titles as Knight Riderand Smokey and the Bandit(among a long list of others), the Pontiac Firebird has transcended its automotive significance and cemented itself as a true cultural ...

Nearly 50 years after James Garner first parked his Pontiac Firebird on television screens, The Rockford Files is officially coming back. NBC has ordered a contemporary update of the classic private ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fifty years ago, America got its first look at TV's The Rockford Files, and it was love at first sight. The series about charming ...

In next week's episode of "Jay Leno's Garage", former "Dirty Jobs" host Mike Rowe gets to live out his childhood dream of driving the actual car from "The Rockford Files" – a 1978 Pontiac Firebird!