Remington Steele is an
American television series co-created by
Robert Butler and Michael Gleason. The series, starring
Stephanie Zimbalist and
Pierce Brosnan, was produced by
MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on the
NBC network from
1982 to
1987. The series blended the genres of romantic comedy, drama, and detective procedural.
Remington Steele is best known for launching the career of Pierce Brosnan.
Remington Steeles premise is that Laura Holt, a licensed private detective played by Stephanie Zimbalist, opened a detective agency under her own name but found that potential clients refused to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele", Pierce Brosnan's character, a former thief and con man whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, a power struggle ensues between Laura and Mr. Steele as to who is really in charge, whilst the two carry on a casual romantic relationship.