Season 1
- 1The Executioners9 Oct 1973
- 2The Killing30 Oct 1973
- 3Hit-Run20 Nov 1973
- 4The Kidnapping11 Dec 1973
- 5Cop Killer1 Jan 1974
- 6The Capricorn Murders29 Jan 1974
- 7The Murder Machine19 Feb 1974
Based on the movies of the same name, John Shaft is a two-fisted black private eye along the lines of Mike Hammer and Phillip Marlowe. Each week presents a different case and a different crime to solve.