Desc: The Devlin Connection III: Directed by Christian I. Nyby II. With Rock Hudson, Jack Scalia, Leigh Taylor-Young, Diane H. Kelly. The Devlin Connection is an American television crime drama[1] starring Rock Hudson and Jack Scalia. The show aired on NBC for 13 episodes in 1982, premiering on October 2. Hudson stars as Brian Devlin, a former military intelligence officer and ex-owner of a detective agency who is now the director of the Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles. Devlin meets racquetball pro and private investigator Nick Corsello (Scalia), who is revealed to be Devlin's son from a brief affair 28 years earlier. The accent of the show was put on the fun of investigating crimes instead of classic drama crime investigation. Hudson's intent was to create "classy, sophisticated, educational, literate entertainment". The duo proceed to solve a mystery-of-the-week.