It is not entirely my Spenser, but it's good television. Some of the differences between their Spenser and my Spenser are dictated by the demands, real or imagined, of an enormous mass market. Their Hawk, magnificently played by Avery Brooks, is less amoral then my Hawk, more rigidly adhering to some kind of private warrior code. Since neither their Spenser not their Hawk is allowed to shoot first, they are sometimes required to look either slow or silly while they stand around waiting to return fire. Because television thrives on extended action, their villains seem more evenly matched with their Spenser and Hawk.
Television hates a one-punch fight.
But these are mere policy changes. Their Spenser differs fundamentally from my Spenser because television differs from books. My novels are told in the first person. We see everything from Spenser's point of view. Television is by definition third person.