Were you perhaps looking for the 2021 reboot of this series also titled, "The Equalizer" and starring Queen Latifah?

Series Description

The Equalizer TV show was a 60 minute action series that aired on CBS for four seasons from 1985-1989 and 87 episodes. It was about a private detective and former spy who takes on cases for people who haven't gotten satisfaction from the police. He runs an ad in the newspaper, "Got a problem, need help, odds against you, call The Equalizer".

The Equalizer Cast

Edward Woodward .... Robert McCall
Richard Jordan .... Harley Gage
Keith Szarabajka .... Mickey Kostmayer
William Zabka .... Scott McCall
Ron O'Neal .... Lieutenant Isadore Smalls
Robert Lansing .... Control
Mark Margolis .... Jimmy
Irving Metzman .... Sterno
Saul Rubinek .... Jason

The Equalizer Trivia

Robert Mitchum filled in for Edward Woodward for a while to keep The Equalizer on the air when Woodward suffered a heart attack. Mitchum played an old friend of Robert McCall and helped Scott McCall (Robert's son) search for his father who was "missing".