Police Show

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Character

Staring

10-8

10-8 explores the LA Sheriffs from the front lines – the patrol car – in the course of the officers' shifts, which can range from the mundane to the dangerous, and everything in between.

September 2003 - January 2004

Los Angeles

Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes
Senior Deputy Ryan Layne
Deputy Rico Amonte
Captain Otis Briggs
Deputy Chase Williams
Deputy Gabriela Lopez
Senior Deputy Matt Jablonski

Ernie Hudson
Jamie Luner
Danny Nucci
Miguel Sandoval
Travis Schuldt
Christina Vidal
Scott William Winters

21 Jump Street

The Jump Street unit was a special division of the police force which uses young cops to go undercover and stop juvenile crime.

September 1987 - April 1991

Captain Adam Fuller
Off. Tom Hanson
Captain Richard Jenko
Dennis Booker
Officer Judy Hoffs
Doug Penhall
Officer Dean Garrett

Steven Williams
Johnny Depp
Frederic Forrest
Richard Grieco
Holly Robinson Peete
Peter DeLuise
David Barry Gray

26 Men

Exploits of the Arizona Rangers in the days of the old west.

1957 - 1958

Arizona

Captain Tom Rynning
Ranger Clint Travis

TRIS COFFIN
KELO HENDERSON

87th PRECINCT

Detective Steve Carella worked at the 87th Precinct, along with a line-up of typical police detectives, such as the rookie and the seasoned old-timer.

September 25, 1961 to April 30, 1962

New York City

Det. Meyer Meyer
Det. Roger Havilland
Det. Bert Kling
Teddy Carella
Det. Steve Carella

NORMAN FELL
GREGORY WALCOTT
RON HARPER
GENA ROWLANDS
Robert Lansing

Adam 12

A revival of the 1970's classic detailing the cases of a pair of LA patrol cops Gus and Matt.

1989 - 1990

Officer Gus Grant
Officer Matt Doyle
Sergeant Harry Santos

PETER PAROS
ETHAN WAYNE
MIGUEL FERNANDES

Adam-12

The cases of police officers, Jim Reed and Pete Molloy, patrolling the streets in their car.

September 21, 1969 - August 26, 1975

Los Angeles

Officer Pete Malloy #744
Officer Jim Reed #2430
Officer Tom Potter #4866

Kent McCord
Martin Milner

Amy Prentiss

Amy Prentiss was San Francisco's first female chief of detectives, and the stories reflected the affects of this on the PD and Amy's life.

December 1, 1974 - July 6, 1975

San Francisco

Chief Amy Prentiss #2208
Det. Tony Russell
Jill Prentiss
Det. Cantreras

Jessica Walter
Steve Sandor
Helen Hunt
Johnny Seven

Angle Street

The cases of two female detectives, the black Anita and white rough and ready Dorothy. The show was cancelled after three of its episodes.

1992

Detective Anita King
Detective Dorothy Paretsky
Sgt Ciamaccio
Detetcive Kenny Branigan

ROBIN GIVENS
PAMELA GIDLEY
JOE GUZALDO
RON DEAN

Arrest and Trial

A show in two parts that in the first section saw Detective Sergeant Nick Anderson capture a crook and, in the second half,
lawyer John Egan attempted to get the 'perp' off the hook.

1963-64

Det Sgt Nick Anderson
Attorney John Egan

BEN GAZZARA
CHUCK NORRIS

Arresting Behavior

A pair of mismatched cops are followed on their tours of duty
by a tv crew.

18 August, 1992 - 9 September, 1992

Officer Bill Ruskin
Officer Pete Walsh
Officer Donny Walsh

LEO BURMESTER
CHRIS MULKEY
RON ELDARD

Asphalt Jungle, The

Cases of a group of tough cops led by Deputy Commissioner Matthew Gower.

2 April, 1961 - 24 September, 1961

Matthew Gower
Captain Gus Honochek
Sergeant Danny Keller

JACK WARDEN
ARCH JOHNSON
BILL SMITH

Bad Cats

Cases of a pair of cops working for the Burglary Auto Detail, Commercial Auto Thefts department.

1980

Ocee James
Nik Donovan
Samantha Jensen
Captain Skip Nathan
Rodney Washington

STEVEN HANKS
ASHER BRAUNER
MICHELLE PFEIFFER
VIC MORROW
JIMMIE WALKER

Baker's Dozen

Life for a mismatched bunch of undercover cops working for the NYPD.

1982

New York City

Mike Locasale
Terry Munson
Otis Kelly
Desk Sgt Martin
Captain Florence Baker

RON SILVER
CINDY WEINTRAUB
ALAN WEEKS
THOMAS QUINN
DORIS BELACK

Bakersfield PD

Cases of the none too bright cops of the police precinct of Bakersfield.

1993 - 1994

Bakersfield

Det Wade Preston
Det Paul Gigante
Off Denny Boyer
Off Luke Ramirez
Sgt Phil Hampton
Capt Aldo Stiles

RON ELDARD
GIANCARLO ESPOSITO
CHRIS MULKEY
TONY PLANA
BRIAN DOYLE-MURRAY
JACK HALLETT

Baretta

Tony Baretta was an unconventional cop, streetwise with a decidedly funky lifestyle.

January 17, 1975 - June 1, 1978

Unnamed City

Det. Tony Baretta #609
Billy Truman
Lt. Hal Brubaker

Robert Blake
Tom Ewell
Ed Grover

Barney Miller

Barney Miller grew out of a rejected comedy pilot called "The Life and Times of Captain Barney Miller," which aired as part of an ABC summer anthology called Just for Laughs in 1974.

January 23, 1975 - September 9, 1982

New York City
12th Precinct

Captain Barney Miller #549321
Det. Sgt.Stanley Wojehowicz #549321
Officer Carl Levitt #415
Det. Sgt. Phil Fish
Det. Nick Yemana
Det. Ron Harris

Hal Linden
Max Gail
Ron Carey
Abe Vigoda
Jack Soo
Ron Glass

Beat, The

Searies about the day and night lives of two beat cops dealing with crimes, absurdities, and heart grief.

March 2000 - April 2000

Officer Mike Dorrigan
Officer Zane Marinelli

Derek Cecil
Mark Ruffalo

Blue Knight, The

After many years of service as a Los Angeles police officer, Bumper Morgan remains a uniformed officer who walks a beat every day.

December 17, 1975 - October 27, 1976

Los Angeles

Bumper Morgan
Sergeant Newman

George Kennedy
Phillip Pine

Boomtown

Crime drama series with each Criminal case seen from the multiple point of views of its principal characters.

2002

Joel Sears
Fearless Bobby Smith
Tom Turcotte
Ray Hechler

Donnie Wahlberg
Mykelti Williamson
Jason Gedrick
Gary Basaraba

Boomtown

Depicts crime in Los Angeles from the very different perspectives of the four groups most intimately involved in the pursuit of justice -- the police, the citizens, the politicians, and the media.

September 2002 - December 2003

Los Angeles

Joel Stevens
Bobby Smith
David McNorris
Ray Hechler
Tom Turcotte

Donnie Wahlberg
Mykelti Williamson
Neal McDonough
Gary Basaraba
Jason Gedrick

Border Patrol

The cases of Border Patrol man Deputy Chief Don Jagger.

1959

Deputy Chief Don Jagger

RICHARD WEBB

Bronk

This made-for-TV pilot features a police detective (Jack Palance) investigating the underworld following his partner's murder.

September 21, 1975 - July 18, 1976

Ocean City

Lt. Alex Bronkov #25
Sgt. John Webber

Jack Palance
Tony King

Brooklyn South

Single season squad room based police show that came close to the quality of Hill Street Blues.

September 1997 - April 1998

Brooklyn

Officer Kersey#62416
Sergeant Richard Santoro
Officer Phil Roussakoff
Officer Clement Johnson
Officer Kevin Patrick

Yancy Butler
Gary Basaraba
Michael DeLuise
Richard T. Jones
Mark Kiely

Burke's Law

Depicted the crime-solving adventures of dashing, debonair swinger Amos Burke, an L.A.P.D. homicide captain who just happened to also be a millionaire.

September 20, 1963 - August 31, 1965

Los Angeles

Captain Amos Burke
Detective Tim Tilson
Sgt. Gloria Ames
Detective Sergeant Lester "Les" Hart

Gene Barry
Gary Conway
Eileen O'Neill
Regis Toomey

Cade's Country

Cases of Sheriff Sam Cade working in Madrid County, California.

September 19, 1971 - September 4, 1972

Madrid County, California

Sheriff Sam Cade
Dep JJ Jackson
Dep Arlo Pritchard
Dep Rudy Davillo

GLENN FORD
EDGAR BUCHANAN
TAYLOR LACHER
VICTOR CAMPOS

Cagney & Lacey

The cases of female cops Mary Beth Lacey and Christine Cagney.

CBS: March 25, 1982 - April 25, 1982
CBS: October 25, 1982 - September 12, 1983
CBS: March 19, 1984 - August 25, 1988

New York City

Detective Christine Cagney #763
Detective Mary Beth Lacey #340

Sharon Gless
Tyne Daly

Cain's Hundred

An ex-mob legal advisor is recruited into a law enforcement agency.

1961

Nick Cain

PETER MARK RICHMAN

Californians, The

In San Francisco in the 1850's a young marshall struggles to keep law and order.

1957 - 1958

San Francisco

RICHARD COOGAN
ADAM KENNEDY

Campus Cops

Sitcom centred on the campus police squad at Canfield University

March 1995 - April 1995

Canfield University

Captain Hingle
Andy McCormack
Wayne Simko
Elliot Royce
Dean Pilkington

David Sage
Ben Bode
Ryan Hurst
Jerry Kernion
Monte Markham

Car 54, Where Are You

The misadventures of a pair of bumbling and inept New York cops Toody and Muldoon working out of the Bronx's 53rd precinct.

September 17, 1961 - September 8, 1963

New York City
53rd Precinct

Officer Gunther Toody#453
Officer Francis Muldoon #623
Leo Schnauser #1062

JOE E. ROSS
FRED GWYNNE
AL LEWIS

Caribe

Cases of a cop based in the Caribbean.

February 17, 1975 - August 11, 1975

Caribbean

Lt Ben Logan
Sgt. Mark Walters
Dep. Comm. Ed Rawlings

Stacy Keach
Carl Franklin
Robert Mandan

Carter Country

In the Georgia town of Clinton Corners Chief of Police Roy Mobey has black Sergeant Curtis Baker as his deputy.

September 15, 1977 - 1979

Clinton Corners, Georgia

Police Chief Roy Mobey
Sgt. Curtis Baker

VICTOR FRENCH
KENE HOLLIDAY

Carter Country

In the Georgia town of Clinton Corners Chief of Police Roy Mobey has black Sergeant Curtis Baker as his deputy.

1977 - 1979

Clinton Corners, Georgia

Police Chief Roy Mobey
Sgt. Curtis Baker

VICTOR FRENCH
KENE HOLLIDAY

Cash and Cable

In 1890's San Francisco a disguise loving detective teams up with a saloon bar owner to crack his cases.

1975 - 1976

San Francisco

Jeff Cable
Cash Conover

WILLIAM SHATNER
DOUG McCLURE

Cass Malloy

Exploits of female sheriff Cass Malloy,a pilot for a series that
some years later emerged as She's the Sheriff.

July 21, 1982

Cass Malloy

CAROLINE McWILLIAMS

Chase

The cases of a special squad of LA undercover cops, each with special skills and led by Captain Chase Reddick

September 11, 1973 - August 28, 1974

Los Angeles

Off. Ed Rice
Off. Fred Sing
Off. Tom Wilson
Sgt. Sam MacCray
Insp. Frank Dawson
Off. Steve Baker
Capt. Chase Reddick

Gary Crosby
Brian Fong
Graig Gardner
Wayne Maunder
Albert Reed
Michael Richardson
Mitchell Ryan

CHiPS

The exploits of two motorcycle cops working for the California Highway Patrol in Los Angeles.

September 15, 1977 - July 17, 1983

Los Angeles

Officer Francis Poncherello #2140 & B-600
Officer Jon Baker #8712
Sergeant Joseph Getraer #5712

Chopper One

Exploits of a Los Angeles based police chopper team.

January 17, 1974 - July 11, 1974

Los Angeles

Officer Gil Foley
Captain McKeegan
Officer Don Burdick
Mitch

Dirk Benedict
Ted Hartley
Jim McMullan
Lou Frizzel

Cimarron City

Stories of a tough town sheriff.

1958

GEORGE MONTGOMERY
AUDREY TOTTER
JOHN SMITH

Cimarron Strip

A sheriff in charge of the territory between Kansas and an Indian reservation tries to keep trouble at bay.

1967

Kansas

STUART WHITMAN
PERCY HERBERT
RANDY BOONE
JILL TOWNSEND

City Detective

Cases of New York based cop Lt Bart Grant.

1953 - 1954

New York City

Lt Bart Grant

ROD CAMERON

Code Three

Exploits of the staff of the Los Angeles County Sheriff department.

1956

RICHARD TRAVIS

Cold Case

A drama about Lilly Rush, the lone female detective in the Philadelphia homicide squad who finds her niche when she's assigned to "cold cases"--crimes that have never been solved.

September 2003

Philadelphia

Detective Lilly Rush
Lt. John Stillman
Det. Will Jeffries
Det. Nick Vera

Kathryn Morris
John Finn
Thom Barry
Jeremy Ratchford

Columbo

Detective drama about dishevelled, raincoat wearing, go it alone Lt Columbo.

February 1968 - May 1978

Los Angeles

Detective Lt. Columbo #416, 436 & 425

Peter Falk

Commish, The

Cases of a laid back police commissioner Tony Scali in the town of Eastbridge, New York City.

September 1992 - January 1996

New York

Commissioner Tony Scali

MICHAEL CHIKLIS

Cop and the Kid, The

A bachelor cop takes in a young orphan.

1975

Officer Frank Murphy
Lucas Adams (the kid)

CHARLES DURNING
TIERRE TURNER

Cop Rock

Cases of a Los Angeles Police Department. Bizarrely the shows players would break into song at the drop of a hat.

September 1990 - December 1990

Los Angeles

Mayor Louise Plank
Chief Roger Kendrick
Det Vincent LaRusso
Capt John Hollander
Officer Franklin Rose
Officer Andy Camp

BARBARA BOSSON
RONNY COX
PETER ONORATI
LARRY JOSHUA
JAMES McDANIEL
DAVID GIANOPOULOS

Crime Story

Lt Mike Torello working for the Major Crime Unit in 1960's Chicago tries to bring mob leader Ray Luca to book.

1989