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Police Show
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What it's about
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Air Dates
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10-8
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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.
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September 2003 - January 2004
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Los Angeles
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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
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Ernie Hudson Jamie Luner Danny Nucci Miguel Sandoval Travis Schuldt Christina Vidal Scott William Winters
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21 Jump Street
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The Jump Street unit was a special division of the police force which uses young cops to go undercover and stop juvenile crime.
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September 1987 - April 1991
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Captain Adam Fuller Off. Tom Hanson Captain Richard Jenko Dennis Booker Officer Judy Hoffs Doug Penhall
Officer Dean Garrett
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Steven Williams Johnny Depp Frederic Forrest Richard Grieco Holly Robinson Peete Peter DeLuise David Barry Gray
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26 Men
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Exploits of the Arizona Rangers in the days of the old west.
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1957 - 1958
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Arizona
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Captain Tom Rynning Ranger Clint Travis
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TRIS COFFIN KELO HENDERSON
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87th PRECINCT
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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.
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September 25, 1961 to April 30, 1962
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New York City
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Det. Meyer Meyer Det. Roger Havilland Det. Bert Kling Teddy Carella Det. Steve Carella
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NORMAN FELL GREGORY WALCOTT RON HARPER GENA ROWLANDS Robert Lansing
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Adam 12
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A revival of the 1970's classic detailing the cases of a pair of LA patrol cops Gus and Matt.
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1989 - 1990
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Officer Gus Grant Officer Matt Doyle Sergeant Harry Santos
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PETER PAROS ETHAN WAYNE MIGUEL FERNANDES
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Adam-12
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The cases of police officers, Jim Reed and Pete Molloy, patrolling the streets in their car.
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September 21, 1969 - August 26, 1975
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Los Angeles
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Officer Pete Malloy #744 Officer Jim Reed #2430 Officer Tom Potter #4866
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Kent McCord Martin Milner
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Amy Prentiss
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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.
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December 1, 1974 - July 6, 1975
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San Francisco
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Chief Amy Prentiss #2208 Det. Tony Russell Jill Prentiss Det. Cantreras
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Jessica Walter Steve Sandor Helen Hunt Johnny Seven
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Angle Street
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The cases of two female detectives, the black Anita and white rough and ready Dorothy. The show was cancelled after three of its
episodes.
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1992
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Detective Anita King Detective Dorothy Paretsky Sgt Ciamaccio Detetcive Kenny Branigan
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ROBIN GIVENS PAMELA GIDLEY JOE GUZALDO RON DEAN
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Arrest and Trial
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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.
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1963-64
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Det Sgt Nick Anderson Attorney John Egan
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BEN GAZZARA CHUCK NORRIS
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Arresting Behavior
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A pair of mismatched cops are followed on their tours of duty by a tv crew.
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18 August, 1992 - 9 September, 1992
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Officer Bill Ruskin Officer Pete Walsh Officer Donny Walsh
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LEO BURMESTER CHRIS MULKEY RON ELDARD
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Asphalt Jungle, The
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Cases of a group of tough cops led by Deputy Commissioner Matthew Gower.
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2 April, 1961 - 24 September, 1961
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Matthew Gower Captain Gus Honochek Sergeant Danny Keller
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JACK WARDEN ARCH JOHNSON BILL SMITH
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Bad Cats
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Cases of a pair of cops working for the Burglary Auto Detail, Commercial Auto Thefts department.
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1980
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Ocee James Nik Donovan Samantha Jensen Captain Skip Nathan Rodney Washington
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STEVEN HANKS ASHER BRAUNER MICHELLE PFEIFFER VIC MORROW JIMMIE WALKER
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Baker's Dozen
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Life for a mismatched bunch of undercover cops working for the NYPD.
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1982
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New York City
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Mike Locasale Terry Munson Otis Kelly Desk Sgt Martin Captain Florence Baker
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RON SILVER CINDY WEINTRAUB ALAN WEEKS THOMAS QUINN DORIS BELACK
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Bakersfield PD
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Cases of the none too bright cops of the police precinct of Bakersfield.
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1993 - 1994
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Bakersfield
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Det Wade Preston Det Paul Gigante Off Denny Boyer Off Luke Ramirez Sgt Phil Hampton Capt Aldo Stiles
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RON ELDARD GIANCARLO ESPOSITO CHRIS MULKEY TONY PLANA BRIAN DOYLE-MURRAY JACK HALLETT
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Baretta
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Tony Baretta was an unconventional cop, streetwise with a decidedly funky lifestyle.
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January 17, 1975 - June 1, 1978
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Unnamed City
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Det. Tony Baretta #609 Billy Truman Lt. Hal Brubaker
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Robert Blake Tom Ewell Ed Grover
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Barney Miller
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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.
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January 23, 1975 - September 9, 1982
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New York City 12th Precinct
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Captain Barney Miller #549321 Det. Sgt.Stanley Wojehowicz #549321 Officer Carl Levitt #415 Det. Sgt. Phil Fish
Det. Nick Yemana Det. Ron Harris
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Hal Linden Max Gail Ron Carey Abe Vigoda Jack Soo Ron Glass
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Beat, The
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Searies about the day and night lives of two beat cops dealing with crimes, absurdities, and heart grief.
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March 2000 - April 2000
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Officer Mike Dorrigan Officer Zane Marinelli
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Derek Cecil Mark Ruffalo
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Blue Knight, The
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After many years of service as a Los Angeles police officer, Bumper Morgan remains a uniformed officer who walks a beat every day.
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December 17, 1975 - October 27, 1976
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Los Angeles
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Bumper Morgan Sergeant Newman
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George Kennedy Phillip Pine
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Boomtown
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Crime drama series with each Criminal case seen from the multiple point of views of its principal characters.
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2002
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Joel Sears Fearless Bobby Smith Tom Turcotte Ray Hechler
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Donnie Wahlberg Mykelti Williamson Jason Gedrick Gary Basaraba
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Boomtown
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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.
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September 2002 - December 2003
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Los Angeles
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Joel Stevens Bobby Smith David McNorris Ray Hechler Tom Turcotte
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Donnie Wahlberg Mykelti Williamson Neal McDonough Gary Basaraba Jason Gedrick
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Border Patrol
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The cases of Border Patrol man Deputy Chief Don Jagger.
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1959
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Deputy Chief Don Jagger
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RICHARD WEBB
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Bronk
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This made-for-TV pilot features a police detective (Jack Palance) investigating the underworld following his partner's murder.
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September 21, 1975 - July 18, 1976
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Ocean City
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Lt. Alex Bronkov #25 Sgt. John Webber
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Jack Palance Tony King
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Brooklyn South
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Single season squad room based police show that came close to the quality of Hill Street Blues.
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September 1997 - April 1998
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Brooklyn
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Officer Kersey#62416 Sergeant Richard Santoro Officer Phil Roussakoff Officer Clement Johnson Officer Kevin Patrick
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Yancy Butler Gary Basaraba Michael DeLuise Richard T. Jones Mark Kiely
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Burke's Law
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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.
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September 20, 1963 - August 31, 1965
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Los Angeles
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Captain Amos Burke Detective Tim Tilson Sgt. Gloria Ames Detective Sergeant Lester "Les" Hart
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Gene Barry Gary Conway Eileen O'Neill Regis Toomey
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Cade's Country
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Cases of Sheriff Sam Cade working in Madrid County, California.
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September 19, 1971 - September 4, 1972
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Madrid County, California
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Sheriff Sam Cade Dep JJ Jackson Dep Arlo Pritchard Dep Rudy Davillo
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GLENN FORD EDGAR BUCHANAN TAYLOR LACHER VICTOR CAMPOS
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Cagney & Lacey
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The cases of female cops Mary Beth Lacey and Christine Cagney.
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CBS: March 25, 1982 - April 25, 1982 CBS: October 25, 1982 - September 12, 1983 CBS: March 19, 1984 - August 25, 1988
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New York City
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Detective Christine Cagney #763 Detective Mary Beth Lacey #340
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Sharon Gless Tyne Daly
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Cain's Hundred
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An ex-mob legal advisor is recruited into a law enforcement agency.
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1961
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Nick Cain
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PETER MARK RICHMAN
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Californians, The
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In San Francisco in the 1850's a young marshall struggles to keep law and order.
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1957 - 1958
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San Francisco
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RICHARD COOGAN ADAM KENNEDY
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Campus Cops
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Sitcom centred on the campus police squad at Canfield University
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March 1995 - April 1995
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Canfield University
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Captain Hingle Andy McCormack Wayne Simko Elliot Royce Dean Pilkington
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David Sage Ben Bode Ryan Hurst Jerry Kernion Monte Markham
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Car 54, Where Are You
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The misadventures of a pair of bumbling and inept New York cops Toody and Muldoon working out of the Bronx's 53rd precinct.
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September 17, 1961 - September 8, 1963
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New York City 53rd Precinct
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Officer Gunther Toody#453 Officer Francis Muldoon #623 Leo Schnauser #1062
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JOE E. ROSS FRED GWYNNE AL LEWIS
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Caribe
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Cases of a cop based in the Caribbean.
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February 17, 1975 - August 11, 1975
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Caribbean
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Lt Ben Logan Sgt. Mark Walters Dep. Comm. Ed Rawlings
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Stacy Keach Carl Franklin Robert Mandan
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Carter Country
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In the Georgia town of Clinton Corners Chief of Police Roy Mobey has black Sergeant Curtis Baker as his deputy.
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September 15, 1977 - 1979
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Clinton Corners, Georgia
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Police Chief Roy Mobey Sgt. Curtis Baker
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VICTOR FRENCH KENE HOLLIDAY
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Carter Country
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In the Georgia town of Clinton Corners Chief of Police Roy Mobey has black Sergeant Curtis Baker as his deputy.
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1977 - 1979
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Clinton Corners, Georgia
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Police Chief Roy Mobey Sgt. Curtis Baker
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VICTOR FRENCH KENE HOLLIDAY
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Cash and Cable
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In 1890's San Francisco a disguise loving detective teams up with a saloon bar owner to crack his cases.
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1975 - 1976
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San Francisco
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Jeff Cable Cash Conover
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WILLIAM SHATNER DOUG McCLURE
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Cass Malloy
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Exploits of female sheriff Cass Malloy,a pilot for a series that some years later emerged as She's the Sheriff.
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July 21, 1982
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Cass Malloy
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CAROLINE McWILLIAMS
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Chase
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The cases of a special squad of LA undercover cops, each with special skills and led by Captain Chase Reddick
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September 11, 1973 - August 28, 1974
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Los Angeles
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Off. Ed Rice Off. Fred Sing Off. Tom Wilson Sgt. Sam MacCray Insp. Frank Dawson Off. Steve Baker Capt. Chase Reddick
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Gary Crosby Brian Fong Graig Gardner Wayne Maunder Albert Reed Michael Richardson Mitchell Ryan
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CHiPS
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The exploits of two motorcycle cops working for the California Highway Patrol in Los Angeles.
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September 15, 1977 - July 17, 1983
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Los Angeles
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Officer Francis Poncherello #2140 & B-600 Officer Jon Baker #8712 Sergeant Joseph Getraer #5712
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Chopper One
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Exploits of a Los Angeles based police chopper team.
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January 17, 1974 - July 11, 1974
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Los Angeles
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Officer Gil Foley Captain McKeegan Officer Don Burdick Mitch
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Dirk Benedict Ted Hartley Jim McMullan Lou Frizzel
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Cimarron City
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Stories of a tough town sheriff.
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1958
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GEORGE MONTGOMERY AUDREY TOTTER JOHN SMITH
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Cimarron Strip
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A sheriff in charge of the territory between Kansas and an Indian reservation tries to keep trouble at bay.
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1967
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Kansas
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STUART WHITMAN PERCY HERBERT RANDY BOONE JILL TOWNSEND
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City Detective
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Cases of New York based cop Lt Bart Grant.
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1953 - 1954
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New York City
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Lt Bart Grant
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ROD CAMERON
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Code Three
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Exploits of the staff of the Los Angeles County Sheriff department.
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1956
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RICHARD TRAVIS
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Cold Case
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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.
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September 2003
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Philadelphia
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Detective Lilly Rush Lt. John Stillman Det. Will Jeffries Det. Nick Vera
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Kathryn Morris John Finn Thom Barry Jeremy Ratchford
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Columbo
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Detective drama about dishevelled, raincoat wearing, go it alone Lt Columbo.
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February 1968 - May 1978
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Los Angeles
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Detective Lt. Columbo #416, 436 & 425
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Peter Falk
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Commish, The
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Cases of a laid back police commissioner Tony Scali in the town of Eastbridge, New York City.
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September 1992 - January 1996
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New York
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Commissioner Tony Scali
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MICHAEL CHIKLIS
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Cop and the Kid, The
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A bachelor cop takes in a young orphan.
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1975
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Officer Frank Murphy Lucas Adams (the kid)
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CHARLES DURNING TIERRE TURNER
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Cop Rock
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Cases of a Los Angeles Police Department. Bizarrely the shows players would break into song at the drop of a hat.
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September 1990 - December 1990
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Los Angeles
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Mayor Louise Plank Chief Roger Kendrick Det Vincent LaRusso Capt John Hollander Officer Franklin Rose Officer Andy Camp
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BARBARA BOSSON RONNY COX PETER ONORATI LARRY JOSHUA JAMES McDANIEL DAVID GIANOPOULOS
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Crime Story
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Lt Mike Torello working for the Major Crime Unit in 1960's Chicago tries to bring mob leader Ray Luca to book.
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1989
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