The Mod Squad (1968)

Genre

action & adventure, drama

Country

United States

Length

5 seasons, 124 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three young undercover cops from different backgrounds work for a police captain to solve crimes. They blend into the counterculture scene while dealing with their own troubled pasts.

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What happens

The Mod Squad is an American crime drama series, originally broadcast for five seasons on ABC from September 24, 1968, to March 1, 1973. It starred Michael Cole as Peter "Pete" Cochran, Clarence Williams III as Lincoln "Linc" Hayes, Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes, and Tige Andrews as Captain Adam Greer. The executive producers of the series were Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas. The counterculture police series earned six Emmy Award nominations, four Golden Globe nominations plus one win for Peggy Lipton, one Directors Guild of America Award, and four Logies. In 1970, the second-season episode, "In This Corner . . . Sol Alpert," script by Rita Lakin and Harve Bennett, was nominated by the Mystery Writers of America for an Edgar Award in the category of Best Mystery Teleplay, losing to the TV-Movie Daughter of the Mind. In 1997, a 1970 episode "Mother of Sorrow" was ranked No. 95 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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