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Adam-12 (1968)

Adam-12 poster
Genre
drama television series, police procedural
Country
United States
Length
7 seasons, 174 episodes
Rated
TV-PG
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 48 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two Los Angeles police officers patrol different neighborhoods each day. They handle calls and solve problems while following proper police procedures.

groundedproceduralearnestmethodicaldrydatedstraightforward

What happens

Adam-12 is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by Robert A. Cinader and Jack Webb and produced by Mark VII Limited and Universal Television. The series follows Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers Pete Malloy and Jim Reed as they patrol Los Angeles in their police cruiser, assigned the call sign "1-Adam-12". Adam-12 stars Martin Milner and Kent McCord, with several recurring co-stars, the most frequent being William Boyett and Gary Crosby. The series ran over seven seasons from September 21, 1968, until May 20, 1975, airing 174 episodes. Like Webb's other series, Dragnet and Emergency!, Adam-12 was produced in cooperation with the actual department it was based on; in this case, the LAPD. Adam-12 aimed to be realistic in its depiction of policing and helped familiarize the American public with police procedures and jargon. A syndicated revival by The Arthur Company aired from 1990 to 1991 for two seasons, featuring new characters and an updated setting. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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