S.W.A.T. (1975)

Genre

action television series, police television drama, crime television series

Country

United States

Length

2 seasons, 37 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 69 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A SWAT team responds to high-risk criminal situations in a California city. The show follows the officers as they plan and execute dangerous operations to stop armed criminals.

action-packedtensegrittyno-nonsensefast-pacedseriousurban

What happens

S.W.A.T. is an American police procedural action crime drama television series created by Robert Hamner, developed by Rick Husky, and produced by Hamner, Aaron Spelling, and Leonard Goldberg under Spelling-Goldberg Productions. The series aired for two seasons on ABC from February 24, 1975 to April 3, 1976. A spin-off of The Rookies, developed from a two-part pilot aired on February 17, 1975, S.W.A.T. follows a police Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team operating in an unnamed Californian city. The series stars Steve Forrest, Robert Urich, Rod Perry, Mark Shera, and James Coleman as the titular team's officers. S.W.A.T. was filmed in and around Los Angeles. Richard Kelbaugh, a former LAPD Metropolitan Division SWAT officer, served as a technical advisor. The series' opening theme was composed by Barry De Vorzon; an official rearrangement by Rhythm Heritage reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States on the chart date of February 27, 1976. S.W.A.T. was popular with audiences, but controversies surrounding its depictions of violence ultimately led to the cancellation of a third season. S.W.A.T.'s legacy spawned a 2003 film adaptation directed by Clark Johnson for Columbia Pictures, and a 2017 television series reboot developed by Aaron Rahsaan Thomas and Shawn Ryan for CBS, both of the same name. In 2025, a new spinoff (titled S.W.A.T. Exiles) was announced after the 2017 series, which was cancelled after eight seasons. It will premiere on Starz on September 25, 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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