Chopper One

Starring: Jim McMullan, Ted Hartley, Dirk Benedict, Lou Frizzell
First Aired: January 1974
Number of Seasons: 1
Estimated Production Cost: $1.2 million in total*

There was a procedural drama called Chopper One, and it was about two police officers who were in charge of operating a helicopter for searches and criminal apprehensions. The show was shown on ABC on Thursday evenings, which was a highly sought-after time period. Sony was in charge of distribution. There were only thirteen episodes of the show. It was the police side of the drama/thriller series Firehouse, which was set in a Los Angeles fire station and followed the lives of the firefighters who worked there. Neither program was able to maintain its momentum for very long. In contrast to Chopper One, which ended only a month after its counterpart was canceled, Firehouse finished only one month after its counterpart was canceled. The pilot episode of the show aired in 1974.

Chopper One

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Starring: Teresa Graves, Charles Cioffi, Andy Romano, Jack Kelly, Harry Guardino
First Aired: January 22, 1974
Number of Seasons: 1
Estimated Production Cost: $100,000 per episode*

Get Christie Love! was a police procedural that was extremely influential on popular culture. Teresa Graves was a brilliant actress who acted as a Black female police officer on the ABC television drama, which aired from 1974 to 1975. She was the second Black woman to play the lead role in a network drama at the time (next to Diahann Carroll in the show Julia). The Ledger, a crime novel written by Dorothy Uhnak, served as the inspiration for the show. Graves had previously appeared on the comedy series Laugh-In, and some of her former co-stars from that show, including Jo Anne Worley, Arte Johnson, and Judy Carne, made cameo cameos on Get Christie Love!

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