Adam-12
Starring: Martin Milner, Kent McCord
First Aired: September 21, 1968
Number of Seasons: 7
Estimated Production Cost: $300,000 per episode*
Adam-12 was a police drama that portrayed the exploits of the Los Angeles Police Department. Martin Milner and Kent McCord featured as Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, two LAPD cops. Jack Webb and Robert Cinader, the former of whom produced the popular show Dragnet, devised the show. The show, which aired from 1968 to 1975, is credited with popularizing the concept of a police procedural and introducing the public to police lingo and procedures. Mark VII Limited and Universal Television produced the show, which MCA TV distributed in half-hour blocks.
Adam 12
Arrest and Trial
Starring: Ben Gazzara, Roger Perry, Chuck Connors, John Larch
First Aired: September 15, 1963
Number of Seasons: 1
Estimated Production Cost: $150,000 per episode*
Ben Gazzara agreed to star as the lead detective in Arrest and Trial, a crime/legal drama that ran for ninety minutes on ABC, as long as the show avoided casting police in stereotypical roles. After he was shown a script that portrayed him as a “thinking man’s cop,” he agreed to sign onto the show. Arrest and Trial ran for one season and thirty episodes, and it also starred Roger Perry, Chuck Connors, and John Larch. The episodes were the early inspiration for the massive Law & Order franchise that would sweep TV. The premise would be adopted by those creators decades in the future.
Arrest And Trial
