The Mod Squad: Story, Cast and Series Facts
The Mod Squad (1968): Drama, Action, Crime. Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
The Mod Squad is a police drama that features three young, hip crime fighters. One White, One Black, One Blonde, was the promotional hype line. The casting was intended to appeal to a youthful, counterculture audience. The basic premise was that the youthful investigators were offered work fighting crime as an alternative to being incarcerated themselves. The show's primary premise centered on the three cops using their youthful, hippie personas as a guise to get close to the criminals they investigated. The show was moderately popular during its initial run of five seasons. The show portrayed a multicultural society and dealt with issues of racial politics, drug culture, and counterculture.
The 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.
Series details
- Title: The Mod Squad
- Format: Scripted
- Language: English
- Genres: Drama, Action, Crime
- Premiere date: 1968-09-24
- Final broadcast date listed: 1973-03-01
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
- Network country: United States
- Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
- TVmaze community rating: 7.2/10
- TVMaze ID: 3847
Cast and credited roles
- Michael Cole — Peter "Pete" Cochran
- Clarence Williams III — Lincoln "Linc" Hayes
- Tige Andrews — Captain Adam Greer
- Peggy Lipton — Julie Barnes
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 1968-09-24; final listed air date 1969-04-15; episode order: 26.
- Season 2: premiered 1969-09-23; final listed air date 1970-04-07; episode order: 26.
- Season 3: premiered 1970-09-22; final listed air date 1971-03-23; episode order: 24.
- Season 4: premiered 1971-09-14; final listed air date 1972-03-07; episode order: 24.
- Season 5: premiered 1972-09-14; final listed air date 1973-03-01; episode order: 24.
Source and licence
Adapted from The Mod Squad on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.
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