Nichols (TV series)

Nichols
James Garner in title card screenshot
Also known as	James Garner as Nichols
Genre	Western
Created by	Frank Pierson
Written by	Juanita Bartlett Gene L. Coon Jack Curtis Theodore J. Flicker Robert Foster Bud Freeman Marion Hargrove James L. Henderson Buck Houghton George Kirgo Ken Kolb Benjamin Masselink Frank Pierson Sam Roeca Frank Telford Shimon Wincelberg William Wood
Directed by	John Badham Paul Bogart Ivan Dixon Danny Haller Jeremy Kagan Gerd Oswald Frank Pierson Peter Tewksbury William Wiard
Starring	James Garner Margot Kidder Stuart Margolin Alice Ghostley
Composer	Bernardo Segall
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	24
Production
Executive producer	Meta Rosenberg
Producer	Frank Pierson
Cinematography	Lamar Boren
Running time	60 mins. (approx.)
Production company	Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 16, 1971 (1971-09-16) – March 14, 1972 (1972-03-14)
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Nichols (also known as James Garner as Nichols) is an American Western television series starring James Garner. It was first broadcast in the United States on NBC during the 1971–72 season. Set in the fictional town of Nichols, Arizona, Nichols differed from traditional Western series. The time period was 1914, at the beginning of the motorized era and well after the decline of the "Old West". The main character, a sheriff also named Nichols, rode on a motorcycle and in an automobile rather than on the traditional horse. Nichols did not carry a firearm and was generally opposed to the use of violence to solve problems, preferring other means. Margot Kidder played his love interest, a barmaid named Ruth.

Although Nichols' first name was never spoken aloud, his army induction papers, seen in the opening moments of the pilot episode, gave "Frank" as his first name (also the first name of series creator Frank Pierson).