| Police Squad! | |
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 Title card | |
| Genre | Crime comedy |
| Created by | Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker |
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| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Leslie Nielsen |
| Theme music composer | Ira Newborn |
| Opening theme | "Theme from Police Squad!" |
| Composer | Ira Newborn |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Cinematography | Sherman Kunkel |
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| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 24–25 minutes |
| Production company | Paramount Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC[1] |
| Release | March 4 – July 8, 1982[1] |
| Related | |
| The Naked Gun film series | |
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Police Squad! is an American crime comedy television series that was broadcast on the ABC network in 1982. It was created by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker, starring Leslie Nielsen as Frank Drebin. A spoof of police procedurals and many other television shows and movies, the series features Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker's usual sight gags, wordplay, and non sequiturs. It resembles the Lee Marvin police show M Squad (in particular the opening credits) and the late 1960s series Felony Squad.[2] It was canceled after six episodes, and yielded The Naked Gun film series from 1988 to 1994.
- ^ a b "Police Squad!". The TVIV. Retrieved January 3, 2008.
- ^ The creators stated this in a featurette for The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear.