| The Mod Squad | |
|---|---|
 Title screen, 1970 to 1973 | |
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | Bud "Buddy" Ruskin |
| Developed by | Tony Barrett Harve Bennett Sammy Hess |
| Starring | Michael Cole Clarence Williams III Peggy Lipton Tige Andrews |
| Theme music composer | Earle Hagen |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 124 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Aaron Spelling Danny Thomas |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Thomas-Spelling Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | September 24, 1968 – March 1, 1973 |
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The Mod Squad is an American crime drama series, originally broadcast for five seasons on ABC from September 24, 1968, to March 1, 1973.[1] It starred Michael Cole as Peter "Pete" Cochran, Clarence Williams III as Lincoln "Linc" Hayes, Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes, and Tige Andrews as Captain Adam Greer. The executive producers of the series were Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas.[1][2]
The counterculture police 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.[3] In 1970, the second-season episode, "In This Corner . . . Sol Alpert," script by Rita Lakin and Harve Bennett, was nominated by the Mystery Writers of America for an Edgar Award in the category of Best Mystery Teleplay, losing to the TV-Movie Daughter of the Mind. In 1997, a 1970 episode "Mother of Sorrow" was ranked #95 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.[4]
- ^ a b "The Mod Squad". St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture.
- ^ Lovece, Frank (16 December 2007). "Groovy kind of law". Newsday. Archived from the original on February 15, 2008.
- ^ "Awards for The Mod Squad". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
- ^ "Special Collectors' Issue: 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time". TV Guide (June 28-July 4). 1997.