| The Rookies | |
|---|---|
 Cast of The Rookies. Standing from left, Michael Ontkean, Sam Melville, Georg Stanford Brown. Seated, Gerald S. O'Loughlin. | |
| Genre | Police procedural |
| Created by | Rita Lakin |
| Developed by | William Blinn |
| Starring | Georg Stanford Brown Sam Melville Michael Ontkean Kate Jackson Gerald S. O'Loughlin Bruce Fairbairn |
| Theme music composer | Elmer Bernstein |
| Composers | Elmer Bernstein Robert Drasnin Jack Elliott Allyn Ferguson Paul Glass Shorty Rogers George Romanis Laurence Rosenthal Mark Snow Pete Rugolo |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 93 (+ pilot movie) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Aaron Spelling Leonard Goldberg |
| Producers | Paul Junger Witt Hal Sitowitz |
| Cinematography | Archie R. Dalzell Dennis Dalzell |
| Editors | James Baiotto Leon Carrere Richard Malek |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 45–48 minutes |
| Production company | Spelling-Goldberg Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | March 7, 1972 – March 30, 1976 |
| Related | |
| S.W.A.T. | |
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The Rookies is an American police procedural series created by Rita Lakin that originally aired on ABC from September 11, 1972 to March 30, 1976.[1] It follows the exploits of three rookie police officers working in an unidentified city for the fictitious Southern California Police Department (SCPD).
- ^ "The Rookies". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2017-03-04.