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| Riptide | |
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| Genre | Detective fiction |
| Created by | Stephen J. Cannell Frank Lupo |
| Starring | Perry King Joe Penny Thom Bray Jack Ging June Chadwick Anne Francis (1984 only) |
| Composers | Pete Carpenter Mike Post |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 58 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Stephen J. Cannell Frank Lupo Babs Greyhosky (Seasons 2 and 3) |
| Producers | Babs Greyhosky (Season 1) J. Rickley Dumm Tom Blomquist (Season 3) |
| Production locations | Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro, Los Angeles Redondo Beach, California Santa Clarita, California |
| Running time | 48 minutes per episode |
| Production companies | Stephen J. Cannell Productions Columbia Pictures Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | January 3, 1984 – April 22, 1986 |
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Riptide is an American detective television series that ran on NBC between January 3, 1984 and April 22, 1986, starring Perry King, Joe Penny, and Thom Bray.
The series was created by Frank Lupo and Stephen J. Cannell and was a joint production of Stephen J. Cannell Productions in association with Columbia Pictures Television for NBC. The main theme was composed by Mike Post and Pete Carpenter. A midseason replacement, it debuted as a two-hour TV movie in early 1984. After its cancellation, reruns were aired on the USA Network during the late 1980s. The series currently appears occasionally on the schedules of getTV and Decades.