Tour of Duty (TV series)

Tour of Duty
Title card (seasons 2–3)
GenreMilitary drama
Created by
  • Steve Duncan
  • L. Travis Clark
Starring
Music byJoseph Conlan
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes58
Production
Executive producersSteve Duncan
L. Travis Clark
Ronald L. Schwary
ProducerZev Braun
Running time47–49 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 24, 1987 (1987-09-24) –
April 28, 1990 (1990-04-28)
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Tour of Duty is an American military drama television series based on events in the Vietnam War, broadcast on CBS. The series ran for three seasons, from September 24, 1987, to April 28, 1990, for a total of 58 one-hour episodes. The show was created by Steve Duncan and L. Travis Clark and produced by Zev Braun.

The show follows an American infantry platoon on a tour of duty during the Vietnam War. It was the first television series to regularly show Americans in combat in South Vietnam and was one of several similarly themed series to be produced in the wake of the acclaimed Oliver Stone film Platoon (1986).

The series won an Emmy Award in 1988 for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series, and it was nominated again in 1989 and 1990.[1]

  1. ^ "TOUR OF DUTY – 10 Facts About the 1980s Vietnam War Drama". www.get.tv. Retrieved 2018-06-27.