The Mod Squad
Genre: Crime Fiction, Action/Adventure
Started: 24th September 1968
Ended: 23rd August 1973
Episodes: 123
Country: United States of America
Created by: Buddy Ruskin
Starring: Peggy Lipton, Clarence Williams III, Tige Andrews, Sammy Davis, Jr., Michael Cole, Martin Sheen, Richard Pryor, Sam Elliott, Robert Duvall, Joan Van Ark, Stefanie Powers
The Mod Squad is a television series that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968, until August 23, 1973. This series starred Michael Cole, Peggy Lipton, Clarence Williams III, and Tige Andrews. The executive producers of the series were Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas.
In 1997, the episode "Mother of Sorrow" was ranked #95 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
The Mod Squad was a police drama that featured three young, hip crime fighters. One White, One Black, One Blonde, was the promotional hype-line. The casting was intended to appeal to a youthful, counterculture audience. The basic premise was that the youthful investigators were offered work fighting crime as an alternative to being incarcerated themselves. The show's primary premise centered on the three cops using their youthful, hippie personas as a guise to get close to the criminals they investigated. The show was moderately popular during its initial run of five seasons and 123 episodes. Tige Andrews (Captain Adam Greer), Michael Cole (Peter Cochran), Peggy Lipton (Julie Barnes), and Clarence Williams III (Lincoln "Linc" Hayes) starred. The show portrayed a multicultural society and dealt with issues of racial
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