The Mod Squad(1968)

series - first aired/released 1968-09-24 - audience 6.1

Action & Adventure, Drama

Directed by Barry Shear, Daniel Haller, Don Taylor, Earl Bellamy, Gene Nelson, George McCowan, Harry Falk, Harve Bennett, Harvey Hart, Ivan Dixon, Jack Arnold, Lawrence Dobkin, Lee H. Katzin, Leonard Horn, Philip Leacock, Reza Badiyi, Robert Michael Lewis, Terry Becker, William Crain

The Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968, until August 23, 1973. It starred Michael Cole as Pete Cochren, Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes, Clarence Williams III as Linc Hayes, and Tige Andrews as Captain Adam Greer. The executive producers of the series were Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas. The iconic counter-culture police series earned six Emmy nominations, four Golden Globe nominations plus one win for Peggy Lipton, one Directors Guild of America award, and four Logies. In 1997 the episode "Mother of Sorrow" was ranked #95 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.