ADAM 12

Show Type: Police Drama

First Telecast: September 21, 1968

Last Telecast: August 26, 1975

Producer: Jack Webb

Broadcast History:

September 1968-September 1969, Saturday 7:30-8:00 on NBC

September 1969-January 1971, Saturday 8:30-9:00 on NBC

January 1971-September 1971, Thursday 9:30-10:00 on NBC

September 1971-January 1974, Wednesday 8:00-8:30 on NBC

January 1974-August 1975, Tuesday 8:00-8:30 on NBC

Cast

Officer Pete Malloy..... Martin Milner

Officer Jim Reed..... Kent McCord

Sgt. MacDonald..... William Boyett

Officer Ed Wells..... Gary Crosby

Dispatcher's Voice..... Shaaron Claridge

Officer Jerry Walters (1968-1969)..... William Stevens

Sgt. Jerry Miller (1969)..... Jack Hogan

Jean Reed (1969)..... Mikki Jamison

Officer Norm Green (1970-1971)..... Claude Johnson

Officer Grant (1974-1975)..... William Elliott

Officer Woods (1974-1975)..... Fred Stromsoe

SYNOPSIS

Produced by Jack Webb, whose realistic portrayal of police work had scored a major hit in Dragnet, Adam 12 dealt with the day-to-day working world of two uniformed policemen assigned to patrol-car duty. Officer Pete Malloy was a senior officer who at the start of the series was teamed with a probationary rookie cop, Jim Reed. As members of the Los Angeles Police Department, they encountered a wide range of cases in each episode, some serious, some trivial, some amusing, and some tragic. Running as it did for seven seasons, Adam 12 saw changes in the status of the officers as the years passed. During the 1970-1971 season, Jim Reed was promoted from rookie officer, and in the following year, Officer Malloy was upped to Policeman 3, one notch below the rank of sergeant.

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