The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad
Premiere	September 24, 1968
Finale	March 1, 1973
Creator	Buddy Ruskin
Developed for TV by	Tony Barrett, Harve Bennett, Sammy Hess
Network/Provider	ABC
Style	60-minute crime drama
Company	Thomas/Spelling Productions
Distributor	Worldvision Enterprises (1973-1999) Paramount Domestic Television (1999-2006) CBS Paramount Television (2006-2007) CBS Television Distribution (2007- )
Seasons	5
Episodes	124 + 1 TV movie
Origin	USA

The Mod Squad is a crime drama that aired on ABC.

The Mod Squad is a police drama that features 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. The show portrayed a multicultural society and dealt with issues of racial politics, drug culture, and counterculture.

The show was loosely based on Bud Ruskin's experiences in the late 1950s as a squad leader for undercover narcotics cops, though it took almost 10 years after he wrote a script for the idea to be given the greenlight by ABC television studios.

Cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Main Cast		1	2	3	4	5
Michael Cole	Pete Cochran	*	*	*	*	*
Clarence Williams III	Linc Hayes	*	*	*	*	*
Peggy Lipton	Julie Barnes	*	*	*	*	*
Tige Andrews	Capt. Adam Greer	*	*	*	*	*

Seasons

Season	Premiere	Finale				#
ABC
Season One	September 24, 1968	April 15, 1969				26
Season Two	September 23, 1969	April 7, 1970				26
Season Three	September 22, 1970	March 23, 1971				24
Season Four	September 14, 1971	March 7, 1972				24
Season Five	September 14, 1972	March 1, 1973				24

Telefilms

Title	Network		Airdate
Return of the Mod Squad	ABC		May 18, 1979

In-Depth

• At a Glance: Additional information about the series

DVD Releases

Title			Release			Discs
Complete Series  (Region 1)
The Complete Collection			November 12, 2013	purchase		40
Season Sets  (Region 1)
The Complete Season 1			March 25, 2014	purchase		8
The Complete Season 2			April 15, 2014	purchase		7
The Complete Season 3			May 13, 2014	purchase		8
The Complete Season 4			October 7, 2014	purchase		8
The Complete Season 5			August 5, 2014	purchase		8

External Links

• opening creditson YouTube