The F.B.I. (TV series)

The F.B.I.
Genre	Police procedural
Starring	Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Philip Abbott William Reynolds
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	9
No. of episodes	241 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Quinn Martin Philip Saltzman[1]
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	QM Productions (1965–1974) Warner Bros. Television (1965–1967; 1970–1974) Warner Bros.- Seven Arts Television (1967–1970)
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 19, 1965 (1965-09-19) – April 28, 1974 (1974-04-28)
Related
Today's F.B.I. (1981–1982)
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From left: Stephen Brooks, Lynn Loring and Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., 1965.

L–R: William Reynolds, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., and Philip Abbott (1969)

The F.B.I. is an American police television series created by Quinn Martin and Philip Saltzman for ABC and co-produced with Warner Bros. Television, with sponsorship from the Ford Motor Company, Alcoa and American Tobacco Company (Tareyton and Pall Mall brands) in the first season. Ford sponsored the show alone for subsequent seasons. The series was broadcast on ABC from 1965 until its end in 1974. Starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Philip Abbott and William Reynolds, the series, consisting of nine seasons and 241 episodes, chronicles a group of FBI agents trying to defend the US government from unidentified threats. For the entirety of its run, it was broadcast on Sunday nights.