The Mod Squad

*The Mod Squad*
The Mod Squad
	Title screen, 1970 to 1973
Genre	Crime drama
Created by	Bud "Buddy" Ruskin
Developed by	Tony Barrett; Harve Bennett; Sammy Hess
Starring	Michael Cole; Clarence Williams III; Peggy Lipton; Tige Andrews
Theme music composer	Earle Hagen
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	124 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Aaron Spelling; Danny Thomas
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Thomas-Spelling Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 24, 1968 –; March 1, 1973
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The Mod Squad is an American crime drama series, originally broadcast for five seasons on ABC from September 24, 1968, to March 1, 1973.^[1] It starred Michael Cole as Peter "Pete" Cochran, Clarence Williams III as Lincoln "Linc" Hayes, Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes, and Tige Andrews as Captain Adam Greer. The executive producers of the series were Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas.^[1]^[2]

The counterculture police series earned six Emmy Award nominations, four Golden Globe nominations plus one win for Peggy Lipton, one Directors Guild of America Award, and four Logies.^[3] In 1970, the second-season episode, "In This Corner . . . Sol Alpert," script by Rita Lakin and Harve Bennett, was nominated by the Mystery Writers of America for an Edgar Award in the category of Best Mystery Teleplay, losing to the TV-Movie Daughter of the Mind. In 1997, a 1970 episode "Mother of Sorrow" was ranked #95 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.^[4]

^ ^a ^b "The Mod Squad". St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture.
^ Lovece, Frank (16 December 2007). "Groovy kind of law". Newsday. Archived from the original on February 15, 2008.
^ "Awards for The Mod Squad". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
^ "Special Collectors' Issue: 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time". TV Guide (June 28-July 4). 1997.