S.W.A.T. (1975 TV series)

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S.W.A.T.
Genre	Police procedural Action Crime drama
Created by	Robert Hamner
Developed by	Rick Husky
Starring	Steve Forrest Robert Urich Rod Perry Mark Shera James Coleman
Theme music composer	Barry De Vorzon
Opening theme	"Theme from S.W.A.T."
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	37 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Aaron Spelling Leonard Goldberg
Producer	Robert Hamner
Cinematography	Tim Southcott
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	50 mins
Production company	Spelling-Goldberg Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	February 24, 1975 (1975-02-24) – April 3, 1976 (1976-04-03)
Related
S.W.A.T. (2017)
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S.W.A.T. is an American police procedural action crime drama television series created by Robert Hamner, developed by Rick Husky, and produced by Hamner, Aaron Spelling, and Leonard Goldberg under Spelling-Goldberg Productions. The series aired for two seasons on ABC from February 1975 to April 1976. A spin-off of The Rookies, developed from a two-part pilot aired on February 17, 1975, S.W.A.T. follows a police Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team operating in an unnamed Californian city. The series stars Steve Forrest, Robert Urich, Rod Perry, Mark Shera, and James Coleman as the titular team's officers.

S.W.A.T. was filmed in and around Los Angeles. Richard Kelbaugh, a former LAPD Metropolitan Division SWAT officer, served as a technical advisor. The series' opening theme was composed by Barry De Vorzon; an official rearrangement by Rhythm Heritage reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States on the chart date of February 28, 1976.

S.W.A.T. was popular with audiences, but controversies surrounding its depictions of violence ultimately led to the cancellation of a third season. However, its legacy spawned a 2003 film adaptation directed by Clark Johnson for Columbia Pictures, and a 2017 television series remake developed by Aaron Rahsaan Thomas and Shawn Ryan for CBS, both of the same name.^[1]