Future Cop (TV series)
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Future Cop | |
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Genre | Science fiction |
Written by | Allen S. Epstein Anthony Wilson |
Directed by | Jud Taylor |
Starring | Ernest Borgnine Michael Shannon John Amos James Daughton |
Country of origin | USA |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 (list of episodes) |
Production company(s) | Tavern Productions The Culzean Corporation Paramount Television |
Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Original release | 5 March – 30 April 1977 |
External links | |
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Future Cop is an American science fiction television series which starred Ernest Borgnine and Michael Shannon. It was based on the TV movie of the same name and predated RoboCop by ten years. The series was aired on ABC in 1977 and was re-piloted as "Cops and Robin" on NBC in 1978.[clarification needed] A veteran street cop gets an experimental android that has been programmed by the police lab for his new partner.
Contents
List of Future Cop episodes with airdates
- "Future Cop" (May 1, 1976)
- "Fighting O'Haven" (March 5, 1977)
- "The Mad Mad Bomber, Part I" (March 25, 1977)
- "The Mad Mad Bomber, Part II" (March 25, 1977)
- "Girl on the Ledge" (April 7, 1977)
- "The Carlisle Girl" (April 22, 1977)
- "The Kansas City Kid" (April 30, 1977)
- "Cops and Robin" (March 28, 1978)
DVD release
On March 1, 2016, Mill Creek Entertainment will release the complete series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.[1]
See also
To date, there have been four other short-lived American TV series with identical premises:
- Holmes & Yo-Yo (1976)
- Mann & Machine (1992)
- Total Recall 2070 (1999)
- Almost Human (2013)
References
External links
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- Future Cop at TV.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Categories:
- Wikipedia articles needing clarification from February 2013
- Television series by CBS Television Studios
- American Broadcasting Company network shows
- 1970s American television series
- 1977 American television series debuts
- 1978 American television series endings
- Robots in television
- American science fiction television series