Chopper One

Chopper One
Chopper One
An LAPD Bell 206 JetRanger
Format police procedural
Starring Jim McMullan
Dirk Benedict
Ted Hartley
Lou Frizzell
Country of origin  United States
Language(s) English
No. of episodes 13
Production
Executive producer(s) Aaron Spelling
Leonard Goldberg
Running time 22 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel ABC
Original run January 1974 – July 1974

Chopper One was a short-lived ABC drama/adventure television series in early 1974 depicting the activities of a California police helicopter team. The program aired in a half-hour time slot on Thursdays at 8 p.m. Eastern.[1]

It aired adjacent to Firehouse, an action-drama series about a Los Angeles fire station. Chopper One was cancelled after six months and Firehouse ended in the following month.

Story and Characters

Chopper One was directed by E.W. Swackhamer and was about two flying police officers (a pilot and an observer) and their adventures in a police helicopter. The helicopter was a Bell 206 Jetranger. It starred Jim McCullen as Officer Don Burdick and Dirk Benedict as officer Gil Foley. Benedict would later earn fame as Lt. Starbuck int the original 1978 TV show Battlestar Galactica and as Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck in the TV show The A-Team.

Ted Hartley played their boss Capt. McKeegan and Lou Frizzell played Mitch, the crusty mechanic.

The show lasted one season (13 episodes).

References

  1. ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle. The complete directory to prime time network and cable TV shows, 1946-present. ISBN 0345455428. 

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