- Sierra (TV series)
Infobox Television
show_name = Sierra
caption = Title card for "Sierra"
show_name_2 =
genre =police drama
creator =Jack Webb
director =
developer =
presenter =
starring =James G. Richardson Ernest Thompson Susan Foster Jack Hogan Michael Warren
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narrated =
theme_music_composer =Lee Holdridge andJohn Denver [http://www.classicthemes.com/50sTVThemes/themePages/sierra.html "Sierra at classicthemes.com] ]
"performed by"Denny Brooks [ [http://www.tv-nostalgie.de/sierra.htm "Sierra" at tv-nostalgie.de] ]
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endtheme =
composer = "additional music by"
John Denver
country =
language = English
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 14 (13 + 1 movie)
list_episodes =
executive_producer = Jack WebbRobert A. Cinader
producer =
supervising_producer =
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co-producer =
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location = flagicon|CaliforniaCalifornia and
flagicon|WyomingWyoming (Yosemite Nat. Park)
camera =multi-camera
runtime = 60 mins.
network =NBC
picture_format = 1.33 : 1 color
audio_format =monoaural
first_run =
first_aired =12 September 1974
last_aired =24 December 1974 (full-length movie; series actually cancelled on12 December 1974 )
preceded_by =
followed_by =
related = "Emergency! "
website =
imdb_id = 0071053
tv_com_id = 12265"Sierra" was a short-lived 1974 television
crime drama series focusing on the efforts ofNational Park Service rangers to enforcefederal law and to effectwilderness rescue s. The program aired onNBC and was packaged byJack Webb 'sMark VII Limited forUniversal Television .John Denver wrote the show's theme song.etting
The show derived its name from its setting, the fictional Sierra National Park, a part of the U.S. National Park Service. In reality, exteriors were filmed at
Yosemite National Park . [http://imdb.com/title/tt0071053/locations "Sierra" (1974) at imdb.com] ] The tenth episode, "The Urban Ranger," established that the park also existed within the same fictional world populated by the characters of "Emergency! ," its sister Mark VII show. The series was spun off as abackdoor pilot episode of "Emergency! ". [ [http://www.poobala.com/emergencyandsierra.html "Sierra" at Tom Holbrook's Crossovers and Spin Offs Pages.] ] [imdb title|0700330|"The Urban Ranger"]Cast
Like many
Mark VII Limited television dramas, the show centered on a pair of leads in apublic service job, backed up by a supporting cast of characters from within the same organization. In this case, the leads wereJames G. Richardson as Ranger Tim Cassidy andErnest Thompson as Ranger Matt Harper. The cast was rounded out by their boss, Chief Ranger Jack Moore (Jack Hogan ), and fellow rangers Julie Beck (Susan Foster ) and P. J. Lewis (Michael Warren ).Cancellation
The show was cancelled after only three months, one of the first casualties of the 1974-75 television season. It has been claimed this was because its "mountain theme" was too similar to that of "
The Waltons ," which was its direct competition onCBS . Unusually, the show's final outing was in fact a modified version of its previously-unaired pilot, "The Rangers". [ [http://www.tv.com/sierra/the-rangers/episode/321091/summary.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=episodessh&tag=episodes;title;0 "The Rangers" at tv.com.] ]External links
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