The Mod Squad

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The Mod Squad is an American television crime drama series from the late 1960s and early 1970s that followed three young undercover cops working to infiltrate the counterculture.

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instanceOf American television series
crime drama television series
television series
basedOn a concept by Bud Ruskin inspired by real-life undercover cops
broadcastOn network television in prime time
characterRole Captain Adam Greer is a police captain who supervises the squad
Julie Barnes
surface form: Julie Barnes is a young runaway and former juvenile delinquent

Linc Hayes is a young Black man from the inner city
Pete Cochran is a young white rebel from a wealthy family
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Bud Ruskin
developer Aaron Spelling
Danny Thomas
endYear 1973
executiveProducer Aaron Spelling
firstAired 1968-09-24
follows three young undercover cops
format hour-long episodes
genre crime drama
police procedural
hasColorFormat color television
lastAired 1973-03-01
mainCharacter Captain Adam Greer
Julie Barnes
Linc Hayes
Pete Cochran
mediaType live-action television
network American Broadcasting Company
notableFor early depiction of an interracial team of leads on American television
portraying hip, youthful undercover cops
numberOfEpisodes 123
numberOfSeasons 5
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork ABC
originalRunPeriod early 1970s
late 1960s
portrayedBy Captain Adam Greer – Tige Andrews
Peggy Lipton
surface form: Julie Barnes – Peggy Lipton

Clarence Williams III
surface form: Linc Hayes – Clarence Williams III

Pete Cochran – Michael Cole
producer Aaron Spelling
productionCompany Spelling-Goldberg Productions
setting Los Angeles
spinOffOrRelatedWork The Mod Squad self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Mod Squad (1999 film adaptation)
startYear 1968
targetAudience general television audience
theme undercover police work in the counterculture
youth culture and generational conflict
timeSlot prime time

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this entity surface form: The Mod Squad theme
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this entity surface form: The Mod Squad (1999 film adaptation)
Aaron Spelling notableWork The Mod Squad
this entity surface form: Mod Squad
Michael Lerner actedIn The Mod Squad
this entity surface form: The Mod Squad (television series)
Todd Bridges participatedIn The Mod Squad
this entity surface form: The Return of Mod Squad
Clarence Williams III notableWork The Mod Squad
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Julie Barnes appearsIn The Mod Squad
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