Police Squad!

– Police Squad! is a television comedy series first broadcast in 1982, created by David Zucker, Jim Ab..

Type:
TVSeries
Rating:
8.40 / 10
Duration:
24 Minutes
Release Year:
1982
Police Squad! (1982)

Police Squad! is a television comedy series first broadcast in 1982, created by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker, and starring Leslie Nielsen. A spoof of police procedurals, the series featured Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker's usual sight gags, wordplay and non sequiturs. While a parody of many television shows and movies, it bore a particular resemblance to the Lee Marvin cop show, M Squad and the late 1960s series Felony Squad. Although cancelled after only six episodes, the show spawned the successful Naked Gun film series. TV Guide ranked it #7 on their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".

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Producing Country:
USA
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Editor's Pick for:

Police Squad! (1982) - Trailer

Release Date:

04 Mar 1982

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
TV-PG – Parental Guidance is recommended

This program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children. Programs rated TV-PG may contain some material that parents or guardians may find inappropriate for younger children. Programs assigned a TV-PG rating may include some inappropriate language, very little sexual content, suggestive dialogue, and/or moderate violence.

Writer:

Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker

Main Actors:

Leslie Nielsen, Alan North, Rex Hamilton, Ed Williams

Plot:

Marginally a "straight" police drama in the Jack Webb/Quinn Martin school, Police Squad occurs in a strange universe where everything is taken literally (when a name "rings a bell" we hear bells go off every time someone mentions it), non sequiturs occur (a mime tries to spell out a ransom note, and Officer Nordberg guesses "Theme From a Summer Place") and sight gags abound (while looking for a corpse, someone wants to know the time and the dead man's hand drops out of a tree).

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
8.4/10