Police Squad!

Police Squad! is a television comedy series first broadcast in 1982. It was a spoof of police dramas, packed with visual gags 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 (especially the opening credits), which the creators stated in a featurette for The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear. Police Squad! was created by the comedy filmmaking trio Zucker, ... more

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Air date of first episode:

  • Mar 4, 1982

Air date of final episode:

  • Jul 8, 1982

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Number of episodes:

  • 6

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Program creator

Jim Abrahams

Jim Abrahams (born 10 May 1944) is an American movie director and writer. Abrahams was born in Shorewood, Wisconsin, and attended Shorewood High School there....

Jerry Zucker

Jerry Zucker (born March 11, 1950) is an American movie director known for his role in directing comedy spoof films, and the hit film Ghost. Zucker was born in...

David Zucker

David Zucker (born October 16, 1947) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Zucker was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Charlotte and...

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