Police Woman is an American television police drama starring Angie Dickinson that ran from September 13, 1974 to March 29, 1978 on NBC.
The show revolved around Sgt. Leann "Pepper" Anderson (Angie Dickinson), an undercover agent working for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the LAPD. Sergeant William "Bill" Crowley (Earl Holliman) was her immediate superior, and Pete Royster (Charles Dierkop) and Joe Styles (Ed Bernard) were the other half of the u...
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Police Woman is an American television police drama starring Angie Dickinson that ran from September 13, 1974 to March 29, 1978 on NBC.
The show revolved around Sgt. Leann "Pepper" Anderson (Angie Dickinson), an undercover agent working for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the LAPD. Sergeant William "Bill" Crowley (Earl Holliman) was her immediate superior, and Pete Royster (Charles Dierkop) and Joe Styles (Ed Bernard) were the other half of the undercover team that investigated everything from murders to rape and drug crimes. In many episodes, Pepper went undercover (as a prostitute, teacher, nurse, dancer, waitress, etc.) in order to get close enough to the suspects to gain valuable information that would lead to their arrest.
As the first spin-off of the Police Story (1973-1978) anthology series, Police Woman was so successful in its first season in particular, that during that first Spring and Summer rerun season, the show hit Number One on the ratings charts. Its success paved the...
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