Police Squad! (1982)

Country of Origin: USA
Date(s) of Broadcast: 4 March - 8 April 1982
Number of Seasons: 1
Total Number of Episodes: 6
Average Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: colour
Ratio: 1.33:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

see individual episodes for credits

SUMMARY

Lt Frank Drebbin leads the very strange officers of Police Squad, a group of detectives who find themselves in the strangest cases imaginable.

EPISODES

A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise) (4 March 1982)
Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment) (11 March 1982)
The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand) (18 March 1982)
Revenge and Remorse (The Guilty Alibi) (25 March 1982)
Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the Neighborhood) (1 July 1982)
Testimony of Evil (Dead Men Don't Laugh) (8 July 1982)

AVAILABILITY

USA
Television Distributors: ABC
Laserdisc Distributors: Paramount (LV 60630-01); Paramount (LV 60630-02)

AWARDS

1982
Emmy Awards, USA
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Leslie Nielsen) - nominated
Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series (David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker) - nominated (for A Substantial Gift (The Broken Promise))

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Hei, me pamputetaan! - Finnish title
Die Nackte Pistole - West German title
Den nakna polisen - Swedish title

LINKS

SEQUELS
The Naked Gun (1988)
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991)
The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)

REFERENCES

BOOKS

Radio Times Guide to Comedy pp.545-546
credits, article

KEYWORDS

police

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009