Search (TV series)
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Search title screen
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| Genre | Science fiction |
| Created by | Leslie Stevens |
| Starring |
Hugh O'Brian Tony Franciosa Doug McClure Burgess Meredith Angel Tompkins Byron Chung Albert Popwell Ginny Golden |
| Theme music composer | Dominic Frontiere |
| Composer(s) | Dominic Frontiere |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 23 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Leslie Stevens |
| Producer(s) | John Strong Robert H. Justman Anthony Spinner |
| Cinematography | John M. Stephens |
| Editor(s) | Nick Archer Joseph Dervin |
| Running time | 45 minutes approx. |
| Production company(s) | Leslie Stevens Productions Warner Bros. Television |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | September 13, 1972 – August 29, 1973 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Probe |
Search is an American science fiction series that aired on Wednesday nights on NBC at 10 pm ET, from September 1972 to August 1973. It ran for 23 episodes, not including the two-hour pilot film originally titled Probe. When picked up for series production, the title had to be changed because Probe was the name of an existing PBS series. In the UK the series aired on BBC 1 under the title Search Control.
The show was created by Leslie Stevens, and produced by Stevens, Robert Justman, John Strong and Anthony Spinner. The high concept was described as "science fiction in today's world" and the episodes featured many high-tech elements which are now considered common in current science fiction shows.
The series was broadcast on Spanish television with the title Investigacion (Investigation).
The series centers on World Securities Corporation, a high-tech international private investigation company that employs field operatives—the elite of whom are aided by implanted audio receivers and who carry Scanners, tiny video camera/telemetry units which can be attached to tie clips or other jewelry. The most common method is to wear the Scanner on a ring, enabling it to be discreetly aimed.
Each episode features one of three primary agents on a particular investigation, which often have political or organized crime elements.
Search was featured in the November 1972 edition of TV Guide, with an illustration of the three actors playing the show's "Probes" on the cover.
Probe agents reported to V.C.R. Cameron (Burgess Meredith), the "director" of the investigations, who ran Probe Control, a center reminiscent of the NASA Mission Control Center. "Cam" was the leader of the expert team who monitored and provided the agent with intelligence.
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