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Switch (TV series)

Switch
Eddie Albert Robert Wagner Switch 1975.JPG
Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner, 1975.
Created by Glen A. Larson
Starring Eddie Albert
Robert Wagner
Charlie Callas
Sharon Gless
William Bryant
James Hong
Mindi Miller
Theme music composer Glen A. Larson
Composer(s) Stu Phillips
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 70 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Glen A. Larson
Jon Epstein
Matthew Rapf
Running time 60 minutes
Production company(s) Glen Larson Productions
Universal Television
Release
Original network CBS
Original release September 9, 1975 (1975-09-09) – August 20, 1978 (1978-08-20)

Switch is an American action-adventure detective series starring Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner. It was broadcast on the CBS network for three seasons between September 9, 1975 and August 20, 1978, bumping the Hawaii Five-O detective series to Friday nights.

Switch was inspired by the 1973 movie The Sting and was similar to The Rockford Files, which had debuted a year earlier. It was created by Glen A. Larson; in his memoir, The Garner Files, Rockford Files star James Garner accuses Larson of essentially rewriting Rockford scripts without authorization for use on this show. Donald P. Bellisario was also one of the writers.

The series focused on two main characters, Frank MacBride (Eddie Albert) and Pete Ryan (Robert Wagner). MacBride was a retired bunco cop who once arrested Ryan, a con man. After Ryan's release from prison, the two men opened a detective agency in Los Angeles. Their speciality involves the use of confidence tricks to trap criminals into revealing evidence of their guilt. Assisting them is another reformed con man, restaurant owner Malcolm Argos (Charlie Callas), and Maggie Philbin (Sharon Gless), Mac and Pete's naive-but-competent receptionist and assistant.

The series pilot for CBS aired on March 21, 1975, as a 90-minute made-for-television movie. During the second season, the series became more serious in tone and more of a traditional crime drama. William Bryant joined the cast as Lt. Shilton in season two, and Mindi Miller and James Hong joined the cast in season three. In the third season, Pete moves into an apartment above Malcolm's bar.


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