The Streets of San Francisco
| The Streets of San Francisco | |
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| Genre | Crime drama |
| Based on | Poor, Poor Ophelia by Carolyn Weston |
| Developed by | Edward Hume |
| Directed by | William Hale |
| Starring |
Karl Malden Michael Douglas Richard Hatch |
| Theme music composer | Patrick Williams (composer) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 121 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | QM Productions Warner Bros. Television |
| Distributor |
Worldvision Enterprises (?-1999) Paramount Domestic Television (1999-2006) CBS Paramount Domestic Television (2006-07) CBS Television Distribution (2007-present) |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 16, 1972 – June 9, 1977 |
The Streets of San Francisco is a 1970s television crime drama filmed on location in San Francisco, California, and produced by Quinn Martin Productions, with the first season produced in association with Warner Bros. Television (QM produced the show on its own for the remainder of its run).
It starred Karl Malden and Michael Douglas as two detectives in San Francisco. The show ran for five seasons, between 1972 and 1977 on ABC, amassing a total of 119 60-minute episodes.
The series started with a pilot movie of the same title (based on the detective novel Poor, Poor Ophelia by ) a week before the series debuted. Edward Hume, who wrote the teleplay for the pilot, was credited as having developed the series based on characters in Weston's novel. The pilot featured guest stars Robert Wagner, Tom Bosley and Kim Darby. Douglas left the series at the start of its final season and was replaced by Richard Hatch.
The Streets of San Francisco debuted on ABC on Saturday, September 16, 1972, at 9 p.m. Eastern, competing against two popular CBS sitcoms, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Bob Newhart Show. After Streets gained attention on Saturday nights during the first season, the show was moved to Thursday, where it stayed for the remainder of the run, beginning with the second season, competing against other successful 1970s crime dramas, in different timeslots.
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