Cop/Detective/Mystery Series

Howard Anderson Jr. on creating the opening titles for Dragnet

Howard Anderson Jr. on creating the opening titles for The Fugitive

Howard Anderson Jr. on creating the opening titles for I Spy

Howard Anderson Jr. on creating the opening titles for Mission: Impossible

Howard Anderson Jr. on creating the opening titles for Mod Squad

Howard Anderson Jr. on creating the opening titles for The Untouchables

Howard Anderson Jr. on creating the opening titles and special effects for Charlie's Angels

John Aniston on guest-starring on Kojak

Alan A. Armer on producing The Fugitive

Alan A. Armer on producing Cannon with Quinn Martin

Alan A. Armer on producing Lancer

James Arness on starring in McClain's Law

John Astin on directing CHiPs

Reza Badiyi on directing Hawaii Five-O

Reza Badiyi on directing Baretta; on the character "Tony Baretta"

George Barris on his work designing a car for a Dragnet episode

George Barris on designing cars for 77 Sunset Strip and on touring the car from the show

George Barris on making the "Batmobile" and various other vehicles for Batman

Earl Bellamy on directing Mike Hammer and The Lone Ranger

Earl Bellamy on directing M Squad

Earl Bellamy on directing The Mod Squad

Earl Bellamy on directing Clarence Williams III on The Mod Squad

Earl Bellamy on directing Starsky and Hutch

Earl Bellamy on directing Hart to Hart

Donald P. Bellisario on the creation of Magnum, P.I.

Donald P. Bellisario on specific episodes of Magnum, P.I.

Donald P. Bellisario on creating JAG

Harve Bennett on the genesis and influence of The Mod Squad

Harve Bennett on writing and producing The Mod Squad and its effect on popular culture 

Dick Berg on working on writing features for Universal and creating Johnny Staccato 

Dick Berg on being under contract to Universal and deciding the get into producing on the series Checkmate

Dick Berg on writing Suspicion, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and The Third Man

William Blinn on writing for and producing Aaron Spelling's series The Rookies

William Blinn on creating Starsky and Hutch

William Blinn on Starsky and Hutch

Steven Bochco on his early interest in portraying the private lives of cops

Steven Bochco on the casting of Hill Street Blues

Steven Bochco on the pilot of Hill Street Blues and how it ultimately defined the series in terms of violence and consequence

Steven Bochco on L.A. Law

Steven Bochco on the elements that defined NYPD Blue

Steven Bochco on Cop Rock

Steven Bochco on creating NYPD Blue

Tom Bosley on appearing in Murder, She Wrote

Tom Bosley on Murder, She Wrote

Tom Bosley on Father Dowling Mysteries

Robert Butler on directing black and white and color episodes of The Fugitive; on directing The Fugitive episode "Corner of Hell"

Robert Butler on directing several episodes of The Twilight Zone

Robert Butler on directing Columbo  

Robert Butler on directing and creating the trademark style elements of Hill Street Blues

Robert Butler on working with the cast of Hill Street Blues; on why he stayed as a regular director on Hill Street Blues

Robert Butler on directing the pilot of Moonlighting

Stephen J. Cannell on writing for Adam-12

Stephen J. Cannell on creating The Rockford Files

Stephen J. Cannell on writing for Toma

Stephen J. Cannell on The Rockford Files

Stephen J. Cannell on The Rockford Files

Stephen J. Cannell on creating Richie Brockelman, Private Eye with Steven Bochco

Stephen J. Cannell on creating Baretta

Stephen J. Cannell on creating Baa-Baa Black Sheep

Stephen J. Cannell on creating and producing Hunter

Stephen J. Cannell on the genesis of 21 Jump Street and working with a newly created Fox network

Stephen J. Cannell on the creation of Hardcastle and McCormick starring Brian Keith and Daniel Hugh Kelly

Stephen J. Cannell on creating and producing Wiseguy starring Ken Wahl

Stephen J. Cannell on creating and producing The Commish

Reuben Cannon on casting Moonlighting

Reuben Cannon on casting for Ironside, Emergency!, The Rockford Files, Baretta  and Sanford and Son

Reuben Cannon on casting for Ironside, Emergency!, The Rockford Files, Baretta  and Sanford and Son

Reuben Cannon on casting for Ironside, Emergency!, The Rockford Files, Baretta  and Sanford and Son

Glenn Gordon Caronon creating Moonlighting and casting the leads

Glenn Gordon Caron on the premise, pilot, and music of Moonlighting

Glenn Gordon Caron on recurring gags, the writers' room and production problems on Moonlighting

Glenn Gordon Caron on memorable episodes of Moonlighting, leaving day-to-day operations, and the legacy of Moonlighting

Thomas Carter on directing Hill Street Blues

Thomas Carter on directing Miami Vice  (Part 1)

Thomas Carter on directing Miami Vice (Part 2)

Michael Chiklis on starring in The Commish at the age of 27; on his character "Tony Scali" and the show's production schedule

Michael Chiklis on the challenges of playing "Detective Vic Mackey" on The Shield; on the look and tone of the show; on the finale

Michael Chiklis on auditioning for and playing "Detective Mackey" on The Shield

Alf Clausen on scoring Moonlighting  (Part 1)

Alf Clausen on composing the score and recording the music for Moonlighting (Part 2)

Robert Conrad on auditioning for and shooting Hawaiian Eye

Jeanne Cooper on working on suspense and detective series

Jeanne Cooper on working on L.A. Law with her son Corbin Bernsen

Barbara Corday on pitching Cagney & Lacey in 1974 and on being involved in the women's movement at the time

Barbara Corday on Cagney & Lacey

Barbara Corday on creating Cagney and Lacey

Richard Crenna on directing The Rockford Files, starring James Garner and guest-starring Rita Moreno

Judy Crown on being the hair stylist for Moonlighting

Judy Crown on styling hair for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and CSI: NY

Jane Curtin on playing "Joanne Webster" in the series Unforgettable  

William Daniels on appearing on McCloud and on being cast as the voice of "KITT" on Knight Rider

Ossie Davis on appearing on The Fugitive

Ossie Davis on appearing in three episodes of Run for your Life

Thomas Del Ruth on becoming director of photography for Mrs. Columbo

Thomas Del Ruth on acting as director of photography for JAG

Thomas Del Ruth on being director of photography for Simon & Simon

Richard Donner on directing Kojak

David Dortort on being President of the Writers Guild of America, producing The Restless Gun, and on his career as a novelist

Charles S. Dubin on directing Medical Center, and on directing Ironside, starring Raymond Burr

Charles S. Dubin on directing Hawaii Five-O, starring Jack Lord

Charles S. Dubin on directing Kojak, starring Telly Savalas

Hector Elizondo on appearing on Kojak

Hector Elizondo on appearing on Columbo

Hector Elizondo on appearing on The Rockford Files with James Garner

Hector Elizondo on guest-starring on Monk

Ruth Engelhardt on packaging The Mod Squad produced by Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas

George Faber on doing publicity for Cannon starring William Conrad

Nanette Fabray on her guest appearance on Murder, She Wrote

Edie Falco on appearing on Homicide: Life on the Street

Edie Falco on appearing on Law & Order

Norman Felton on executive producing The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Mike Fenton on casting Vega$ with Robert Urich 

Gerald Perry Finnerman on his more "gritty" work on Kojak

Gerald Perry Finnerman on shooting Moonlighting

Dorothy Fontana on becoming secretary for Del Reisman and Gene Roddenberry on The Lieutenant; and her early involvement in the Writers Guild

Dorothy Fontana on writing for The Streets of San Francisco

Tom Fontana on writing and producing Homicide: Life on the Street

Tom Fontana on writing and producing Homicide: Life on the Street (Part 2)

John Forsythe on providing the voice of "Charlie" on Charlie's Angels

Eddie Foy III on casting Charlie's Angels

Eddie Foy III on casting Hill Street Blues

Dennis Franz on bringing authenticity to his role on N.Y.P.D. Blue

Dennis Franz on working on Hill Street Blues

Dennis Franz on working on Hill Street Blues

Dennis Franz on working on NYPD Blue

Dennis Franz on working on NYPD Blue

Dennis Franz on working on NYPD Blue

Ron Friedman on writing for Starsky and Hutch

Chuck Fries on Ziv Productions producing Highway Patrol starring Broderick Crawford

Arthur Gardner on producing The Detective s starring Robert Taylor

James Garner on playing "Jim Rockford" on The Rockford Files

David Gerber on going to work for Columbia Pictures Television and producing Police Story

David Gerber on producing Police Story

David Gerber on producing Police Woman

David Gerber on producing Joe Forrester 

David Gerber on producing David Cassidy: Man Undercover

David Gerber on shepherding In the Heat of the Night  starring Carroll O'Connor

David Gerber on shepherding In the Heat of the Night

Herschel Burke Gilbert on supervising the music for The Detectives

Sandra Gimpel on her first job as second unit director (along with stunt coordinator), on Mrs. Columbo

Paul Michael Glaser on playing "Dave Starsky" on Starsky and Hutch  (Part 1)

Paul Michael Glaser on playing "Dave Starsky" on Starsky and Hutch (Part 2)

Lesli Linka Glatter on directing NYPD Blue

Sharon Gless on the lead-up to getting Cagney & Lacey; on meeting future husband Barney Rosenzweig

Sharon Gless on fine-tuning the character of "Christine Cagney" on Cagney & Lacey

Sharon Gless on creating a realistic cop show, and on Tyne Daly and Gless being honored by the New York Police Department for Cagney & Lacey

Leonard Goldberg on producing Starsky and Hutch

Leonard Goldberg on the creation of Charlie's Angels, originally titled "The Alley Cats" 

Leonard Goldberg on the final Spelling-Goldberg production, T.J. Hooker

Jerry Goldsmith on composing the theme and incidental music for The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Jerry Goldsmith on composing for Jericho and being nominated for Emmy Awards for composing for Thriller  and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Jerry Goldsmith on composing the theme for The Waltons, Barnaby Jones, Police Story, and Hawkins

Louis Gossett, Jr. on early television appearances on shows like The Nurses and East Side/West Side

Walon Green on writing for Hill Street Blues

Walon Green on how working on police and legal shows impacted his view of law enforcement, and on working with former policeman Bill Clark on many shows

Walon Green on writing for Law & Order

Walon Green on writing for NYPD Blue

Walon Green on showrunning the 2003 revival of Dragnet for Dick Wolf

Walon Green on writing for Law & Order: Criminal Intent which was airing on the USA cable network

Earl Hamner on writing spec scripts for The  Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Dean Hargrove on writing for It Takes a Thief

Dean Hargrove on writing for the NBC Mystery Movie wheel series for Columbo and McCloud

Dean Hargrove on the older demographics of mystery series

Dean Hargrove on writing and producing McCloud

Dean Hargrove on writing and producing McCoy

Dean Hargrove on executive producing several Perry Mason movies

Albert Heschong on art directing for The Wild Wild West and Hawaii Five-O

Arthur Hiller on directing Perry Mason and working with Raymond Burr

Arthur Hiller on directing The Third Man

Arthur Hiller on directing The Detectives with Robert Taylor and Adam West

Arthur Hiller on directing Route 66 and Naked City

Arthur Hiller on Route 66, Naked City, and Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse

Leslie Hoffman on doing stunt work for Police Story

Leslie Hoffman on a stunt she performed on Columbo  involving a spiral staircase

Leslie Hoffman on performing stunts for The Hardy Boys Mysteries

Leslie Hoffman on doing stunts for Charlie's Angels

Leslie Hoffman on doing stunts for CHiPs

Leslie Hoffman on doing stunts for Remington Steele

Monica Horan on her first TV role on L.A. Law

Roy Huggins on creating 77 Sunset Strip

Roy Huggins on creating 77 Sunset Strip

Roy Huggins on creating The Fugitive 

Roy Huggins on writing Baretta

Roy Huggins on co-creating The Rockford Files  with Stephen J. Cannell

Kim Hunter on working with Peter Falk on Columbo

Kim Hunter on guest starring on Murder, She Wrote

Herb Jellinek on Moonlighting, starring Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis

Geri Jewell on writing a treatment for 21 Jump Street and appearing on the episode

Charles Floyd Johnson on producing The Rockford Files

Charles Floyd Johnson on producing Magnum, P.I.

Charles Floyd Johnson on producing B.L. Stryker

Julie Ann Johnson on doing stunt work on McMillan & Wife for Susan Saint James

Julie Ann Johnson on being injured on the set of Mannix, and on what happens when a stunt person is injured on set

Julie Ann Johnson on doing stunt work on Charlie's Angels

Lamont Johnson on directing several episodes of Have Gun - Will Travel and Naked City

Lamont Johnson on directing Peter Gunn, and on working with show creator Blake Edwards

Elodie Keene on the formula for editing shows like Hart to Hart

Elodie Keene on directing episodes of NYPD Blue

Elodie Keene on directing The Closer with Kyra Sedgwick, and on the positive impact it has had for women on television

Elodie Keene on directing The Wire for show creator David Simon

Ernest Kinoy on writing for Naked City

Bernie Kopell on guest-starring on Hawaii Five-O

Rita Lakin on being story editor for The Mod Squad

Rita Lakin on creating The Rookies with producer Aaron Spelling

Angela Lansbury on Murder, She Wrote

Angela Lansbury on Murder, She Wrote

Glen A. Larson on writing for McCloud

Glen A. Larson on creating Magnum, P.I.

Barry Levinson on Shades of Blue

Richard Lewis on producing the pilot Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

Richard Lewis on producing M Squad

Richard Lewis on the deals that get made between networks and studios and on producing the series Checkmate

Judith Light on playing the recurring character "Elizabeth Donnelly" on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

William Link on writing for Honey West

William Link on writing for Jericho

William Link on the genesis and production of Mannix

William Link on the genesis and production of Mannix

William Link on the influence of mystery novels on the creation of Columbo

William Link on writing for Michael Shayne

William Link on creating and writing Columbo

William Link on the impact Columbo has had on real-life police work and on the legacy of the show

William Link on writing the pilot of McCloud

William Link on the creation of Murder, She Wrote and originally considering Jean Stapleton for the lead role

William Link on producing The Cosby Mysteries

Stewart MacGregory on being stage coordinator for Americana and Barney Blake, Police Reporter

Stewart MacGregory on acting as stage coordinator for Armstrong Circle Theatre and Martin Kane, Private Eye

Will Mackenzie on directing Moonlighting

Will Mackenzie on directing the Moonlighting episode "Atomic Shakespeare"

Gavin MacLeod on being cast by Blake Edwards for a guest-starring role on Peter Gunn

Gavin MacLeod on guest-starring on The Untouchables with Robert Stack

Gavin MacLeod on guest-starring on Hawaii Five-O

William H. Macy on appearing on the pilot of Law & Order, and the shooting style of the show

Abby Mann on writing the made-for-television movie The Marcus Nelson Murders, which was the pilot movie for Kojak

Abby Mann on creating Skag

Bob Markell on working on the show Danger

Bob Markell on working on Danger

Bob Markell on the comparison between Perry Mason and The Defenders

Bob Markell on working on the pilot for Hawk

Bob Markell on working on N.Y.P.D.

Leslie H. Martinson on directing Bourbon Street Beat

Leslie H. Martinson on directing 77 Sunset Strip

Leslie H. Martinson on directing Hawaiian Eye

Leslie H. Martinson on the declining years of Warner Bros. and directing The Roaring 20's

Leslie H. Martinson on directing Mannix

Leslie H. Martinson on directing Cannon

Leslie H. Martinson on directing CHiPs

Leslie H. Martinson on directing Ironside

Kent McCray on associate producing Philip Marlowe starring Phil Carey

Barry McNulty on doing cue cards for Jack Webb on Dragnet and other shows

David Milch on writing for Hill Street Blues

David Milch on co-creating and writing NYPD Blue (Part 1)

David Milch on co-creating and writing NYPD Blue (Part 2)

JP Miller on his family life in New York City, and his first television job writing Man Against Crime

Nolan Miller on working on Honey West starring Anne Francis

Nolan Miller on working on The Mod Squad

Nolan Miller on costuming Starsky and Hutch

Nolan Miller on costuming for Charlie's Angels

Nolan Miller on costume designing for Charlie's Angels

Nolan Miller on costume designing for Vega$ starring Robert Urich

Paul Monash on writing Foreign Intrigue, his first writing job for television

Paul Monash on writing for Desilu, and on writing "The Scarface Mob," the pilot for The Untouchables

Paul Monash on writing "The Scarface Mob," the pilot for The Untouchables

Paul Monash on writing Cain's Hundred

Thomas W. Moore on programming and developing 77 Sunset Strip

Thomas W. Moore on programming and developing The Untouchables, Adventures in Paradise, and The FBI

Thomas W. Moore on programming and developing Batman

Rita Moreno on appearing in The New Adventures of China Smith

Rita Moreno on appearing in the Playhouse 90 production of "Alas Babylon" and on working with Burt Reynolds on B.L. Stryker

Rita Moreno on her Emmy-winning guest appearances as "Rita Capkovic" on The Rockford Files

Rita Moreno on guest-starring on Miami Vice, and on starring in 9 to 5 and dealing with network notes

Pat Morita on starring in Ohara

Pat Morita on appearing in The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo

Garrett Morris on his dramatic work including appearances on ER and Hill Street Blues and Hunter

Diana Muldaur on being Arnold Schwarzenegger's first kiss on television on The Streets of San Francisco

Diana Muldaur on working on McCloud

Diana Muldaur on appearing in the pilot of Charlie's Angels

Anne Nelson on Hawaii Five-O

Alan Neuman on directing Mary Kay and Johnny and Lights Out

Horace Newcomb on how Hill Street Blues changed the television industry

Horace Newcomb on Magnum, P.I.'s cumulative narrative

Nichelle Nichols on appearing on The Lieutenant, produced by Gene Roddenberry

Edward James Olmos on being cast as "Martin Castillo" on Miami Vice

Edward James Olmos on playing "Martin Castillo" on Miami Vice

Daniel Petrie, Sr. on directing Ironside

Daniel Petrie, Sr. on directing McMillan & Wife

Pam Polifroni on casting Hawaii Five-O

Joyce Randolph on appearing on Martin Kane, Private Eye

Rob Reiner on guest-starring on Batman, and on playing a number of hippies

Del Reisman on producing The Untouchables

Del Reisman on Robert Stack as "Elliott Ness" on The Untouchables, and on the violence of the show

Del Reisman on working on The Lieutenant, and on producer Gene Roddenberry

Del Reisman on doing freelance writing in the 1970s for shows like The Streets of San Francisco, Cannon, Banacek, Little House on the Prairie, Lou Grant, and Cagney & Lacey

Ted Rich on editing McMillian & Wife

Ted Rich on editing Hill Street Blues and the new editing style it brought about

Rita Riggs on costuming V.I.P.

Doris Roberts on Remington Steele

Meta Rosenberg on developing the series Ironside

Meta Rosenberg on developing and executive producing The Rockford Files

Meta Rosenberg on executive producing The Rockford Files

Barney Rosenzweig on the idea for and several cast changes for Cagney & Lacey

Barney Rosenzweig on what Cagney & Lacey was about at its core and social issues addressed on the show

Barney Rosenzweig on the cast and the legacy of Cagney & Lacey and what it did for the portrayal of women on television, and on how it changed television

Stanley Ralph Ross on writing Columbo

Stanley Ralph Ross on writing for and appearing on Banacek

Stanley Ralph Ross on writing for a The Mod Squad episode guest-starring Louis Gossett, Jr.

Alfred Schneider on regulating portrayals of violence in Roots versus S.W.A.T. and The Six Million Dollar Man

Alfred Schneider on how the Italian-American reaction to The Untouchables led to ABC agreeing to not use the term "mafia"

Lloyd Schwartz on writing episodes of Alice, Baywatch, and The A-Team

William Self on assistant producing and assistant directing China Smith

William Self on developing Batman

William Self on developing The Green Hornet

Ralph Senensky on directing four episodes of The Fugitive starring David Janssen and the success of the series

William Shatner on starring in T.J. Hooker

Sid Sheinberg on MCA's syndication and television business in the '80s and the series Law & Order

James Sheldon on directing one episode of Cagney & Lacey

James Sheldon on why he enjoyed directing Route 66 and Naked City

James Sheldon on trying to connect with Rock Hudson over James Dean on the set of MacMillan and Wife

David Shore on writing for NYPD Blue

Howard Smit on doing makeup for the first 13 episodes of Dragnet

Howard Smit on doing makeup for Mod Squad

Mark Snow on The Rookies being the first show he worked on and getting the job through his then-brother-in-law, Georg Stanford Brown

Mark Snow on writing the theme song for the third season of Starsky and Hutch

Mark Snow on writing the theme song for Hart to Hart

Mark Snow on composing for Hart to Hart

Mark Snow on composing for Blue Bloods

Herbert F. Solow on the legacy of Desilu's productions, including Mission: Impossible and The Untouchables

Aaron Spelling on Charlie's Angels

Lynn Stalmaster on casting the Desilu series The Untouchables starring Robert Stack

Lynn Stalmaster on casting Quinn Martin's The New Breed

Lynn Stalmaster on casting William Shatner on T.J Hooker

Ben Starr on writing the pilot for Perry Mason

Fred Steiner on scoring several episodes of Hawaii Five-O

Brandon Stoddard on developing Moonlighting

Nina Tassler on buying CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as an executive at CBS

Nina Tassler on the then-upcoming end of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Nina Tassler on the development of CSI: Cyber

Daniel J. Travanti on playing "Captain Frank Furillo" on Hill Street Blues

Daniel J. Travanti on the casting process of Hill Street Blues

Daniel J. Travanti on starring on Hill Street Blues

Daniel J. Travanti on playing "Captain Frank Furillo" on Hill Street Blues

Daniel J. Travanti on starring in the series Missing Persons

Dennis Weaver on being a semi-regular on Dragnet with Jack Webb

Dennis Weaver on being cast in McCloud and the concept of the series

Dennis Weaver on starring in the short-lived series Stone

Dennis Weaver on starring in Emerald Point, NAS

Lou Weiss on Richard Diamond, Private Detective 

John Wells on executive producing Southland

Adam West on appearing on Lawman

Adam West on appearing on 77 Sunset Strip and Hawaiian Eye

Adam West on having a recurring part on The Detectives with Robert Taylor

Adam West on starring in Batman

Adam West on starring in Batman

Adam West on starring on Batman

Joseph M. Wilcots on working on The FBI

Dick Wolf on writing for Hill Street Blues

Dick Wolf on producing Miami Vice

Dick Wolf on producing Christine Cromwell

Dick Wolf on the creation and production of Law & Order

Dick Wolf on creating and producing Law & Order

Dick Wolf on the appeal of police and medical dramas

Dick Wolf on producing Crime & Punishment

Dick Wolf on producing New York Undercover  and the salary dispute he had with actors

Dick Wolf on creating and producing Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Dick Wolf on producing Arrest and Trial, his first syndicated show

Dick Wolf on Law & Order: Criminal Intent and its parallels to Sherlock Holmes

Dick Wolf on producing the 2003-2004 series Dragnet

Alan Young on guest starring on the Hart to Hart reunion movie

Frederic Ziv on producing Highway Patrol starring Broderick Crawford; on problems with Broderick Crawford