From Wikipedia:

    The Mod Squad is a television series that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968 until August 23, 1973. This series starred Michael Cole, Peggy Lipton, Clarence Williams III and Tige Andrews. The executive producers of the series were Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas.

    Plot

    The Mod Squad was a police drama that featured three young, hip crime fighters. One White, One Black, One Blonde, was the promotional hype-line. The casting was intended to appeal to a youthful, counterculture audience. The basic premise was that the youthful investigators were offered work fighting crime as an alternative to being incarcerated themselves. The show's primary gimmick centered on the three cops using their youthful, hippie personas as a guise to get close to the criminals they investigated. The show was moderately popular during its initial run of five seasons and 123 episodes. Tige Andrews (Captain Adam Greer), Michael Cole (Pete Cochran), Peggy Lipton (Julie Barnes), and Clarence Williams III (Linc Hayes) starred. The show portrayed a multicultural society and dealt with issues of racial politics, drug culture, and counterculture.

    The show was loosely based on Bud Ruskin's experiences in the late 1950s as a squad leader for undercover narcotics cops, though it took almost 10 years after he wrote a script for the idea to be given the greenlight by ABC television studios.

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    Harve Bennett on the elements that made The Mod Squad a groundbreaking show

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    Rita Lakin on being story editor for The Mod Squad, and on her duties on that show

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    Aaron Spelling on executive producing The Mod Squad

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

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    Earl Hagen on creating the theme song for The Mod Squad

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

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    Howard Anderson, Jr.

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

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    Larry Auerbach

    Larry Auerbach on his business relationship with Aaron Spelling

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    Earl Bellamy

    Earl Bellamy on directing The Mod Squad

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    Earl Bellamy on directing Clarence Williams III on The Mod Squad

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    Harve Bennett

    Harve Bennett on the genesis of The Mod Squad

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    Harve Bennett on the elements that made The Mod Squad a groundbreaking show

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    Harve Bennett on working with Aaron Spelling on The Mod Squad

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    Harve Bennett on the cast of The Mod Squad

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    Harve Bennett on writing The Mod Squad

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    Harve Bennett on The Mod Squad's effect on popular culture

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    Ruth Engelhardt

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

    03:29

    Leonard Goldberg

    Leonard Goldberg on his working relationship with Aaron Spelling on The Mod Squad

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    Leonard H. Goldenson

    Leonard H. Goldenson on the success of Aaron Spelling's Mod Squad

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    Earle Hagen

    Earl Hagen on creating the theme song for The Mod Squad

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    Earl Hagen on pressure to score The Mod Squad with a more rock and roll sound

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    Earl Hagen on using different types of beats for different scenes on The Mod Squad and on the band he used for the show

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    Rita Lakin

    Rita Lakin on being story editor for The Mod Squad, and on her duties on that show

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    Rita Lakin on learning about production while working on The Mod Squad

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    Nolan Miller

    Nolan Miller on working on The Mod Squad

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    Della Reese

    Della Reese on guest-starring on The Mod Squad, and on making the transition from singing to acting

    02:53

    Stanley Ralph Ross

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

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    Howard Smit

    Howard Smit on doing makeup for The Mod Squad

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    Howard Smit on the cast of The Mod Squad, including Peggy Lipton

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    Howard Smit on working with Sammy Davis, Jr. as a guest star on The Mod Squad

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    Howard Smit on going on location with The Mod Squad, and on the end of the show

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    Aaron Spelling

    Aaron Spelling on executive producing The Mod Squad

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