Code R (TV series)

Code R (TV series)
Code R
Code R.jpg
Code R main title screen
Format Action/Adventure
Starring James Houghton
Martin Kove
Tom Simcox
Joan Freeman
Susanne Reed
Ben Davidson
Robbie Rundle
W. T. Zacha
Country of origin  United States
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 13
Production
Producer(s) Edwin Self
Running time 1 hour
Production company(s) Warner Bros.
Broadcast
Original channel CBS
Original run January 21, 1977 – June 10, 1977

Code R is an American action-adventure television series that aired on CBS from January 21 to June 10, 1977. It focuses on the emergency services (police, fire, and ocean rescue) of the California Channel Islands. The series stars James Houghton, Martin Kove and Tom Simcox and ran for a single season of thirteen episodes.

Simcox was cast as Walt Robinson, the island police chief. Joan Freeman played his wife, Barbara, and Robbie Rundle appeared as their young son, Bobby. Former professional footballer Ben Davidson played Walt's police deputy, Ted Milbank. Houghton was cast as Rick Wilson, chief of the island's fire services, and Kove was George Baker, the chief of beaches and ocean rescue. As all of the Island's Emergency Services were based in the same building, Susanne Reed played Suzy, their dispatch operator. WT Zacha played Harry, the owner and bartender of the Lighthouse Bar where the rescue teams often went whilst off-duty.

Code R was a midseason replacement for another, equally short-lived action-adventure series, Spencer's Pilots. In his book Total Television, television historian Alex McNeil wrote that Code R was "an unimaginative imitation of NBC's Emergency!", another midseason offering that began in January 1972. McNeil also noted that the "8 p.m. Eastern Time slot" was the weakest on the entire schedule in the 1976-1977 season for CBS.[1]

Code R's competition was The Donny and Marie Show on ABC and two situation comedies on NBC, Sanford and Son and Chico and the Man.[2] Due to low ratings, the show was cancelled after only thirteen episodes.

The program was produced by Edwin Self for Warner Brothers. Despite being short-lived, Code R was screened in various countries around the world and was shown by ITV in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s in a late afternoon slot.

Two years after Code R, Houghton was cast as Kenny Ward in CBS's long-running prime-time drama, Knots Landing.[3] Kove was later cast as Detective Victor Isbecki in CBS's Cagney and Lacey.[4]

References

  1. ^ Alex McNeil, Total Television, New York: Penquin Books, 1996, 4th ed., p. 169, 779
  2. ^ 1976-1977 American network television schedule; appendix of Total Television
  3. ^ "James Houghton". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0396451/. Retrieved December 24, 2008. 
  4. ^ "Martin Kove". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0468379/. Retrieved December 24, 2008. 



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