Future Cop (TV series)

Future Cop
Genre Science fiction
Created by Anthony Wilson
Allen S. Epstein
Starring
Composer(s) J.J. Johnson
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 8 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Anthony Wilson
Gary Damsker
Running time 60 minutes
Production company(s)
Distributor CBS Television Distribution
Release
Original network ABC
Original release March 5 (1977-03-05) – April 30, 1977 (1977-04-30)

Future Cop is an American crime drama television series which starred Ernest Borgnine and Michael Shannon. It was based on the TV movie of the same name and predated RoboCop by ten years. The series was aired on ABC in 1977 and was re-piloted as "Cops and Robin" on NBC in 1978. A veteran street cop gets an experimental android that has been programmed by the police lab for his new partner.

Cast

List of Future Cop episodes with airdates

  1. "Future Cop" (May 1, 1976)
  2. "Fighting O'Haven" (March 5, 1977)
  3. "The Mad Mad Bomber, Part I" (March 25, 1977)
  4. "The Mad Mad Bomber, Part II" (March 25, 1977)
  5. "Girl on the Ledge" (April 7, 1977)
  6. "The Carlisle Girl" (April 22, 1977)
  7. "The Kansas City Kid" (April 30, 1977)
  8. "Cops and Robin" (March 28, 1978)

Plagiarism lawsuit

Writers Harlan Ellison and Ben Bova filed a lawsuit against Paramount Television, ex-Paramount exec Terry Keegan, and ABC-TV, alleging that Future Cop was plagiarized from their own pitch for a TV series, which was based on their 1970 short story "Brillo." The lawsuit was settled in 1980, awarding Ellison and Bova $182,500 in compensatory damages and $154,500 in punitive damages. [1]

DVD release

On March 1, 2016, Mill Creek Entertainment released the complete series on DVD in Region 1 for the first time.[2]

See also

To date, there have been four other short-lived American TV series with identical premises:

References

  1. ↑ Plagiarism--the Sincerest Form of Flattery
  2. ↑ 'The Complete Series' of the Mid-'70s Show Pre-Dating 'RoboCop'
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