Get Christie Love (ABC 1974-1975, Teresa Graves)

Crime drama series Get Christie Love told cases of a black female police detective (the Christie Love of the title) who worked undercover as part of the Special Investigations Division of the LAPD. The series is based in part on the real-life experiences of Olga Ford, a New York City Police Woman.

The sexy Christie was not averse to using her feminine wiles to get the bad guys but is tough too, more often than not goes her own way on a case much to the frustration of her partner Joe Caruso and their boss Arthur P. Ryan.

Christie and Joe would often hang out in Caruso’s Restaurant run by Joe’s dad Papa Luigi.

The pilot featured a slightly different cast and character line up with Andy Romano’s character called Sergeant Seymour Greenberg and their boss was Captain Casey Reardon (played by Harry Guardino)

classic quote
“you’re under arrest, Sugah.”

production details
USA / ABC – David Wolper / 1x90m-e 22x60m-e / 11 September 1974 – 18 July 1975 (The 90 minute pilot movie was broadcast 22 January 1974

cast
TERESA GRAVES as Christie Love
CHARLES CIOFFI as Lt. Matthew Reardon
JACK KELLY as Captain Arthur P. Ryan
DENNIS RUCKER as Lt. Steve Belmont
ANDY ROMANO as Lt. Joe Caruso
MICHAEL PATASKI as Officer Pete Gallagher
SCOTT PETERS as Detective Valencia
HENRY GUARDINO as Lt. Casey Reardon (pilot episode character for Matthew Reardon)

THE EPISODES
PILOT 22 January 1974
GET CHRISTIE LOVE (22 Jan 74)

SEASON ONE 11 September 1974 – 4 April 1975
1. MARKET FOR MURDER (11 Sep 74)
2. DEADLY BETRAYAL (18 Sep 74)
3. EMPEROR OF DEATH STREET (25 Sep 74)
4. PAWN TICKET FOR MURDER (2 Oct 74)
5. DEATH ON DELIVERY (9 Oct 74)
6. FOR THE FAMILY HONOR (23 Oct 74)
7. HIGHWAY TO MURDER (30 Oct 74)
8. FATAL IMAGE (6 Nov 74)
9. DOWNBEAT FOR A DEAD MAN (13 Nov 74)
10. BULLET FROM THE GRAVE (20 Nov 74)
11. DEADLY JUSTICE (4 Dec 74)
12. THE LONGEST FALL (11 Dec 74)
13. THE DEADLY SPORT (18 Dec 74)
14. TOO MANY GAMES IN TOWN (15 Jan 75)
15. OUR LADY IN LONDON (29 Jan 75)
16. MURDER ON HIGH C (5 Feb 75)
17. MY SON, THE MURDERER (12 Feb 75)
18. THE BIG REMATCH (19 Feb 75)
19. FROM PARIS WITH LOVE (5 Mar 75)
20. A HIGH FASHION HEIST (12 Mar 75)
21. A FEW EXCESS PEOPLE (26 Mar 75)
22. I’M YOUR NEW NEIGHBOR (4 Apr 75)