240-Robert (ABC Action Adventure, Mark Harmon, Joanna Cassidy)

The short-lived “240-Robert” presented the exploits of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office “Emergency Services Detail.”

The ESD were two deputies (John Bennett Perry and a young Mark Harmon) in a specially equipped four-wheel drive Ford Bronco and another deputy (Joanna Cassidy) in a helicopter.

They usually encountered two or three rescue-type situations during an episode, much like “CHiPs” or “Emergency!“. The title “240-Robert“, by the way, was the call sign/unit designation for the Ford Bronco (240-Robert-2) and the helicopter (240-Robert-Air).

Cast: Joanna Cassidy (Deputy Morgan Wainwright), John Bennett Perry (Deputy Theodore Roosevelt Applegate III or “Trap”), Mark Harmon (Deputy Dwayne Thibideaux or “Thib”), Stephen W. Burns (Deputy Brett Cueva), Taylor Lacher (Captain Berman), Thomas Babson (Deputy Terry Caster), Jeffrey Bannister (Deputy Price), Steven Ford (Deputy Burgess), Margie Foster (Dispatcher, Kam Francis), Jeff Galucci (Deputy DeVito), Pamela Hensley (Deputy Sandy Harper), Brant van Hoffman (Deputy Bottendott), Rene Levant (Deputy Hamilton), Tori Lysdahl (Deputy Michelle), Joe Al Nicassio (Deputy Gary Roverino), Peter J. Pitchess (Sheriff), Andrew Robinson (Wilson), Lew Saunders (Deputy C.B. Harris), Steve Tannen (Deputy Frank Kestenbaum), MichaeToland (Deputy “Phone Number” Fedderson), Jay Varela (Lieutenant Vetter), Mac Wilkins (Deputy “Big Bird”)

Creator and Executive Producer: Rick Rosner

USA / ABC / x50 minute episodes / Broadcast September 1979 – March 1981