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Created by
  
Rick Rosner

Final episode date
  
21 March 1981

Program creator
  
Rick Rosner

7.3/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

First episode date
  
28 August 1979

Number of seasons
  
2

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Written by
  
Charlene Bralver Lew Hunter Simon Muntner James Schmerer Anthony Yerkovich

Directed by
  
Richard Benedict Phil Bondelli John Florea Bruce Kessler Sigmund Neufeld, Jr. Christian I. Nyby II Sutton Roley Ric Rondell

Starring
  
John Bennett Perry Mark Harmon Joanna Cassidy Stephan Burns Pamela Hensley

Theme music composer
  
Pete Carpenter Mike Post

Network
  
American Broadcasting Company

Cast
  
Mark Harmon, Joanna Cassidy, John Bennett Perry, Stephen W Burns, Taylor Lacher

Similar
  
Chicago Hope, Charlie Grace, Flamingo Road, Prince of Bel Air, Chopper One

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240-Robert is an American drama series that ran on ABC from 1979 to 1981. The series title is a reference to the call-sign designation for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's search and rescue/paramedic teams.

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Synopsis

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The series chronicles the missions of "240-Robert", a specialized unit of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD), that utilized four wheel drive vehicles and a helicopter. Most of the assignments were sea/air/land search and rescue operations in the extensive (over 4,000 sq mi (10,000 km2) jurisdiction. The show's creator was Rick Rosner (himself an LASD reserve deputy), who created the hit series CHiPs two years earlier for NBC.

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The vehicles used at that time were 1979 Ford Broncos, while the helicopter was a Hughes HA-500C (similar in design to the current MD 500).

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The series was based on real life cases encountered by the LASD's Emergency Services Detail. The real life ESD is actually headquartered in East Los Angeles. Rick Rosner took artistic liberty and portrayed the headquarters as a beach-side station. The actual filming location was at a State of California ranger station located at Sycamore Cove in Ventura County, California.

Cast

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  • Deputy Theodore Roosevelt "Trap" Applegate III (John Bennett Perry)
  • Deputy Dwayne "Thib" Thibideaux (Mark Harmon, episodes 1-13)
  • Deputy Morgan Wainwright (Joanna Cassidy, episodes 1-13), the unit's helicopter pilot
  • Deputy Brett Cueva (Stephen W. Burns, episodes 14-16), who replaced Thib
  • Deputy Sandy Harper (Pamela Hensley, episodes 14-16), the new pilot of the unit

    • Cassidy and Hensley both had an expert female helicopter pilot take over for them in the actual helicopter flight sequences; her identity was unknown as of early February 2013.

    Cancellation

    Harmon and Cassidy left the series when their contracts expired after the first season. Burns and Hensley were brought in to replace them, but the second season (returning mid-season in early 1981 due to an actor's strike) only lasted like three episodes before ABC cancelled it due to poor ratings.

    Season 1

    1. "The Apology"
    2. "Stuntman"
    3. "Bathysphere"
    4. "Models"
    5. "Acting Sergeant"
    6. "Bank Job"
    7. "Out of Sight"
    8. "Time Bomb"
    9. "Double Trouble"
    10. "Poison Air"
    11. "Earthquake"
    12. "The Applicant"
    13. "Oil and Water"

    Season 2

    1. "A Cool Welcome"
    2. "First Loss"
    3. "Hostages"

    References

    240-Robert Wikipedia
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