5.6 /10 1 Votes
4.6/10 TV Country of origin United States No. of episodes 13 Final episode date July 1974 Number of episodes 13 | 6.7/10 IMDb Theme music composer Dominic Frontiere Original language(s) English First episode date January 1974 Number of seasons 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Jim McMullan
Dirk Benedict
Ted Hartley
Lou Frizzell Executive producer(s) Aaron Spelling
Leonard Goldberg Network American Broadcasting Company Cast Dirk Benedict, Ted Hartley Similar Firehouse, 240‑Robert, Chopper Squad, The Rookies, The Manhunter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chopper One is a short-lived ABC drama/adventure television series in early 1974 depicting the activities of a California police helicopter team. The program aired in a half-hour time slot on Thursdays at 8 p.m. Eastern.
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It aired adjacent to Firehouse, an action-drama series about a Los Angeles fire station. Chopper One was cancelled after six months and Firehouse ended in the following month.
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Story and Characters
Chopper One was directed by E.W. Swackhamer and was about two flying police officers (a pilot and an observer) and their adventures in a police helicopter. The helicopter was a Bell 206 Jetranger. It starred Jim McMullan as Officer Don Burdick and Dirk Benedict as officer Gil Foley. Benedict would later earn fame as Lt. Starbuck in the original 1978 TV show Battlestar Galactica and as Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck in the TV show The A-Team.
Ted Hartley played their boss Capt. McKeegan and Lou Frizzell played Mitch, the crusty mechanic.
DVD release
On July 12, 2016, Sony Pictures released Chopper One: The Complete Series on DVD in region 1. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively in the US and is part of the Sony Pictures Choice Collection in partnership with Amazon.com and their CreateSpace MOD program.