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Written by Don BrinkleyPeter B. GermanoJesse L. Lasky, Jr.Pat Lasky Directed by Walter GraumanJerry HopperAllen H. MinerJoseph PevneyPat Silver-LaskyHank SearlsSheldon Stark Starring Leslie NielsenJohn ClarkeJohn BeradinoByron MorrowGreg Roman Cast Similar The Manhunter, The FBI, The Runaways, Banyon, Ripcord | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The New Breed is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from October 3, 1961 to June 5, 1962, with thirty-six episodes. The series was a QM Production in association with Selmur Productions, Inc.
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Synopsis
The series starred Leslie Nielsen as the serious Lieutenant Price Adams who worked on "The Hot Shot Detail" of the LAPD's Metro Squad and former Major League Baseball player John Beradino as Sergeant Vince Cavelli. The script for the first episode, "No Fat Cops," was written by Hank Searls, credited as the creator of the series. Searls also wrote an original novel based on the series under the pseudonym "Lee Costigan."
The New Breed was the first independent production of Quinn Martin under his newly established company, QM Productions. Prior to starting his own production company, Martin had produced The Untouchables for Desilu Productions, and Nielsen was cast for the role of Adams because of a guest appearance he had made on that program in the episode entitled "Three Thousand Suspects."
The New Breed faced tough competition from The Red Skelton Show and Ichabod and Me on CBS and The Dick Powell Show on NBC, and was canceled after one season.