Chopper One
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Chopper One was an ABC action-crime television series premiering in early 1974, depicting the activities of a fictional California police helicopter team. The program was produced by television powerhouse Spelling-Goldberg Productions. The series aired in a half-hour time slot on Thursdays at 8 p.m. Eastern.[1]
The show aired as a lead-in to Firehouse, an action-drama series about a Los Angeles fire station which premiered on the same day. Chopper One was cancelled after six months with Firehouse promptly ending the following month.
Story and Characters
Chopper One was directed by E.W. Swackhamer, featuring two flight 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.
Episodes
Home media and streaming services
Since its cancellation in 1974, Chopper One was reported to have rarely (if ever) been seen again in rerun syndication.
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.[2]
As of 2023, all 13 episodes of Chopper One are available on free video streaming service Crackle.
References
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External links
- Chopper One on ABC at TV Guide
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- 1974 American television series debuts
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- 1970s American crime drama television series
- American adventure television series
- Television series by Spelling Television
- Television series by Sony Pictures Television
- Television shows set in Los Angeles
- American aviation television series
- American Broadcasting Company crime dramas