The Rookies
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Cast of The Rookies. Standing from left, Michael Ontkean, Sam Melville, Georg Stanford Brown. Seated, Gerald S. O'Loughlin. | |
| Genre | Police procedural |
| Created by | Rita Lakin |
| Developed by | William Blinn |
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| Theme music composer | Elmer Bernstein |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 93 (+ pilot movie) (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producers | Aaron Spelling Leonard Goldberg |
| Producers | Paul Junger Witt Hal Sitowitz |
| Cinematography | Archie R. Dalzell Dennis Dalzell |
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| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 45–48 minutes |
| Production company | Spelling-Goldberg Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | March 7, 1972 – March 30, 1976 |
| Related | |
| S.W.A.T. | |
The Rookies is an American police procedural series created by Rita Lakin that originally aired on ABC from September 11, 1972, to March 30, 1976. It follows the exploits of three rookie police officers working in an unidentified city for the fictitious Southern California Police Department (SCPD).