The New Breed (TV series)
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The New Breed is an American
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 crime drama
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 series that aired on ABC
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 from October 3, 1961 to June 5, 1962, with thirty-six episodes.

Synopsis

The series starred Leslie Nielsen
Leslie Nielsen
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 as the serious Lieutenant
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 Price Adams who worked on "The Hot Shot Detail" of the LAPD's
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 Metro Squad
LAPD Metropolitan Division
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 and former Major League Baseball
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 player John Beradino
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 as Sergeant Vince Cavelli. The script for the first episode, "No Fat Cops," was written by Hank Searls
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, who was credited as the series creator. Searls also wrote an original novel based on the series under the pseudonym "Lee Costigan."
The series was the first independent production of Quinn Martin
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 under his newly established company, "QM Productions." Prior to starting his own production company, Martin had produced The Untouchables
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for Desilu Productions
Desilu Productions
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, and Nielsen was cast for the role of Adams because of a guest appearance
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 he had made on that show in the episode
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 "Three Thousand Suspects."

The New Breed faced tough competition from The Red Skelton Show
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and Ichabod and Me
Ichabod and Me
Ichabod and Me is a 36-episode situation comedy series set in a small New England town and starring Robert Sterling and George Chandler. It aired on CBS from September 26, 1961, to June 5, 1962, and was produced by Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, in association with Jack Benny's "JaMco...

on CBS
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 and The Dick Powell Show
The Dick Powell Show
The Dick Powell Show is an American anthology series that ran on NBC from 1961- 1963, primarily sponsored by the Reynolds Metals Company. It was hosted by longtime film star Dick Powell until his death from lymphatic cancer on January 2, 1963, then by a series of guest hosts until the series ended...

on NBC
NBC
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, and was canceled after its first season.


Cast

  • Leslie Nielsen .... Lieutenant Price Adams
  • John Beradino .... Sergeant Vince Cavelli
  • John Clarke .... Patrolman Joe Huddleston
  • Byron Morrow
    Byron Morrow
    Byron Morrow was an American television and film actor, born in Chicago.His TV work ran from Peter Gunn in 1957 to Father Dowling Mysteries in 1991...

    .... Captain Keith Gregory
  • Greg Roman .... Patrolman Pete Garcia

Episodes

Episode # Episode title Original airdate
1-1 "No Fat Cops" October 3, 1961
1-2 "Prime Target" October 10, 1961
1-3 "Death of a Ghost" October 17, 1961
1-4 "To None a Deadly Drug" October 24, 1961
1-5 "The Compulsion to Confess" October 31, 1961
1-6 "'Til Death Do Us Part" November 7, 1961
1-7 "The Butcher" November 14, 1961
1-8 "Wave Goodbye to Grandpa" November 21, 1961
1-9 "Sweet Bloom of Death" November 28, 1961
1-10 "The Valley of the Three Charlies" December 5, 1961
1-11 "Lady Killer" December 12, 1961
1-12 "Blood Money" December 19, 1961
1-13 "I Remember Murder" December 26, 1961
1-14 "The All-American Boy" January 2, 1962
1-15 "Cross the Little Line" January 9, 1962
1-16 "To Sell a Human Being" January 16, 1962
1-17 "Care is No Cure" January 23, 1962
1-18 "Policemen Die Alone (Part 1)" January 30, 1962
1-19 "Policemen Die Alone (Part 2)" February 6, 1962
1-20 "Mr. Weltschmerz" February 13, 1962
1-21 "Wings for a Plush Horse" February 20, 1962
1-22 "How Proud the Guilty" February 27, 1962
1-23 "The Torch" March 6, 1962
1-24 "All the Dead Faces" March 13, 1962
1-25 "The Deadlier Sex" March 20, 1962
1-26 "Edge of Violence" March 27, 1962
1-27 "Echoes of Hate" April 3, 1962
1-28 "The Man With the Other Face" April 10, 1962
1-29 "Thousands and Thousands of Miles" April 17, 1962
1-30 "Hail, Hail, The Gang's All Here" April 24, 1962
1-31 "My Brother's Keeper" May 1, 1962
1-32 "A Motive Named Walter" May 8, 1962
1-33 "Wherefore Art Thou, Romeo?" May 15, 1962
1-34 "Judgment at San Belito" May 22, 1962
1-35 "So Dark the Night" May 29, 1962
1-36 "Walk This Street Lightly" June 5, 1962

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