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Police Squad!
Police Squad!
is a television
comedy
series first broadcast in 1982, created by
David Zucker
,
Jim Abrahams
and
Jerry Zucker
, and starring
Leslie Nielsen
. A
spoof
of
police procedurals
, the series featured
Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker
's usual
sight gags
,
wordplay
and
non sequiturs
. While a parody of many television shows and movies, it bore a particular resemblance to the
Lee Marvin
cop show,
M Squad
(especially the opening credits) and the late 1960s series
Felony Squad
. Although cancelled after six episodes, the show spawned the
Naked Gun film series
.
TV Guide
ranked it #7 on their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".
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