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The Mod Squad
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<p><i>The Mod Squad</i> is an American <a href="/facts/Crime_drama/IbSVYSme">crime drama</a> series, originally broadcast for five seasons on <a href="/facts/American_Broadcasting_Company/WGxg4vRX">ABC</a> from September 24, 1968, to March 1, 1973. It starred <a href="/facts/Michael_Cole_(actor)/SkSts7p6">Michael Cole</a> as Peter "Pete" Cochran, <a href="/facts/Clarence_Williams_III/rFHl7j1W">Clarence Williams III</a> as Lincoln "Linc" Hayes, <a href="/facts/Peggy_Lipton/G5cbbegy">Peggy Lipton</a> as Julie Barnes, and <a href="/facts/Tige_Andrews/6kMljo3y">Tige Andrews</a> as Captain Adam Greer. The <a href="/facts/Executive_producer/HYuzvKSI">executive producers</a> of the series were <a href="/facts/Aaron_Spelling/yc0VvhW6">Aaron Spelling</a> and <a href="/facts/Danny_Thomas/XeLceXyT">Danny Thomas</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/facts/Counterculture_of_the_1960s/BjyVc83W">counterculture</a> police series earned six <a href="/facts/Emmy_Award/M6GvMDJc">Emmy Award</a> nominations, four <a href="/facts/Golden_Globe/1v50C2Tb">Golden Globe</a> nominations plus one win for Peggy Lipton, one <a href="/facts/Directors_Guild_of_America_Award/L3qNMTE8">Directors Guild of America Award</a>, and four <a href="/facts/Logie_Award/M513X0oe">Logies</a>. In 1970, the second-season episode, "In This Corner . . . Sol Alpert," script by <a href="/facts/Rita_Lakin/na7LF30P">Rita Lakin</a> and Harve Bennett, was nominated by the <a href="/facts/Mystery_Writers_of_America/Slq2hI6Q">Mystery Writers of America</a> for an <a href="/facts/Edgar_Award/XSPhEqoS">Edgar Award</a> in the category of <a href="/facts/List_of_Edgar_Allan_Poe_Award_for_Best_Episode_in_a_TV_Series_winners/zVxl8vs6">Best Mystery Teleplay</a>, losing to the <a href="/facts/Made-for-television_movie/gsGGUltR">TV-Movie</a> <i><a href="/facts/Daughter_of_the_Mind/EWj1zNbN">Daughter of the Mind</a></i>. In 1997, a 1970 episode "Mother of Sorrow" was ranked #95 on <a href="/facts/TV_Guide%27s_100_Greatest_Episodes_of_All_Time/SIaaqoue">TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time</a>. </p>