Quinn Martin was looking for another series to sell to ABC to complement the network's Sunday anchor, The F. B. I.. He thought he had it in 1970 with Dan August, but viewers disagreed, and the series lasted only one season, despite a fairly decent ensemble.
Burt Reynolds, who'd previously starred in another ABC crime drama, Hawk, a few years earlier, was a little ways away from launching his movie career, which would turn things around for him. Reynolds had the title role, with an ensemble that included TV vets Norman Fell, who had previously been on NBC's 87th Precinct, and Richard Anderson, at the time known for character roles, mostly on Westerns such as The Rifleman & The Big Valley. The rest of the decade would be very good for all three actors. As noted previously, Anderson moved on to The Six Million Dollar Man and its spinoff, The Bionic Woman, while Fell tried comedy, landing a plum gig on Three's Company.
Regrettably, all that's available now is the intro, uploaded by PIMannix:
By-the-numbers QM fare, which would be copied more successfully as time wore on. No rating, as I have little recollection of actually seeing the show.
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