Future Cop (TV series)

Future Cop
Genre	Science fiction
Written by	Allen S. Epstein Anthony Wilson
Directed by	Jud Taylor
Starring	Ernest Borgnine Michael Shannon John Amos James Daughton
Country of origin	USA
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8 (list of episodes)
Production company(s)	Tavern Productions The Culzean Corporation Paramount Television
Distributor	CBS Television Distribution
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	5 March – 30 April 1977

Future Cop is an American science fiction television series which starred Ernest Borgnine and Michael Shannon. It was based on the TV movie of the same name and predated RoboCop by ten years. The series was aired on ABC in 1977 and was re-piloted as "Cops and Robin" on NBC in 1978. A veteran street cop gets an experimental android that has been programmed by the police lab for his new partner.

List of Future Cop episodes with airdates

1. "Future Cop" (May 1, 1976)
2. "Fighting O'Haven" (March 5, 1977)
3. "The Mad Mad Bomber, Part I" (March 25, 1977)
4. "The Mad Mad Bomber, Part II" (March 25, 1977)
5. "Girl on the Ledge" (April 7, 1977)
6. "The Carlisle Girl" (April 22, 1977)
7. "The Kansas City Kid" (April 30, 1977)
8. "Cops and Robin" (March 28, 1978)

DVD release

On March 1, 2016, Mill Creek Entertainment will release the complete series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.^[1]

See also

To date, there have been four other short-lived American TV series with identical premises:

• Holmes & Yo-Yo (1976)
• Mann & Machine (1992)
• Total Recall 2070 (1999)
• Almost Human (2013)

References

1. 'The Complete Series' of the Mid-'70s Show Pre-Dating 'RoboCop'

External links

• Future Cop at the Internet Movie Database
• Future Cop at TV.com