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American television series (–)

McCloud is an American police drama television series created by Herman Miller, that aired on NBC from September 16, , to April 17, The series starred Dennis Weaver, and for six of its seven years as part of the NBC Mystery Movie rotating wheel series that was produced for the network by Universal Television.

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The show was centered on Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico, who was on loan to the metropolitan New York City Police Department (NYPD) as a special investigator.

History

The first choice for the role of McCloud was Fess Parker, who turned it down.^[1] Universal hired Dennis Weaver, who was well known as a "western" actor from Gunsmoke.

The pilot, "Portrait of a Dead Girl", aired on February 17, , and established the premise by having McCloud escort a prisoner from New Mexico to New York City, only to become embroiled in solving a complicated murder case.

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