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The American Television drama series – Adam -12, aired to the public on the NBC television network from the 21^st September 1968 to the 26^th August 1975. A total of 175 episodes of this detective series over two seasons where aired. Jack Webb is created and executive produced the show through his company Mark VII limited. Jack Webb, whose career spanned over three decades, is also credited for his most famous role in ‘The D.I’ as a Marine Corps drill instructor on Parris Island. His company Mark VII also created and produced ‘Emergency!’ a medical drama and ‘Dragnet” a crime drama. Adam 12 was considered by most to be Jack Webb’s adaptation of the 1967 crime drama ‘Dragnet” with Malloy and Reed appearing in a few episodes of it.

Adam 12 follows the daily lives and activities of 2 Los Angeles Police Department patrol officers Peter Malloy also known as simply ‘Pete”, a veteran officer with seven years of experience; a role played by Martin Miller; and newly recruited officer James Reed; a rookie also known as ‘Jim’ and played by Kent McCord. Minor roles in the show include that of Sergent William MacDonald known also as ‘Mac’ in the show and whose character is portrayed by William Boyett.

The audience gets a glimpse at the two characters lives as the try to perform their sworn duty as LAPD officers to serve and protect. Similar to the plot of Dragnet, the cases that Pete and Jim try to conclude are taken from real life LAPD cases. The series begins with Malloy making the decision to resign from active duty as a police officer, a decision he made primarily because of the murder of his police partner who was killed in the line of fire when the two had attempted to foil an armed robbery. Eventually the police force manage to convince him to stay and partner with the new recruit Jim Reed who has just joined after completing his training at a police academy and 2 years in the army. Reeds character is seen by the audience as a great clash against Malloy’s; in fact in the pilot episode of the series, Jim’s over eagerness and maverick attitude to arrest several armed criminals, he deliberately disobeys his partner Malloy’s orders. This tension goes on as the two try to tolerate each others personalities so that they may work together.