240-Robert

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240-Robert
John Bennett Perry, Joanna Cassidy and Mark Harmon.
Genre	Drama
Running time
Starring	John Bennett Perry Mark Harmon Joanna Cassidy Stephan Burns Pamela Hensley
Country of origin	United States
Original channel	ABC
Original run	August 28, 1979–March 21, 1981
No. of episodes	16

240-Robert was a television series that ran on ABC from 1979 to 1981. It chronicled the missions of 240-Robert, a specialized unit of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Emergency Services Detail with most of its dispatches being rescue operations in its jurisdiction.

1 Cast
2 Cancellation
3 Episode list
- 3.1 Season 1
- 3.2 Season 2
4 External links

[edit] Cast

Deputy Theodore Roosevelt "Trap" Applegate III (John Bennett Perry).
Deputy Dwayne "Thib" Thibideaux (Mark Harmon, episodes 1-13).
Deputy Morgan Wainwright (Joanna Cassidy, episodes 1-13), the unit's helicopter pilot.
Brett Cueva (Stephen W. Burns, episodes 14-16), who took Thib's place.
Deputy Sandy Harper (Pamela Hensley, episodes 14-16), the new pilot of the unit.

[edit] Cancellation

Harmon and Cassidy left the series after the first season, when their contracts were up. Burns and Hensley were brought in to replace them, but the second season only lasted 3 episodes before ABC cancelled it due to poor ratings.