240-ROBERT

'240-Robert' was a television series that ran on ABC from 1979 to 1981. It chronicled the missions of "240-Robert," a specialized unit (three young but veteran deputies utilizing a four-wheel drive vehicle and a helicopter) of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Emergency Services Detail. Most of the assignments were sea / air / land search and rescue operations in their extensive (over 4,000 square miles) jurisdiction. The show's creator was 'Rick Rosner' (himself a LASD reserve deputy), who created the hit CHiPs two years earlier for NBC.

Contents

Cast

Trivia

Cancellation

Episode list

Season 1

Season 2

External links

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.

★ ''Deputy 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.

Trivia

A 10-year-old Matthew Perry had his first screen credit in the episode "Bank Job". His father is series star John Bennett Perry.

Cancellation

Harmon and Cassidy left the series when their contracts expired after the first season. Burns and Hensley were brought in to replace them, but the second season (returning as a mid-season replacement in early 1981) only lasted 3 episodes before ABC cancelled it due to poor ratings.

Episode list

Season 1

# The Apology
# Stuntman
# Bathysphere
# Models
# Acting Sergeant
# Bank Job
# Out of Sight
# Time Bomb
# Double Trouble
# Poison Air
# Earthquake
# The Applicant
# Oil and Water

Season 2

# A Cool Welcome
# First Loss
# Hostages

External links

★ www.240-ROBERT.com