SIERRA (TV SERIES)

'''Sierra''' is a short-lived 1974 NBC crime drama series focusing on the efforts of National Park Service rangers to enforce federal law and to effect wilderness rescues.

Contents

Setting

Cast

Cancellation

External links

References

Setting

The show derived its name from its setting, the fictional Sierra National Park, a part of the United States National Park Service. In reality, exteriors were filmed at Yellowstone National Park."The Urban Ranger" at emergencyfans.com The tenth episode, "The Urban Ranger", established that the park also existed within the same fictional world populated by the characters of ''Emergency!''.^[2][3]

Cast

Like many Mark VII Limited television dramas, the show centered on a pair of leads in a public service job, backed up by a supporting cast of characters from within the same organization. In this case, the leads were James G. Richardson as Ranger Tim Cassidy and Ernest Thompson as Ranger Matt Harper. The cast was rounded out by their boss, Chief Ranger Jack Moore (Jack Hogan), and fellow rangers Julie Beck (Susan Foster) and P. J. Lewis (Michael Warren).

Cancellation

The show was cancelled quickly after its debut. It has been claimed this was because its "mountain theme" was too similar to that of ''The Waltons,'' which was its direct competition on CBS. Unusually, the show's final outing was in fact a modified version of its previously-unaired pilot, "The Rangers".^[4]

External links

References

1. ''Sierra'' at tv-nostalgie.de
2. ''Sierra'' at Thom Holbrook's Crossovers and Spin Offs Pages.
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4. "The Rangers" at tv.com.