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Starring Jack Warden (Haines), Robert Hooks (Ward), Frank Converse (Corso) 
Season 1 (ABC) (1967-68)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
John King, New York; Tim Alger, Rina Fox , Bob Markell
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive / Writers Guild of America (wga)

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ABC Tuesdays 9:30 pm Eastern

1.01 [-] N.Y.P.D.: SHAKEDOWN (pilot)
Talent Associates prod. no. 1
05Sep67 ABC Tue
Executive producer, David Susskind Daniel Melnick
Written by Albert Ruben
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Director of Photography, George Silano
Film Editor Arline Garson
Music by Charles Gross.
Starring:
Jack Warden (Mike Haines);
Robert Hooks (Jeff Ward); Frank Converse (Johnny Corso);
Guest Cast:
James Broderick ........ Gaffer
Dana Elcar ............. Phelan
John Harkins
Bo Svenson
Conrad Bain ............ Manager
Synopsis:
Lt. Mike Haines and his two partners, Dets. Jeff Ward  and Johnny Corso, investigate a
blackmailing ring that specializes in extorting money from homosexuals".

 1.02 [--] N.Y.P.D.: FINGERMAN
Talent Associates prod. no. 2
12Sep67 ABC Tue
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Starring: Jack Warden (Haines), Robert Hooks (Ward), Frank Converse (Corso)
Guest Cast:
Joel Fabiani ...... Welbeck
Nat Frey .......... Metakos
Frank Downing ..... Patrolman
Tom Rosqui ........ Jacobs
Tom Newman ........ Tiny
Carole Demas ...... Vivian
Synopsis 1:
Ward tries to save the life of a police informer whose life is threatened by two hoods. [TA]
Synopsis 2:
Detective Ward refuses to believe a frightened informer who has cried wolf  once too often.
 This time, the alarm is for real: Two killers are closing  in on the stool pigeon. [RF]
(UK airdate 19Aug69 ITV Tyne-Tees, Tue 11.30pm)
(UK airdate 11Apr69 ITV Grampian, Fri)

1.03 [--] N.Y.P.D.: THE SCREAMING WOMAN
Talent Associates prod. no. 3
19Sep67 ABC Tue
Starring: Jack Warden (Haines), Robert Hooks (Ward), Frank Converse (Corso)
GS:
VERNA BLOOM
MEG MYLES
PATRICIA COLLINGE
WILLIAM DEVANE

1.04 [--] N.Y.P.D.: FAST GUN
Talent Associates prod. no. 4
26Sep67 ABC Tue
Written by Albert Ruben
Starring: Jack Warden (Haines), Robert Hooks (Ward), Frank Converse (Corso)
Guest Cast:
Gregory Reese .......... Stukey
Tom Rosqui ............. Jacobs
Synopsis:
Dets. Haines (Jack Warden) and Ward (Robert Hooks) hunt a gun-happy killer who tells the police
"Billy, the Kid, and Dillinger was a bum - I'll take any cop who thinks he's fast." [TA]

1.05 [--] N.Y.P.D.: WALKING TARGET
Talent Associates prod. no. 5
3Oct67 ABC Tue
Starring: Jack Warden (Haines), Robert Hooks (Ward), Frank Converse (Corso)
GS:
GRAHAM JARVIS
TERESA HUGHES
JESS OSUNA
FLORA ELKINS

1.06 [--] N.Y.P.D.: MONEY MAN
Talent Associates prod. no. 6
10Oct67 ABC Tue
Starring: Jack Warden (Haines), Robert Hooks (Ward), Frank Converse (Corso)
GS:
VINCENT GARDENIA
CHARLES GRODIN
RALPH DUNN
JOHN RYAN

1.07 [--] N.Y.P.D.: OLD GANGSTERS NEVER DIE
Talent Associates prod. no. 7
17Oct67 ABC Tue
Starring: Jack Warden (Haines), Robert Hooks (Ward), Frank Converse (Corso)
GS:
HOWARD DA SILVA
VICTOR ARNOLD
JASON GERO
JACK KNIGHT
TOM ROSQUI
TED BENIADES
ANDREW DUNCAN
CHARLES DURNING

1.08 [--] N.Y.P.D.: TO CATCH A HERO
Talent Associates prod. no. 8
31Oct67 ABC Tue (Network rerun 09Apr68)
Starring: Jack Warden (Haines), Robert Hooks (Ward), Frank Converse (Corso)
GS:
Robert Forster (as Tony)
Judi West (as Sheila)
SYLVIA MILES
Detectives Haines, Ward and Corso match wits with an extraordinary
manslaughter suspect: a Vietnam veteran who uses military tactics to elude the police. [TA]

1.09 [--] N.Y.P.D.: MURDER FOR INFINITY
Talent Associates prod. no. 9
7Nov67 ABC Tue
Starring: Jack Warden (Haines), Robert Hooks (Ward), Frank Converse (Corso)
GS:
JOHN KARLEN
RALPH WAITE
SAM WATERSON
(UK airdate 7Mar69 Granada Fri 11.30pm)

1.10 [--] N.Y.P.D.: THE PINK GUMDROP
Talent Associates prod. no. 10
14Nov67 ABC Tue
Starring: Jack Warden (Haines), Robert Hooks (Ward), Frank Converse (Corso)
GS:
JANE ELLIOT
ROBERT GENTRY

1.11 [--] N.Y.P.D.: THE WITNESS
Talent Associates prod. no. 11
21Nov67 ABC Tue
Starring: Jack Warden (Haines), Robert Hooks (Ward), Frank Converse (Corso)
guest stars:
DONALD DAVIS
Rudy Bond .............. Skolnick
NICHOLAS COSTER
JAMES COCO,
DENISE NICHOLAS
(UK airdate 21Mar69 UK Granada Fri 11.30pm)

1.12 [--] N.Y.P.D.: THE BOY WITNESS
Talent Associates prod. no. 12
28Nov67 ABC Tue
Starring: Jack Warden (Haines), Robert Hooks (Ward), Frank Converse (Corso)
GS:
STEVEN OLIVA
MITCH RYAN
(UK airdate 11Apr69 Granada Fri)
(UK airdate 22May69 Grampian)

1.13 [--] N.Y.P.D.: JOSHUA FIT THE BATTLE OF FULTON STREET
Talent Associates prod. no. 13
5Dec67 ABC Tue
Starring: Jack Warden (Haines), Robert Hooks (Ward), Frank Converse (Corso)
GS:
DANE CLARK
FRED J. SCOLLAY
MARTIN WOLFSON
(UK airdate 18Apr69 Granada Fri)

1.14 [--] N.Y.P.D.: THE BOMBER
Talent Associates prod. no. 14
12Dec67 ABC Tue
Starring: Jack Warden (Haines), Robert Hooks (Ward), Frank Converse (Corso)
guest stars
Dixie Marquis
Jon Voight
Denise Nicholas

1.15 [--] N.Y.P.D.: WIRE FINISH
Talent Associates prod. no. 15
19Dec67 ABC Tue
Starring: Jack Warden (Haines), Robert Hooks (Ward), Frank Converse (Corso)
GS:
ROBERT SALVIO
ALAN MANSON

1.16 [--] N.Y.P.D.: CRUISE TO OBLIVION
Talent Associates prod. no. 16
26Dec67 ABC Tue
Directed by John Moxey
Starring: Jack Warden (Haines), Robert Hooks (Ward), Frank Converse (Corso)
Guest cast:
Hugh Franklin .......... Peter Lessing
James Hall ............. Murray Standish
Leslie Charleson ....... Ginger
Ellen Weston ........... Mrs. Halsop
Synopsis:
Haines covers the waterfront on a tip about heroin arriving on a passenger
liner. Customs is alerted, the suspects tailed - but the heroin remains hidden. [RF]

1.17 [--] N.Y.P.D.: THE PATRIOTS
Talent Associates prod. no. 17
2Jan68 ABC Tue
Directed by John Howe
Starring: Jack Warden (Haines), Robert Hooks (Ward), Frank Converse (Corso)
Guest cast:
Dino Fanio ............. Gamboa
Albert Paulsen ......... Morado
Titos Vandis ........... Fernandes
Franklin Cover ......... Pepper
Cal Bellini ............ First Secretary
Synopsis:
The police investigate murder with international overtones. The victim, wife
of an exiled South American patriot determined to overthrow his country's dictator. [RF]

1.18 [--] N.Y.P.D.: RED HEADED PIGEON
Talent Associates prod. no. 18
16Jan68 ABC Tue
Starring: Jack Warden (Haines), Robert Hooks (Ward), Frank Converse (Corso)
GS:
PAT McANENY

1.19 [--] N.Y.P.D.: WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?
Talent Associates prod. no. 19
30Jan68 ABC Tue
Starring: Jack Warden (Haines), Robert Hooks (Ward), Frank Converse (Corso)
Guest Cast:
Beverly Todd ............ Lila
Maxwell Glanville ....... Chubb
Ron Mack ................ Lewis
Synopsis:
Det. Ward (Robert Hooks) returns to his old neighborhood to find the killers of an elderly schoolteacher.  The detective
runs into stiff opposition from his former friends who are suspicious of thepoliceman in their midst. [TA]

1.20 [--] N.Y.P.D.: CRY BRUTE
Talent Associates prod. no. 20
6Feb68 ABC Tue
Starring: Jack Warden (Haines), Robert Hooks (Ward), Frank Converse (Corso)
guest stars:
TONY LO BIANCO
ROY SCHNEIDER
PHIL BURNS
DAN FRAZER
CLARICE BLACKBURN
(UK airdate 24Apr69 Grampian)

1.21 [--] N.Y.P.D.: LAST PORT OF CALL
Talent Associates prod. no. 21
13Feb68 US ABC
Starring: Jack Warden (Haines), Robert Hooks (Ward), Frank Converse (Corso)
GS:
LOUIS ZORICH
JANIS YOUNG
ALICE SPIVAK
DAVID MANNING

1.22 [--] N.Y.P.D.: MACHO
Talent Associates prod. no. 22
20Feb68 ABC Tue
Starring: Jack Warden (Haines), Robert Hooks (Ward), Frank Converse (Corso)
GS:
JAIMIE SANCHEZ
(UK airdate 8May69 Grampian)
(UK airdate 26Aug69 TTT Tue 11.30pm)

1.23 [--] N.Y.P.D.: STONES
Talent Associates prod. no. 23
27Feb68 ABC Tue
Starring: Jack Warden (Haines), Robert Hooks (Ward), Frank Converse (Corso)
Guest Cast:
Don Scardino ........... Tim
Jennifer West .......... Helen
Tony Lo Bianco ......... Muller
Joseph Ellic ........... Ferret
Synopsis:
Det. Corso (Frank Converse) poses as a bum to nab a gang of  muggers in Central Park. By impressing the
gang leader with tales of life on the road, Corso hopes to extract the names of the other hoodlums. [TA]

1.24 [--] N.Y.P.D.: THE PRIVATE EYE PUZZLE
Talent Associates prod. no. 24
5Mar68 ABC Tue
Starring: Jack Warden (Haines), Robert Hooks (Ward), Frank Converse (Corso)
GS:
MURRAY HAMILTON
DONNA McKECHNIE
JOE PONAZECKI
TED BENIADES

1.25 [--] N.Y.P.D.: NOTHING IS REAL BUT THE DEAD Pt. 1 12Mar68 ABC Tue
Talent Associates prod. no. 25
1.26 [--] N.Y.P.D.: NOTHING IS REAL BUT THE DEAD Pt. 2 19Mar68 ABC Tue
Talent Associates prod. no. 26
Starring: Jack Warden (Haines), Robert Hooks (Ward), Frank Converse (Corso)
guest stars:
Ossie Davis
Fritz Weaver
CONNIE SCOTT
MARCIA JEAN KURTZ,
MARY FICKETT
JIM FORAT
RICHARD CASTELLANO
TED BENIADES
DON BILLET
WALKER DANIELS
BOB FASS

[--] 09Apr68 rerun of #8 "To Catch a Hero" (first aired 31Oct67)

[--] 13Aug68 rerun of #23 "Stones" (first aired 27Feb68)

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