Broken Badges

*Broken Badges*
Broken Badges
Genre	Police Drama
Starring	Miguel Ferrer
Opening theme	Mike Post; Vocalist on opening theme uncredited
Ending theme	Mike Post
Composers	Mike Post (1.1, "Westside Stories"); Velton Ray Bunch (1.2, "Argo the Venusian", 1.5, and 1.6 -- the finale)
Country of origin	United States; Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	7
Production
Running time	60 min.
Production company	Stephen J. Cannell Productions
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	November 24, 1990 –; June 20, 1991

Broken Badges is an American-Canadian police drama that aired on CBS from November 24, 1990 to December 22, 1990 and in June 1991. The series was co-created by Stephen J. Cannell.^[1]

Premise

Broken Badges followed three police officers, J.J "Bullet" Tingreedes, who was addicted to danger, Stanley "Whipusall" Jones, a small man who would explode when people would make comments about his size, and Toby Baker, a kleptomaniac. All were on psychiatric leave from the police department. Together, with former New Orleans cop Beau Jack Bowman and police psychiatrist Priscilla Mather, they formed a crime fighting team.

Cast

Miguel Ferrer as Beau Jack Bowman
Eileen Davidson as J.J "Bullet" Tingreedes
Jay Johnson as Stanley "Whipusall" Jones
Ernie Hudson as Toby Baker
Charlotte Lewis as Priscilla Mathers

Episodes

Pilot
Chucky
Westwide Stories
Can I Get a Witness?
Meet Your Matchmaker
Strawberry
Argo the Venusian

Home media

On July 27, 2010, Mill Creek Entertainment released Prime Time Crime: The Stephen J. Cannell Collection on DVD in Region 1. This special collection contained 54 episodes from 13 different shows produced by Stephen J. Cannell Productions including all seven episodes of Broken Badges.^[2]

References

^ The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 159. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2013-11-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

Broken Badges at IMDb

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[1] The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 159. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2013-11-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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