High Incident

High Incident was a police drama television series produced by DreamWorks Television for the ABC network. The show was created by Steven Spielberg, Michael Pavone, Eric Bogosian, and Dave Alan Johnson. It aired from March 4, 1996, to May 8, 1997,<ref name="Variety" /> running a total of 32 episodes.

Premise

The show focused on the everyday stories of a group of El Camino Police Department (ECPD) officers investigating and solving crimes.

Cast

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Main cast

• Matthew Beck as Officer Terry Hagar
• Dylan Bruno as Officer Andy Lightner (season 1)
• Matt Craven as Officer Lenny Gayer
• Wendy Davis as Lynette White
• Aunjanue Ellis as Officer Leslie Joyner
• Cole Hauser as Officer Randy Willitz
• David Keith as Senior Lead Officer Jim Marsh
• Catherine Kellner as Officer Gayle Van Camp (season 1)
• Julio Oscar Mechoso as Officer Richie Fernandez (season 1)
• Louis Mustillo as Officer Russell Topps
• Lindsay Frost as Sergeant Helen Sullivan (season 2<ref name="EW2" />)
• Blair Underwood as Senior Lead Officer Michael Rhoades (season 2<ref name="EW2" />)
• Lisa Vidal as Officer Jessica Helgado (season 2<ref name="EW2" />)

Production

The executive producers of the series are Michael Pavone, Dave Alan Johnson, and Eric Bogosian, with Charles Haid as the co-executive producer-director. Steven Spielberg receives story credit,<ref name="Variety" /> with Haid noting that "Steven Spielberg is on the set almost every day."<ref name="EW1">Template:Cite magazine</ref> High Incident was filmed in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Chatsworth, Los Angeles, which doubles for the fictional El Camino.<ref name="Variety" />

The series was renewed for a second season, but was moved to the Thursday at 8:00 p.m. timeslot opposite Friends on NBC, with Blair Underwood, Lisa Vidal, and Lindsay Frost joining the cast.<ref name="EW2">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Although it received good reviews and fair ratings, it was canceled after the end of its second season in May 1997, due to its lower ratings against NBC's Friends and The Single Guy, and CBS's Diagnosis: Murder on Thursday evenings.Template:Citation needed

Episodes

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired (U.S. dates)
			First aired	Last aired
	1	10	Template:Start date	Template:End date
	2	22	Template:Start date	Template:End date

Broadcast history

• Mondays 9:00 p.m. (March 4, 1996 – April 15, 1996)
• Thursdays 8:00 p.m. (August 15, 1996 – May 8, 1997)
• Tuesday 10:00 p.m. (Special "preview" premiere time for second-season premiere on September 17, 1996)

Reception

Todd Everett of Variety describes some of the series' characters as being a "tired stereotype", but praises director/co-exec producer Charles Haid for getting "a lot out of his fine cast, and several of the action scenes show above-average energy."<ref name="Variety">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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