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MacGruder and Loud

Field	Value
genre	Police procedural
crime drama
creator	Lane Slate
starring	John Getz
Kathryn Harrold
composer	Paul Chihara
country	United States
language	English
num_seasons	1
num_episodes	15
executive_producer	Aaron Spelling
producer	Robert H. Justman
location	Los Angeles
runtime	60 minutes
network	ABC
company	Aaron Spelling Productions
first_aired
last_aired

crime drama Kathryn Harrold

MacGruder and Loud is an American crime drama from Aaron Spelling Productions that aired on ABC from January 20 to April 30, 1985.

Premise

The series stars John Getz and Kathryn Harrold as married police officers Malcolm MacGruder and Jenny Loud in a Los Angeles Police Department-styled police agency (where strict anti-fraternization policies were in effect). They fought a battle every day to keep it a closely guarded secret from their boss, Sgt. Hanson (played by veteran actor Lee de Broux).

Malcolm and Jenny lived in a duplex-type apartment complex where there was a secret door behind the grandfather clock in her apartment, where Malcolm could sneak in and enjoy her company.

Cast

John Getz as Det. Malcolm MacGruder
Kathryn Harrold as Det. Jenny Loud MacGruder
Ted Ross as Det. Sgt. Debbin
Frank McCarthy as Sgt. Myhrum

Episodes

Nº	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
NumParts = 2	EpisodeNumber_1 = 1	EpisodeNumber_2 = 2	Title = Pilot	DirectedBy = Jerry London

Production

This was one of the relatively few failures from Aaron Spelling's production company in its history, since it was picked by ABC to debut right after the Super Bowl in 1985 and was heavily promoted during the game. The promotion resulted in high ratings at first, but the series was cancelled three months into its run. The ratings decline was blamed on ABC's repeated changing of the show's timeslot before settling on Monday nights at 10:00 p.m., known as "the graveyard slot". It ranked 36th out of 77 shows with a 14.9 rating and a 23 share.

Because of the frequent commercials during the Super Bowl, the following night Johnny Carson asked rhetorically during his monologue on The Tonight Show, "Did you see that new show, 'Frequent and Loud'?"

The series was rushed into production by ABC in order to capitalize on the popularity of another crime drama at that time, Cagney & Lacey (which aired on CBS).

References

[[Richard Zoglin. Zoglin, Richard]] (January 21, 1985). [https://web.archive.org/web/20121024140558/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,956296-2,00.html Autumn Goofs, Winter Repairs], ''[[Time (magazine). TIME]]''.
McIntee, Michael Z. (January 13, 2003). [https://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/wahoo/index/php/20030113.phtml Show #1934 Recap], ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]''.
"The TV Ratings Guide: 1984-85 Ratings History".

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