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Sierra (TV series)

Field	Value
image	Cruncher Sierra 1974.JPG
image_size	220
caption	Behind-the-scenes photo of how Cruncher the bear, a show regular, was filmed.
genre	Police drama
creator	Jack Webb
starring	{{plainlist
theme_music_composer	{{plainlist
* John Denver<ref name	Theme[Sierra at classicthemes.com](https://www.classicthemes.com/50sTVThemes/themePages/sierra.html)
performed by
Denny Brooks
composer	{{plainlist
language	English
num_seasons	1
num_episodes	12 (11 + 1 movie)
executive_producer	{{plainlist
producer	Bruce Johnson
location	{{plainlist
camera	multi-camera
runtime	60 mins.
network	NBC
company	{{plainlist
first_aired
last_aired
related	Emergency!

James G. Richardson
Ernest Thompson
Susan Foster
Jack Hogan
Michael Warren
Lee Holdridge
John Denver performed by Denny Brooks
John Denver (additional music by)
Lee Holdridge (1.1, 1.5)
Jack Webb
Robert A. Cinader
California (Yosemite Nat. Park)
Wyoming
Mark VII Limited
Universal Television

Sierra is a 1974 television crime drama series focusing on the efforts of National Park Service rangers to enforce federal law and to effect wilderness rescues. The program aired on NBC and was packaged by Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited for Universal Television. The show's theme song was written by Lee Holdridge (music) and John Denver (lyrics). Robert A. Cinader, executive producer of Mark VII's Emergency! (which partially inspired this show), handled this program also.

Setting

The show derived its name from its setting, the fictional Sierra National Park, a part of the U.S. National Park Service. In reality, exteriors were filmed at Yosemite National Park. The tenth episode, "The Urban Rangers", established that the park also existed within the same fictional world populated by the characters of Emergency!, its sister Mark VII show. The two paramedic characters from Emergency!, played by Kevin Tighe and Randolph Mantooth, also appeared in Sierra "The Urban Rangers".

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).

Episode list

Season 1 (1974)

TV movie (1974)

Cancellation

The show was cancelled after three months, mainly due to the popularity of The Waltons,

References

[https://www.classicthemes.com/50sTVThemes/themePages/sierra.html ''Sierra'' at classicthemes.com]
[http://www.tv-nostalgie.de/sierra.htm ''Sierra'' at tv-nostalgie.de]
[http://www.poobala.com/emergencyandsierra.html ''Sierra'' at Tom Holbrook's Crossovers and Spin Offs Pages.]
""The Rangers"". [[TV.com]].

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