The Rookies was a television series running from 1972 until 1976. It followed the exploits of three rookie police officers in an unidentified California city for the fictitious Southern California Police Department (SCPD). This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

Cast

The cast included:

• Georg Stanford Brown (Officer Terry Webster)
• Sam Melville (Officer Mike Danko)
• Michael Ontkean (Officer Willie Gillis)
• Bruce Fairbairn (Officer Chris Owens) Not the music producer of the same name
• Kate Jackson (Jill Danko)
• Gerald S. O'Loughlin (Lt. Ed Ryker)

Georg Stanford Brown (born June 24, 1943 in Havana, Cuba) is an actor, perhaps best known as one of the stars of the American Broadcasting Company police television series The Rookies from 1972-1976. ... Michael Ontkean Michael Ontkean (born 24 January 1946 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian actor. ... Bruce Fairbairn press photo Bruce Earl Fairbairn (born in Vancouver, Canada on December 30, 1949, died May 17, 1999) was a music producers who was prominent during the 1980s and 1990s, producing songs for bands such as Bon Jovi, Aerosmith and Loverboy. ... Catherine Elise Kate Jackson (born on October 29, 1948 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American actress best known for her role as Sabrina Duncan in the 1970s television series Charlies Angels. ...

Triva

• Ironically, although Sam Melville played a hero in this dramatic series, he could also play a convincing villain as well as in episodes of Hawaii Five-O or Gunsmoke.