H.E.L.P.
American television drama series (1990)
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H.E.L.P. is an American television drama series which aired on ABC for one season as a mid-season replacement for Mission: Impossible, which was a replacement for Mr. Belvedere in March 1990. The series was created by Christopher Crowe and Dick Wolf, and starred John Mahoney as Chief Patrick Meacham of the New York City Fire Department. Wesley Snipes played police officer Lou Barton and David Caruso played police officer Frank Sardoni of the NYPD.[1]
- David Black
- Dick Wolf
- Christopher Crowe
- Vern Gillum
- Michael Ray Rhodes
- E. W. Swackhamer
- John Mahoney
- Wesley Snipes
- David Caruso
- Tom Bresnahan
- Lance Edwards
- Marjorie Monaghan
- Joe Urla
- Fionnula Flanagan
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| Theme music composer | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Producer | Michael Rauch |
| Cinematography | Constantine Makris |
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| Running time | 60 min |
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| Network | ABC |
| Release | March 3 – April 7, 1990 |
The premise of the show was based on an experimental combined emergency services station (the Harlem Eastside Life-saving Program, or HELP) in New York City that co-located the resources of the Fire Department, Police Department and Emergency Medical Services.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
The series was canceled after its brief six-episode run. The concept of a show involving all three branches of NYC emergency services was successfully reintroduced nine years later with the 1999 debut of Third Watch, which ran for six seasons on NBC.
Cast
- John Mahoney as Chief Patrick Meacham
- Tom Bresnahan as Jimmy Ryan
- David Caruso as Off. Frank Sordoni
- Lance Edwards as Mike Pappas
- Kim Flowers as Suki Rodriguez
- Wesley Snipes as Officer Lou Barton
- Fionnula Flanagan as Kathlenn Meacham
- Joe Urla as Officer Larry Alby
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 1 | "Fire Down Below" | Unknown | Unknown | March 3, 1990 |
| 2 | "Are You There, Alpha Centauri?" | E.W. Swackhamer | David Black & Scott Shepherd | March 10, 1990 |
| 3 | "The Children's Hour" | Vern Gillum | Story by : Dick Wolf & David Black Teleplay by : David Black | March 17, 1990 |
| 4 | "Steam Heat" | Unknown | Unknown | March 24, 1990 |
| 5 | "To Everything, There Is a Season" | Unknown | Unknown | March 31, 1990 |
| 6 | "Undue Force" | Unknown | Unknown | April 7, 1990 |
