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drama series which aired on

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for one season as a mid-season replacement for '' Mission: Impossible'', which was a replacement for ''

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'' in March 1990. The series was created by Christopher Crowe and

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, and starred

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as Chief Patrick Meacham of the

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played police officer Lou Barton and

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played police officer Frank Sardoni of the

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. The premise of the show was based on an experimental combined emergency services station (the Harlem Eastside Life-saving Program, or HELP) in

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that co-located the resources of the Fire Department, Police Department and Emergency Medical Services. 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 ''

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'', which ran for six seasons on NBC.

Cast

as Chief Patrick Meacham *Tom Bresnahan as Jimmy Ryan *

as Off. Frank Sordoni *Lance Edwards as Mike Pappas * Kim Flowers as Suki Rodriguez *

as Officer Lou Barton *

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as Kathlenn Meacham * Joe Urla as Officer Larry Alby

Episodes

References

External links

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