''H.E.L.P.'' is an American

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drama series which aired on ABC 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

Dick Wolf Richard Anthony Wolf (born December 20, 1946) is an American film and television producer, best known for his ''Law & Order'' franchise. Since 1990, the franchise has included six police/courtroom dramas and four international spinoffs. He is al ...

, and starred

John Mahoney Charles John Mahoney (June 20, 1940 – February 4, 2018) was an English-born American actor. He was known for playing Martin Crane on the NBC sitcom '' Frasier'' (1993–2004), and won a Screen Actors Guild Award for the role in 2000. Mahon ...

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. Although ''H.E.L.P.'' was canceled after only a brief initial season, 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 *

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as Suki Rodriguez *

as Officer Lou Barton *

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as Kathlenn Meacham

Episodes

External links

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