''American Detective'' is a police

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that aired on ABC in the

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from 1991 to 1993. It was created by Paul Stojanovich and was a joint production of both Paul Stojanovich Productions and ABC Productions in association with Orion Television Entertainment. ''American Detective'' features detectives in major U.S.

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s working on high-profile criminal cases which were often

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-related. The program often allows glimpses into the personal lives of the detectives. During the latter part of the program's run, Lieutenant John Bunnell of the

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's Department, who had been featured in a number of the program's earlier shows, served in the role of host, even taking the viewers on a trip to

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to look at his counterparts there in February 1993. American Detective was aired on ABC Television. It originally aired opposite NBC's ''

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'' and was later moved to Monday night, placed with ''

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''.

References

* Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, '' The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows'', Ballantine Books
p. 46

External links

* American Broadcasting Company original programming 1991 American television series debuts 1993 American television series endings Documentary television series about policing Television series by Disney–ABC Domestic Television Television series by MGM Television {{US-documentary-tv-prog-stub