''Rosetti and Ryan'' is an American

legal drama A legal drama is a genre of film and television that generally focuses on narratives regarding legal practice and the justice system. The American Film Institute (AFI) defines "courtroom drama" as a genre of film in which a system of justice play ...

television series A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed ...

that aired on

NBC The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, its headquarters ...

from September 22 until November 10, 1977, from 10 to 11 p.m. Eastern Time.

Premise

Legal drama about two completely different lawyers; Rosetti is outgoing and debonair, while Ryan is a former cop who is more low-profile and no-nonsense.

Cast

* Tony Roberts as Joe Rosetti * Squire Fridell as Frank Ryan *

Jane Elliot Jane Elliot is an American actress, best known for her role as Tracy Quartermaine in the ABC daytime soap opera, '' General Hospital''. Life and career Elliot was born in New York City. She was married to Luis Rojas and has three children, Ad ...

as Jessica Hornesby *Ruth Manning as Emma *

Randi Oakes Betty Lee "Randi" Oakes (born August 19, 1951) is an American actress and fashion model. Active in the 1970s and early 1980s, she is probably best known for her role as Officer Bonnie Clark on the television series ''CHiPs'', a role she played fr ...

as Georgia *

Dick O'Neill Richard Francis O'Neill (August 29, 1928 – November 17, 1998) was an American stage, film and television character actor best known for playing Irish cops, fathers, judges and army generals. He began his acting career as an original company ...

as Judge Hardcastle * William Marshall as Judge Black

Personnel

*Leonard B. Stern, executive producer *Don M. Mankiewicz and Gordon Cotler, supervising producers *Jerry Davis, producer for Universal Television *John Astin, Harry Falk, and Richard Crenna, directors

Episodes

Pilot

Season 1

Production

The

pilot An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls. Some other aircrew members, such as navigators or flight engineers, are also considered aviators, because they a ...

aired May 19, 1977, as a made-for-TV-movie.

References

External links

* * *{{epguides, RosettiandRyan 1977 American television series debuts 1977 American television series endings 1970s American legal television series English-language television shows NBC original programming Television series by Universal Television Television shows set in Massachusetts