Tallahassee 7000

Tallahassee 7000 is a 1961 American syndicated TV series starring Walter Matthau as Special Agent Lex Rogers of the Florida Sheriffs Bureau. It consists of 26 episodes in 30-minute time slots.^{[citation needed]}

The Bureau (the only one of its kind in the United States) helped sheriffs in Florida's 67 counties. The show's title is the alpha-numeric phone number of the Bureau, for example: TA 7000. Rogers's headquarters are in Miami Beach, and episodes focus on his investigations.

The program was filmed on location in Florida, and was produced for syndication by Screen Gems. Herbert B. Leonard was executive producer. Matthau disliked television and says he took the job "only for the minor inconvenience of making a living".

Matthau's biographers called it "another Matthau career nadir".

References

^ ^a ^b Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 1052. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
^ "C.B.S. MAY CHANGE 'FACE THE NATION': Proposal to Make It Debate Series Weighed -- WNEW Plans Discussion Program" by VAL ADAMS. New York Times 22 Dec 1960: 47.
^ ^a ^b McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 817. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
^ "Florida Sheriff's Bureau Story Now Told In New TV Crime Series". St. Petersburg Times. October 12, 1961. p. 6-D. Retrieved March 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ What the OTB Bettor Can Learn from Walter Matthau: A lesson from Walter Matthau By THOMAS MEEHAN. New York Times 4 July 1971: SM6.
^ Edelman, Rob; Kupferberg, Audrey E (2002). Matthau : a life. Lanham, Md. : Taylor Trade Pub. ; Summit, Pa. : Distributed by National Book Network. p. 121.

External links

Tallahassee 7000 at IMDb
Review of pilot episode at Variety

[etvs-1] Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 1052. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.

[2] "C.B.S. MAY CHANGE 'FACE THE NATION': Proposal to Make It Debate Series Weighed -- WNEW Plans Discussion Program" by VAL ADAMS. New York Times 22 Dec 1960: 47.

[tt-3] McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 817. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.

[spt-4] "Florida Sheriff's Bureau Story Now Told In New TV Crime Series". St. Petersburg Times. October 12, 1961. p. 6-D. Retrieved March 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[5] What the OTB Bettor Can Learn from Walter Matthau: A lesson from Walter Matthau By THOMAS MEEHAN. New York Times 4 July 1971: SM6.

[6] Edelman, Rob; Kupferberg, Audrey E (2002). Matthau : a life. Lanham, Md. : Taylor Trade Pub. ; Summit, Pa. : Distributed by National Book Network. p. 121.