Amy Prentiss is an American police drama television series which aired on NBC

NBC

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. It is a spinoff of Ironside

Ironside (TV series)

Ironside is a Universal television series which ran on NBC from September 14, 1967 to January 16, 1975. The show starred Raymond Burr as the wheelchair-using Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside. The character's debut was in a TV-movie on March 28, 1967. The original title of the show in the...

, and aired as part of the NBC Mystery Movie

NBC Mystery Movie

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from 1974-1975. Jessica Walter

Jessica Walter

Jessica Walter is an American actress, known for the films Play Misty for Me, Grand Prix, and for her role as Lucille Bluth on the sitcom Arrested Development...

 stars as Amy Prentiss, a relatively young investigator who becomes Chief of Detectives for the San Francisco Police Department

San Francisco Police Department

The San Francisco Police Department, also known as the SFPD and San Francisco Department Of Police, is the police department of the City and County of San Francisco, California...

. Helen Hunt

Helen Hunt

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, in an early role, played Prentiss' pre-teen daughter, Jill. Four 2-hour episodes were aired.