David Cassidy: Man Under Cover is an American police drama

Police procedural

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 starring David Cassidy

David Cassidy

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, four years after his run starring in the The Partridge Family

The Partridge Family

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. The series pilot

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 first aired as a two-hour episode of another show, Police Story, which featured Cassidy playing an undercover police

Police

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 officer. That episode earned him an Emmy Award

Emmy Award

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 nomination and was then adapted Man Under Cover which aired on NBC

NBC

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 from November 2, 1978 to July 12, 1979.

Synopsis

Set in Los Angeles

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, the series stars Cassidy as undercover police officer Dan Shay. Simon Oakland

Simon Oakland

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stars as the head of Shay's undercover team.

The show was not successful and was cancelled after one 10-episode season.

Episodes

Episode #	Episode title	Original airdate
1-1	"Running the Hill"	November 2, 1978
1-2	"Baby Makes Three"	November 9, 1978
1-3	"Cage of Steel"	November 16, 1978
1-4	"Deadly Convoy"	November 23, 1978
1-5	"Flashpoint"	December 7, 1978
1-6	"RX For Dying"	December 21, 1978
1-7	"Firestorm"	December 28, 1978
1-8	"Teammates"	January 4, 1979
1-9	"Nightwork"	July 5, 1979
1-10	"Death Is a Close Friend, Too"	July 12, 1979