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      • Dog and Cat is an American television series that aired on ABC on Saturday night at 10:00 p.m. Eastern time in 1977.


      Premise


      Sgt. Jack Ramsey (Lou Antonio), an undercover detective with the Los Angeles Police Department, teams up with a partner named J.Z. Kane (Kim Basinger). Together they form a relationship based on friendship and trust (completely platonic) that leads them to capture many of L.A.'s criminals. Lieutenant Arthur Kipling (Matt Clark) is their boss.
      "Dog and Cat" is a slang term used by police officers to denote a male-female partnership. The show is especially remembered for the car that Kim Basinger used in the series: a souped-up Volkswagen Beetle with a Porsche engine.


      Production history


      Lawrence Gordon pitched the show to ABC, who bought it. He took it to Paramount, who produced it. The show was one of the first supervised by Brandon Tartikoff when he was at ABC.
      It replaced Most Wanted which moved to Monday night.


      Reception




      = Critical

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      The New York Times described one of the earliest episodes, "Live Bait", about a rapist, as "a particularly repulsive tale" and thought the male lead was a rip-off of Baretta and the female lead too obviously inspired by Charlie's Angels.
      The Washington Post said Antonio does "a nice, grumpy job" and Basinger was "a little saltier than Angie Dickinson's Pepper" but liked the fact it was not overly violent and "had a sense of humour. It could be around in the fall".


      = Ratings

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      The first episode after the pilot was meant to be "Live Bait" (directed by Steve Stern, written by Rudolph Borchert), about a rapist. However it was changed to be about a corrupt cop. It got a 40% rating and was the 23rd most watched show of the week.
      Joel Silver reported that Walter Hill's original pilot script inspired Shane Black to write Lethal Weapon.


      Credits



      Directed by:

      Bob Kelljan
      Writing credits (in alphabetical order)

      Heywood Gould
      Tom Greene
      Walter Hill
      William Keys
      Owen Morgan (also story)
      Henry Rosenbaum
      Credited cast

      Lou Antonio as Jack Ramsey
      Kim Basinger as Officer J.Z. Kane
      Matt Clark as Lt. Arthur Kipling
      Charles Cioffi as Ralph Travan
      Richard Lynch as Shirley
      Dale Robinette as Nicholas Evans
      Janit Baldwin as Roeanne Lee Peters
      Geoffrey Scott as David Storey
      Lesley Woods as Velma
      Matt Bennett as Gonzo
      Walt Davis as Trog
      Dick Wesson as Zink Kauffen
      The rest of cast listed alphabetically:

      Lynn Borden as Mavis
      Richard Forbes as Earl Seagram
      James Hall as Frank
      Dianne Kay as Connie
      Frank McRae as Morgue Attendant
      Catherane Skillen
      Jim Storm as Change Maker
      Ken Sylk as Doty
      Betty Thomas as Waitress


      Episode guide




      References




      External links


      Dog and Cat at IMDb
      Dog and Cat at CTVA
      Review of pilot

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