On This Day: April 2 1981 Strike Force Premiered on ABC

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Apr 2, 2025

Pete

Mr. Eighties

Pete has published a news story:

On This Day: April 2 1981 Strike Force Premiered on ABC.

On this day April 2 1981 the action packed crime drama Strike Force premiered on ABC. Starring Robert Stack as Captain Frank Murphy the series followed an elite team of undercover cops battling organized crime drug rings and high stakes criminal operations in Los Angeles.

Strike Force aired for 1 season with a total of 20 episodes. The show aimed to blend gritty realism with fast paced action and featured a cast that included Dorian Harewood and Trisha Noble. Though it didn’t last beyond...

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