among the next series to feature casts situated similarly.) Casting Among the actors who appeared in the series were Rutanya Alda, Jane Alexander, Conrad Bain, Philip Bosco, John Cazale, Leslie Charleson, Miriam Colon, Franklin Cover, Matthew Cowles, Blythe Danner, Ossie Davis, Howard Da Silva, Mary Fickett, Scott Glenn, Charles Grodin, Moses Gunn, Graham Jarvis, James Earl Jones, Raul Julia, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Laurence Luckinbill, Nancy Marchand, Bill Macy, Donna McKechnie, Meg Myles, Priscilla Pointer, Andrew Robinson, Esther Rolle, Martin Sheen, Jon Voight, Richard Ward, Louis Zorich, Al Pacino, Jill Clayburgh, Jane Elliot, Ralph Waite, Harvey Keitel, James Earl Jones, Charles Durning, Gretchen Corbett, and Roy Scheider. Writing In 1967, N.Y.P.D. was the first television series in America to air an episode with a Homosexual theme ("Shakedown"). The police track down a man blackmailing Homosexual men, prompting several suicides. Opening credits The series' opening credit sequence, prominently featuring a closeup of a police car emergency light as the vehicle drives through the streets of New York, would later be spoofed in the 1980s comedy series Police Squad! and subsequent movies. Episodes Season 1 (1967–68) Season 2 (1968–69) External links The Robert J. Markell papers, 1967–1968 are located in the Northeastern University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Department, Boston, MA. 1967 American television series debuts 1969 American television series endings American Broadcasting Company original programming 1960s American crime drama television series English-language television shows Fictional portrayals of the New York City Police Department Television series by CBS Studios Television series by Talent Associates American detective television series