The Blue Knight

This is my favorite George Kennedy role. George played a peace officer that walked his beat and knew the people that lived there. This was during a decade when the police were resented if not hated. The patrol windows began to roll up because the police cars began to be equiped with A/C, which a decade before was not standard on any car rolling of the assembly line. The police became detached from the community and fewer would live in the beat area that they patrolled. The sadest thing about this series is the fact that it was canceled after only one season. We would have to suffer with T J Hooker, and soap opera cop shows like Hill St. Blues shortly there after. Thats the breaks and we didnt have any say in the matter. This TV beat the William Holden movie role hands down. 10 STARS ✨