MacGruder and Loud

MacGruder and Loud
Genre	Police procedural
Created by	Aaron Spelling
Starring	John Getz Kathryn Harrold
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	14
Production
Producer	Robert H. Justman
Production location	Los Angeles
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	January 20 – April 30, 1985

MacGruder and Loud is an American crime drama from Aaron Spelling Productions that aired on ABC in 1985.

The series stars John Getz and Kathryn Harrold as married police officers Malcolm MacGruder and Jenny Loud in a Los Angeles Police Department-styled police agency (where strict anti-fraternization policies were in effect). They fought a battle every day to keep it a closely guarded secret from their boss, Sgt. Hanson (played by veteran actor Lee de Broux).

Malcolm and Jenny lived in a duplex-type apartment complex where there was a secret door behind the grandfather clock in her apartment, where Malcolm could sneak in and enjoy her company.

This was one of the few failures from Aaron Spelling's production company in its history, since it was picked by ABC to debut right after the Super Bowl in 1985 and was heavily promoted during the game. The promotion resulted in high ratings at first, but following a quick decline, the series was cancelled three months into its run, after ranking 40th out of 104 programs that aired that season with an average 15.76 household rating, according to TVTango.com.

Because of the frequent commercials during the Super Bowl, the following night Johnny Carson asked rhetorically during his monologue on The Tonight Show: "Did you see that new show, 'Frequent and Loud'?"

The series was rushed into production by ABC in order to capitalize on the popularity of another crime drama at that time, Cagney and Lacey (which aired on CBS).

External links

• MacGruder and Loud at IMDb
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Preceded by Airwolf 1984

MacGruder and Loud Super Bowl lead-out program 1985

Succeeded by The Last Precinct 1986