"Dog and Cat" (1977)

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Does anybody remember this one? It was a short-lived cop show starring Lou Antonio and Kim Basinger that ran on ABC for only six episodes in the spring of 1977. Walter Hill (the writer/director behind films such as The Warriors and 48 Hrs.) created it.

The show could essentially be best described as Baretta meets Charlie's Angels. In case you're wondering, “Dog and cat” was a slang term used by police officers to denote a male-female partnership.



Given its short-run and the fact that it debuted in the '70s, the show unfortunately appears to mostly be lost media.

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Dog and Cat is discussed specifically here at the 51:44 mark in this interview with Lou Antonio:


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Fresh out of the archives, my very first project… And it shows! My dear, dear producer friend Lawrence Gordon had to pull me aside and show me the dailies (which I absolutely hated watching). “You gotta stop doing this when you pull your weapon!” To my horror, every time I drew my gun I would lick my lips!!

So, who can name that show? Even better, who can name the iconic car this “farm girl” drove around in?

#tbt #OfficerJZCane #LouAntonio #bts #trivia

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Dog and Cat is discussed beginning at the 6:38 mark in this video.

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Reviews and previews of Dog and Cat circa 1977:

• Tube Talk... Dog And Cat Scripts Are Weak. - Page 10
  
• Getting Third Season Tryout. Dog And Cat Not A Show For ... - Page 18
  
• 'Dog And Cat Is Show Having Spring Fling. - Page 63
  
• 'Dog And Cat Is For Police... - Page 9
  
• 'Dog And Cat Getting Tryout In Third Season - Page 3
  
• 'Dog, Cot Battles Script Woes. - Page 6
  
• Abc-Tvs Dog And Cat Plots Must Come From Comic Books. - Page 12
  
• It's 2nd Season, Part 2. - Page 159
  
• It's 2nd Season, Part 2. - Page 24
  
• Reading Eagle, Friday, March 4, 1977... Shows Fast Draw ... - Page 16
  
• Action Within The Generation Gap. - Page 6
  
• The Hour - Page 37
  
• Ube Talk: Trvouts For New Shows In Third. - Page 6
  
• New Series To Debut - Page 2
  
• The Pittsburgh Press - Page 7
  
• Kim Basinger. In Dog And Cat Serie. Kim Basinger Moving To Top.
  
• New Detective Series Premieres Saturday. - Page 14
  
• Highlights - Page 13
  
• I977.. Dog And Cat'. - Page 19
  
• Stars Of Nashville Favor Rich Homes. - Page 67
  
• Everything Km The It Home Auto - Page 18
  
• The Montreal Gazette - Page 108
  
• St. Petersburg Times - Page 20
  
• 'Dog And Cat... - Page 36
  
• Movies For Viewing. - Page 16
  
• Toledo Blade - Page 20
  
• Saturday Previews: - Page 12
  
• Television Tonight It Double Life. - Page 5
  
• Wild Mini My Dog And Cat. - Page 153
  
• This Week On Television - Page 26
  
• Abc Premiers. - Page 6
  
• Ulster - Page 5
  
• Highlights - Page 9
  
• ...Life For Lou. - Page 20
  
• Tonight Television - Page 21
  
• Daytona Beach Morning Journal - Page 15
  
• Profile - Page 13
  
• New Series Delight. - Page 22
  
• Lewiston Evening Journal - Page 5
  
• Miami's Most Complete Guide To .To Tv .Lu .Ooo .'dog And ... - Page 5
  
• Win Fanning. Dog And Cat Nonviolent Cops. - Page 1
  
• The Evening Independent - Page 12
  
• ...On Her Detective Show. - Page 63
  
• 'Dog Meets Cat And Likes It. By Barbara Holsopple. - Page 77
  
• Dog And Cat: At Least It's Better Than Reruns. - Page 8
  
• Premiere - Page 100
  
• Schenectady Gazette - Page 46
  
• Two Series Premiere Tonight. - Page 1
  
• Times - Page 5
  
• Jar Introducing 2 More Cop Shows On Saturday. - Page 12
  
• Than Dog And Cat Promising. - Page 21
  
• Series Rosin - Page 36
  
• Toledo Blade - Page 1
  
• The Bryan Times - Page 7
  
• Tube Talk. Spring Becoming Tvs Third Season - Page 62
  
• Evening Times - Page 5
  
• 'Dog And Cat Considered A Hit. - Page 20
  
• The Evening Independent - Page 14
  
• New Season's Begun. - Page 21
  
• ...In The Third Season - Page 9

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A page on Dog and Cat has just been created on TV Tropes.

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Reconstructed episode plot summaries:

• ChatGPT
  
• Copilot (Pilot, Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5, Episode 6)
  
• Grok
  
• Perplexity
  
• Poe