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Amy Prentiss

TV·1974–1975·1 season, 3 episodes·NBC·Drama·2h·Created by Francine Carroll

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Amy Prentiss is an American police drama television series which aired on NBC. It is a spinoff of Ironside, and aired as part of the NBC Mystery Movie from 1974-1975. Jessica Walter stars as Amy Prentiss, a relatively young investigator who becomes the first female Chief of Detectives for the San Francisco Police Department. Helen Hunt, in an early role, played Prentiss' pre-teen daughter, Jill. Four 2-hour episodes were aired. Guest stars in the series' brief run included William Shatner, Cameron Mitchell, Don Murray, Joyce Van Patten and Jamie Farr.

Cast

Jessica WalterJessica WalterAmy PrentissHelen HuntHelen HuntJill PrentissJohnny SevenJohnny SevenDetective ContrerasSteve SandorSteve SandorDetective Tony Russell

Episodes by season

Season013Episodes1974–75Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Baptism of FireDecember 1, 1974—Amy assumes her duties as San Francisco's first female police chief. Her first assignment: an old friend is suspected of murder, and a mad
  2. S01E02The Desperate World of Jane DoeDecember 22, 1974—A party host passes out to find a strange, very dead, woman in his apartment and himself as the prime suspect. Amy also takes on some phony
  3. S01E03Profile in EvilFebruary 2, 1975—Amy's quarry is a renegade cop who killed a drug dealer and the fellow officer who witnessed his crime.

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