Tallahassee 7000

Tallahassee 7000 is a syndicated[1] 1961 American TV series starring Walter Matthau as Special Agent Lex Rogers of the Florida Sheriffs Bureau.[2] It consisted of 26 episodes[3] of 30 minutes each. It was executive produced by Herbert Leonard.

The bureau (the only one of its kind in the United States) helped sheriffs in Florida's 67 counties.[4] The show's title was the phone number of the bureau. Rogers had his headquarters in Miami Beach, and episodes focused on his investigations.[1]

The program was filmed on location in Florida[3] and was made directly for syndication by Screen Gems. Herbert Leonard was executive producer. Matthau disliked television and says he took the job "only for the minor inconvenience of making a living."[5]

Matthau's biographers called it "another Matthau career nadir."[6]

References

Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 1052. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
"C.B.S. MAY CHANGE 'FACE THE NATION': Proposal to Make It Debate Series Weighed -- WNEW Plans Discussion Program" by VAL ADAMS. New York Times 22 Dec 1960: 47.
McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 817. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
"Florida Sheriff's Bureau Story Now Told In New TV Crime Series". St. Petersburg Times. October 12, 1961. p. 6-D. Retrieved March 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
What the OTB Bettor Can Learn from Walter Matthau: A lesson from Walter Matthau By THOMAS MEEHAN. New York Times 4 July 1971: SM6.
Edelman, Rob; Kupferberg, Audrey E (2002). Matthau : a life. Lanham, Md. : Taylor Trade Pub. ; Summit, Pa. : Distributed by National Book Network. p. 121.

External links

Tallahassee 7000 at IMDb
Review of pilot episode at Variety

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[etvs-1] Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 1052. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.

[2] "C.B.S. MAY CHANGE 'FACE THE NATION': Proposal to Make It Debate Series Weighed -- WNEW Plans Discussion Program" by VAL ADAMS. New York Times 22 Dec 1960: 47.

[tt-3] McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 817. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.

[spt-4] "Florida Sheriff's Bureau Story Now Told In New TV Crime Series". St. Petersburg Times. October 12, 1961. p. 6-D. Retrieved March 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[5] What the OTB Bettor Can Learn from Walter Matthau: A lesson from Walter Matthau By THOMAS MEEHAN. New York Times 4 July 1971: SM6.

[6] Edelman, Rob; Kupferberg, Audrey E (2002). Matthau : a life. Lanham, Md. : Taylor Trade Pub. ; Summit, Pa. : Distributed by National Book Network. p. 121.