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McCloud was an American television police drama that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1977. The title role is played by Dennis Weaver as Marshal Sam McCloud, a law officer from Taos, New Mexico on semi-permanent "special assignment" with the New York City Police Department.
Originally one of the rotating segments of The NBC Mystery Movie before it was promoted to a timeslot of its own.
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Tropes used in McCloud include:
- Arson, Murder, and Lifesaving: This trope was originally named the McCloud Speech.
- Christmas Episode: "'Twas the Fight Before Christmas."
- Cowboy Cop: A literal example, though otherwise definitely downplayed.
- Da Chief: Chief Peter B. Clifford
- Fish Out of Water: Taos, New Mexico to Manhattan? Talk about being a strange cop in a strange land.
- Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Many episode titles involved an action, resource, or setting symbolic of the Western motion picture genre.
- New York City Cops
- Reunion Show: The Return of Sam McCloud in 1989. Also its Grand Finale.
- Say My Name: Chief Peter B. Clifford whenever New Mexico lawman Sam McCloud gets on his nerves, which is all the time.
- Wheel Program
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