| The New Breed | |
|---|---|
 Main cast members Leslie Nielsen, Greg Roman, John Clarke, and John Beradino in the October 1, 1961 series premiere "No Fat Cops" | |
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | Hank Searls |
| Written by | Don Brinkley Peter B. Germano Jesse L. Lasky, Jr. Pat Lasky |
| Directed by | Walter Grauman Jerry Hopper Allen H. Miner Joseph Pevney Pat Silver-Lasky Hank Searls Sheldon Stark |
| Starring | Leslie Nielsen John Clarke John Beradino Byron Morrow Greg Roman |
| Theme music composer | Dominic Frontiere |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 36 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Quinn Martin |
| Producer | Walter Grauman |
| Running time | 60 minutes (approx) |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | October 3, 1961 – June 5, 1962 |
The New Breed is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from October 3, 1961, to June 5, 1962, with thirty-six episodes. The series was a QM Production in association with Selmur Productions, Inc.
The series stars Leslie Nielsen as the serious Lieutenant Price Adams who worked on "The Hot Shot Detail" of the LAPD's Metro Squad and former Major League Baseball player John Beradino as Sergeant Vince Cavelli. The script for the first episode, "No Fat Cops," was written by Hank Searls, credited as the creator of the series. Searls also wrote an original novel based on the series under the pseudonym "Lee Costigan."
The New Breed was the first independent production of Quinn Martin under his newly established company, QM Productions. Prior to starting his own production company, Martin had produced The Untouchables for Desilu Productions, and Nielsen was cast for the role of Adams because of a guest appearance he had made on that program in the episode titled "Three Thousand Suspects." The show was scheduled against The Red Skelton Show and Ichabod and Me on CBS and The Dick Powell Show on NBC, and was canceled after one season.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "No Fat Cops" | Walter Grauman | Hank Searls | October 3, 1961 | |
| A mentally disturbed individual seeks to gain revenge against another man by kidnapping the man's young daughter. | |||||
| 2 | "Prime Target" | Allen H. Miner | Jerry Sohl | October 10, 1961 | |
| The Met Squad only has a small clue to work with in finding a sniper who shoots at religious objects. | |||||
| 3 | "Death of a Ghost" | Unknown | Unknown | October 17, 1961 | |
| Adams becomes emotionally involved in the midst of investigating a hit-and-run case. | |||||
| 4 | "To None a Deadly Drug" | Allen H. Miner | William Templeton | October 24, 1961 | |
| The search is on for a woman who was given a lethal dose of a prescription drug by mistake. | |||||
| 5 | "The Compulsion to Confess" | Walter Grauman | David Z. Goodman | October 31, 1961 | |
| Adams delves into psychology during an investigation of two crimes at an electronics plant. | |||||
| 6 | "Til Death Do Us Part" | Walter E. Grauman | Unknown | November 7, 1961 | |
| While solving the murder of an unknown domestic worker, Adams ends up saving a marriage. | |||||
| 7 | "The Butcher" | Unknown | Unknown | November 14, 1961 | |
| Adams gets a tip in his search for a missing woman who is seeking to have an abortion. | |||||
| 8 | "Wave Goodbye to Grandpa" | Walter E. Grauman | Unknown | November 21, 1961 | |
| The mysterious death of a maid in a fall at a rest home triggers an investigation by the Met Squad. | |||||
| 9 | "Sweet Bloom of Death" | Andrew McCullough | Unknown | November 28, 1961 | |
| The clock is ticking as the Met Squad has just three hours to find an antidote for an unknown poison in order to save a child's life. | |||||
| 10 | "Valley of Three Charlies" | Allen H. Miner | Jesse Lasky Jr. & Pat Silver | December 5, 1961 | |
| Once again saddled with a minimum of clues, the Met Squad still manages to solve a bank robbery, save a kidnapped girl's life and catch a murderer. | |||||
| 11 | "Lady Killer" | Walter Grauman | Alfred Brenner | December 12, 1961 | |
| The Met Squad makes an appeal to the general public in an attempt to capture a maniacal criminal assaulter. | |||||
| 12 | "Blood Money" | Unknown | Unknown | December 19, 1961 | |
| The attempted suicide of a girl leads the Met Squad to disclose evidence in order to convict a phony doctor. | |||||
| 13 | "I Remember Murder" | Unknown | Unknown | December 26, 1961 | |
| The Met Squad attempt to discern the connection between two deaths that take place on a Hollywood sound stage. | |||||
| 14 | "The All-American Boy" | Unknown | Unknown | January 2, 1962 | |
| While on stakeout duty, Adams seriously wounds an honor student. | |||||
| 15 | "Cross the Little Line" | Walter Grauman | Story by : Theodore Apstein Teleplay by : Theodore Apstein & William Templeton | January 9, 1962 | |
| In order to capture the head of a major narcotics ring, Garcia goes undercover as a heroin dealer. | |||||
| 16 | "To Sell a Human Being" | Allen H. Miner | Unknown | January 16, 1962 | |
| During the investigation of a kidnapping, the Met Squad stumbles onto an illegal adoption ring. | |||||
| 17 | "Care is No Cure" | Unknown | Unknown | January 23, 1962 | |
| The Met Squad faces nearly insurmountable odds in trying to locate a typhoid carrier. | |||||
| 18 | "Policeman Die Alone: Part 1" | Unknown | Unknown | January 30, 1962 | |
| After a detective is killed while alone on a stakeout, Adams faces possible dismissal from the police force. | |||||
| 19 | "Policeman Die Alone: Part 2" | Unknown | Unknown | February 6, 1962 | |
| A conscience-stricken witness comes forward to help the Met Squad in tracking down the hired killer of a detective. | |||||
| 20 | "Mr. Weltschmerz" | Joseph Pevney | Unknown | February 13, 1962 | |
| The search is on for a retiree who is sending out bombs in the mail to employees of his old firm that are nearing retirement age. | |||||
| 21 | "Wings for a Plush Horse" | Unknown | Unknown | February 20, 1962 | |
| A stormy poet-playwright whose life is being threatened, but makes like difficult for the Met Squad assigned to protect him. | |||||
| 22 | "How Proud the Guilty" | Unknown | Unknown | February 27, 1962 | |
| After Adams' daughter is found to be in possession of an objectionable book, Price seeks to balance his search for the source with maintaining his daughter's respect. | |||||
| 23 | "The Torch" | Allen H. Miner | William Templeton | March 6, 1962 | |
| An investigation into a series of fires leads the Met Squad to conclude that a hired arsonist is behind the crimes. | |||||
| 24 | "All the Dead Faces" | Walter Grauman | Stanford Whitmore | March 13, 1962 | |
| Adams attempts to rehabilitate his Korean War commanding officer, who is now a guilt-ridden derelict. | |||||
| 25 | "The Deadlier Sex" | Joseph Pevney | Story by : Geneviève Manceron Teleplay by : Don Brinkley | March 20, 1962 | |
| After a payroll thief is shot, the Met Squad searches for a number of suspects, all of them women. | |||||
| 26 | "Edge of Violence" | Unknown | Unknown | March 27, 1962 | |
| A search is conducted by the Met Squad to find a gunman who has been shooting young adult delinquents. | |||||
| 27 | "Echoes of Hate" | Joseph Pevney | Pat Silver | April 3, 1962 | |
| A German-American is blamed by a Norwegian family for the death of their brother and son. | |||||
| 28 | "The Man with the Other Face" | Walter Grauman | Sheldon Stark | April 10, 1962 | |
| Cavelli becomes personally involved when a friend from his childhood tells him that she thinks that her husband will harm her. | |||||
| 29 | "Thousands and Thousands of Miles" | Joseph Pevney | Don Brinkley | April 17, 1962 | |
| Due to her parents' dislike of her boyfriend, a girl steals jewelry and silverware from the family home to finance the couple's elopement. | |||||
| 30 | "Hail, Hail, The Gang's All Here" | Walter Grauman | Jesse Lasky Jr. & Pat Silver | April 24, 1962 | |
| The death of a young girl from a fall at a convention hotel leads the Met Squad to investigate what happened. | |||||
| 31 | "My Brother's Keeper" | Unknown | Unknown | May 1, 1962 | |
| After arresting a young troublemaker, Cavelli finds his reputation at stake. | |||||
| 32 | "A Motive Named Walter" | Unknown | Unknown | May 8, 1962 | |
| The Met Squad seeks to discover the identity of a woman who purchases store items on credit and forges other customers' names. | |||||
| 33 | "Wherefore Art Thou, Romeo?" | Unknown | Unknown | May 15, 1962 | |
| A charming man who sweeps lovelorn women off their feet before killing them is the object of the Met Squad. | |||||
| 34 | "Judgment at San Belito" | Unknown | Unknown | May 22, 1962 | |
| The Met Squad becomes involved with a man who's suffering persecution for unknown reasons. | |||||
| 35 | "So Dark the Night" | Walter E. Grauman | Peter B. Germano | May 29, 1962 | |
| An arson attempt leads the Met Squad to help a couple understand the plight of a mentally retarded son. | |||||
| 36 | "Walk This Street Lightly" | Jerry Hopper | Jesse Lasky Jr. & Pat Silver | June 5, 1962 | |
| The theft of $750,000 in negotiable securities is masterminded by an art patron. | |||||
