How to Watch Mark Harmon, John Travolta & More on ‘Emergency!’
Long before 9-1-1, Chicago Fire, or Station 19, the first responders of Emergency! saved the day.
The 1972–77 drama joins FETV’s schedule tomorrow (airing two hours nightly at 10/9c), but first, this seven-hour marathon showcases the guest stars who popped up alongside firefighter paramedics DeSoto and Gage (above, Kevin Tighe and Randolph Mantooth). Such as:
John Travolta
The future Sweathog—in his first onscreen role—sweats it out in a Season 2 episode as a badly injured hiker who needs an airlift before a brushfire reaches him. (6/5c)
Nick Nolte
In one of his earliest parts, Nolte plays a dashing doctor. The Season 3 hour also features NFL Hall of Famer Dick Butkus as, natch, a football player with a broken ankle. (8/7c)
Yvonne Craig and Adam West
The Batphone was ringing in Season 4, and these heroes answered the call! Batgirl Craig swung by to play the wife—make that one of the wives—of a bigamist hurt in a traffic accident. Batman himself, West, took the role of an actor who had to be rescued…from a bear! (9/8c, 10/9c)
Mark Harmon
His second onscreen role was almost his first big break. As an animal control officer in this thrilling Season 4 episode, the future NCIS star helped wrangle a Bengal tiger. It was a backdoor pilot for a series that, alas, wasn’t picked up—but Harmon’s career seems to have recovered just fine. (11/10c)
Emergency!, Sunday, April 3, 5/4c, FETV
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The show that launched a thousand careers. More likely, tens of thousands.
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Emergency brought the world emergency medicine to the scene,. In 1972, there was 12 paramedic programs in the entire country. By 1977, there was over 10,000. It also taught poor communities how to create an EMT program using pickups and CB radios along with fire departments having paramedic equipment on fire trucks and ladder trucks. They also introduced helicopters into firefighting.
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We're coming up on the 50th anniversary of this ground breaking show that directly contributed to life saving of people in need since the first day it aired.That needs to be celebrated.The station they used is now a museum and the squad is in the LA Fire Dept museum,we need a tribute to the show itself in some form.
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Emergency was an awesome TV show that brought to life real issues that healhcare faces every day! Look how far we have come. As a young nurse/EMT actually living through these changes.
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I love EMERGENCY!! I remembered a bit from when I was a kid and found it a few years ago in my area on MeTV. Adam -12, another great show, has been on what seems like the last 5 years…. Time for MeTV to circle back to EMERGENCY! again.
No offense to Jim Reed abs Pete Malloy but I need some Johnny Gage and Roy DeSoto partner time.
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