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12 classic 70s cop shows and TV detectives that networks cancelled, from Columbo, The Rockford Files and Kojak to Starsky and Hutch, Baretta, The Streets of San Francisco, McCloud and Police Woman. One show drew more viewers than a man running for president, and it was still cancelled. One star begged his network not to renew him. Another offered to make more episodes, and never heard back. Which one should never have been cancelled? Tell me in the comments. CHAPTERS 0:00 When the cop show ruled prime time 0:30 #12 S.W.A.T. (1976) 2:35 #11 The Rookies (1976) 4:38 #10 Police Woman (1978) 6:49 #9 Barnaby Jones (1980) 9:09 #8 Cannon (1976) 11:30 #7 McCloud (1977) 13:37 #6 The Streets of San Francisco (1977) 15:57 #5 Baretta (1978) 18:18 #4 Starsky and Hutch (1979) 20:44 #3 Kojak (1978) 23:13 #2 The Rockford Files (1980) 25:28 #1 Columbo (1978) 27:49 Which one should never have been cancelled? In this video: S.W.A.T. with Steve Forrest, Rod Perry and Robert Urich, The Rookies with Georg Stanford Brown, Sam Melville, Michael Ontkean and Kate Jackson, Police Woman with Angie Dickinson and Earl Holliman, Barnaby Jones with Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether, Cannon with William Conrad, McCloud with Dennis Weaver and J.D. Cannon, The Streets of San Francisco with Karl Malden and Michael Douglas, Baretta with Robert Blake, Starsky and Hutch with Paul Michael Glaser, David Soul and Antonio Fargas, Kojak with Telly Savalas, The Rockford Files with James Garner, and Columbo with Peter Falk. If you love classic TV, 70s TV shows, old cop shows and the stories behind cancelled shows, subscribe to Never Renewed. Sources include Nielsen season rankings (via Brooks & Marsh and period network schedules), Broadcasting magazine, TIME, TV Guide, People, Playboy, The New York Times, the Associated Press, UPI, Deseret News, CBS News, the Television Academy Foundation interviews, the Museum of Broadcast Communications, Mark Dawidziak's The Columbo Phile, Sally Bedell's Up the Tube, Buddy Ebsen's The Other Side of Oz, The A.V. Club, and the cast and producers' own published accounts. Figures marked "reportedly" come from a single source. Clips are used for commentary, criticism and historical review under fair use. #ClassicTV #70sTV #CopShows