In 1963, NBC, Four Star and the producers wanted that an opinion to ask permission from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare to made The Robert Taylor Show onto the air (see What if Temple Houston was delayed until the 1964-65 season? for more details).
Then in the August of 1963, he approached that Bruce Geller, while working on The Robert Taylor Show is commit to write a script for a half-hour police drama series entitled The Street Logs, in which Bernard L. Kowalski, while also working on The Robert Taylor Show to direct the pilot.
Shortly afterwards, Bruce Geller and Four Star however pitched it to Procter & Gamble. P&G was however interested in making The Street Logs a midseason replacement for Grindl. In the October of 1963, the cast was revealed. It consists of Chad Everett and former Dragnet co-star Ben Alexander as patrol officers.
In the November, P&G however wanted to made The Street Logs onto air as of late January 1964, in between Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color and Bonanza. Four Star's staff composer Herschel Burke Gilbert is the music composer of the show. In the March of 1964, NBC was interested in cancelling the show after 16 episodes.
The show was in some kind by critics as "a spiritual successor to Highway Patrol". It was also a precursor to police dramas like Adam-12, The Rookies and S.W.A.T.
Fully ITTL, IOTL, The Street Logs was not made, Grindl picked up for a full season, and The Robert Taylor Show was cancelled on July 17, 1963, Geller moved on to Desilu, Kowalski stayed busy with other projects and four episodes of The Robert Taylor Show remain unaired as Everett go on to other projects, and Alexander go on to other projects including its final TV show The Felony Squad.
Then in the August of 1963, he approached that Bruce Geller, while working on The Robert Taylor Show is commit to write a script for a half-hour police drama series entitled The Street Logs, in which Bernard L. Kowalski, while also working on The Robert Taylor Show to direct the pilot.
Shortly afterwards, Bruce Geller and Four Star however pitched it to Procter & Gamble. P&G was however interested in making The Street Logs a midseason replacement for Grindl. In the October of 1963, the cast was revealed. It consists of Chad Everett and former Dragnet co-star Ben Alexander as patrol officers.
In the November, P&G however wanted to made The Street Logs onto air as of late January 1964, in between Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color and Bonanza. Four Star's staff composer Herschel Burke Gilbert is the music composer of the show. In the March of 1964, NBC was interested in cancelling the show after 16 episodes.
The show was in some kind by critics as "a spiritual successor to Highway Patrol". It was also a precursor to police dramas like Adam-12, The Rookies and S.W.A.T.
Fully ITTL, IOTL, The Street Logs was not made, Grindl picked up for a full season, and The Robert Taylor Show was cancelled on July 17, 1963, Geller moved on to Desilu, Kowalski stayed busy with other projects and four episodes of The Robert Taylor Show remain unaired as Everett go on to other projects, and Alexander go on to other projects including its final TV show The Felony Squad.