Editing David Cassidy: Man Undercover

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{{Infobox television
| image              =
| caption            = 
| genre              = [[Police procedural|Police drama]]
| creator            = Richard Fielder
| writer             = Sean Baine<br>Stephen Downing<br>Richard Fielder<br>Rick Kelbaugh<br>Chester Krumholz<br>Mark Rodgers
| director           = Edward M. Abroms<br>[[Virgil W. Vogel|Virgil Vogel]]
| starring           = [[David Cassidy]]<br>[[Simon Oakland]]<br>Wendy Rastatter
| composer           = [[Harry Betts]]
| country            = United States
| language           = English
| num_seasons        = 1
| num_episodes       = 10
| executive_producer = [[David Gerber]]
| producer           = Mark Rodgers<br>Mel Swope
| cinematography     = Al Francis<br>John V. LaBarbera<br>Jack Whitman
| runtime            = 45&ndash;48 min
| company            = [[Columbia Pictures Television]]<br>David Gerber Productions
| channel            = [[NBC]]
| first_aired        = {{Start date|1978|11|02}}
| last_aired         = {{End date|1979|07|12}} 
}}

'''''David Cassidy: Man Undercover''''' (the word "undercover" in the series title appeared at various times written as one word or two) is an American [[Police procedural|police drama]] starring [[David Cassidy]], four years after his run starring in ''[[The Partridge Family]]'', his first starring role since that series was cancelled. The series was spun off after Cassidy starred in a special two-hour episode of ''[[Police Story (1973 TV series)|Police Story]]'', titled "A Chance to Live", which aired in May 1978; this episode served as the [[television pilot|pilot]] for ''Man Undercover''.

In ''A Chance to Live'', Cassidy portrayed undercover [[police]] officer Dan Shay, a cop who successfully infiltrates a high-school drug ring as a fellow student. Cassidy earned an [[Emmy Award]] nomination for Best Dramatic Actor for the role. He reprised the role of Officer Shay for the ''Man Undercover'' series, which aired on [[NBC]] from November 2, 1978 to July 12, 1979. Only ten episodes of the show aired prior to its cancellation.

The role of Shay's wife, portrayed in "A Chance to Live" by [[Dee Wallace]], was recast with actress Wendy Rastatter for the actual series.

This show is the last new filmed series from [[Columbia Pictures Television]] to display a copyright notice at the beginning under the show's logo in the opening credits.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

==Synopsis==
Set in [[Los Angeles]], the series stars Cassidy as undercover police officer Dan Shay. Each episode featured Shay going undercover in a different case. [[Simon Oakland]] starred as the head of Shay's undercover team.

The plot of a twenty-something cop going undercover in high school would be used more popularly the following decade in ''[[21 Jump Street]]''.

==Episodes==
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=1
 |Title=Running the Hill
 |DirectedBy=[[Bernard McEveety]]
 |WrittenBy=[[Stephen Downing (producer)|Sean Baine]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|11|2}}
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2
 |Title=Baby Makes Three
 |DirectedBy=Vince Edwards 
 |WrittenBy=Dallas L. Barnes
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|11|9}}
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=3
 |Title=Cage of Steel
 |DirectedBy=Sam Wanamaker
 |WrittenBy=Walter Dallenbach
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|11|16}}
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=4
 |Title=Deadly Convoy
 |DirectedBy=[[Alvin Ganzer]] 
 |WrittenBy=E. Arthur Kean
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|11|23}}
 |ShortSummary= 
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=5
 |Title=Flashpoint
 |DirectedBy=Alexander Singer
 |WrittenBy=Mark Rodgers
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|12|7}}
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=6
 |Title=RX for Dying
 |DirectedBy=Don Medford 
 |WrittenBy=[[Stephen Downing (producer)|Sean Baine]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|12|21}}
 |ShortSummary= 
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=7
 |Title=Firestorm 
 |DirectedBy=[[Edward M. Abroms]]
 |WrittenBy=Mark Rodgers
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|12|28}}
 |ShortSummary= 
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=8
 |Title=Teammates
 |DirectedBy=Alf Kjellin
 |WrittenBy=Richard Kelbaugh
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|1|4}}
 |ShortSummary= 
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=9
 |Title=Nightwork
 |DirectedBy=[[Edward M. Abroms]]
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Kendelle J. Blaire|t= Chester Krumholz}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|7|5}}
 |ShortSummary= 
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=10
 |Title=Death is a Close Friend, Too
 |DirectedBy=[[Virgil W. Vogel]]
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Sy Salkowitz|t= Chester Krumholz}}
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1979|7|12}}
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0077001}}

[[Category:1978 American television series debuts]]
[[Category:1979 American television series endings]]
[[Category:1970s American drama television series]]
[[Category:1970s American police procedural television series]]
[[Category:1970s American high school television series]]
[[Category:American English-language television shows]]
[[Category:Television series about the Los Angeles Police Department]]
[[Category:Television series by Sony Pictures Television]]
[[Category:American television spinoffs]]
[[Category:NBC television dramas]]


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