Tallahassee 7000 is a syndicated[1] 1961 American TV series starring Walter Matthau as Special Agent Lex Rogers of the Florida Sheriffs Bureau.[2] It consisted of 26 episodes[3] of 30 minutes each.[citation needed] It was executive produced by Herbert Leonard.
The bureau (the only one of its kind in the United States) helped sheriffs in Florida's 67 counties.[4] The show's title was the phone number of the bureau. Rogers had his headquarters in Miami Beach, and episodes focused on his investigations.[1]
The program was filmed on location in Florida[3] and was made directly for syndication by Screen Gems. Herbert Leonard was executive producer. Matthau disliked television and says he took the job "only for the minor inconvenience of making a living."[5]
Matthau's biographers called it "another Matthau career nadir."[6]
References
External links
- Tallahassee 7000 at IMDb
- Review of pilot episode at Variety
