Switch

Switch

1975
Switch
Switch

Switch

7.1 | en | Drama

Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner, who work as private eyes, for a deceptive sting operation. It was broadcast on the CBS network for three seasons between September 9, 1975 and August 20, 1978, bumping the Hawaii Five-O detective series to Friday nights.

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EP22  The Siege at the Bouziki Bar
Jul. 09,1978
The Siege at the Bouziki Bar

The near-ultimate in budget-conscious "bottle shows" (all but two scenes are filmed inside Malcolm's Bouziki Bar; Pamela Bellwood and two firemen are the only guest actors; and much of the show is in flashbacks) finds Pete, Mac, Malcolm and Maggie trapped inside the bar with a very pregnant murder witness while mob hit men search unseen for a way in. Some sources give this episode's air date as August 13, 1978, when the show was run off as a summer series (and did very well in the ratings).

EP21  Photo Finish
Jul. 02,1978
Photo Finish

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EP20  The Cage
Jun. 25,1978
The Cage

The series began a summer run (ironically, enjoying its best ratings since the first season and tremendously better than it had done in the fall) with an episode about kidnappers grabbing the brother of a photographic model -- the brother is a veterinary student specializing in large-animal surgery, which he is to be forced to use to remove diamonds from the hide of an African rhinoceros recently imported to Los Angeles. Watch very fast for Natalie Wood bidding her then-husband Robert Wagner (Pete) goodbye from a bathtub at about the 10th minute.

EP19  Play-off
Jun. 18,1978
Play-off

Ryan is forced to protect a kingpin's son at a golf tournament, otherwise Malcolm's life is forfeit.

EP18  Mexican Standoff
May. 12,1978
Mexican Standoff

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EP17  Blue Crusaders Reunion
May. 05,1978
Blue Crusaders Reunion

Pete tags along when Mac attends a reunion of his old police buddies, but the event takes a dark turn as someone is killing off the attendees one by one.

EP16  Formula for Murder
Apr. 28,1978
Formula for Murder

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EP15  Stolen Island (aka Death Island)
Mar. 28,1978
Stolen Island (aka Death Island)

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EP14  Coranodo Circle
Feb. 07,1978
Coranodo Circle

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EP13  Three Blond Mice
Jan. 30,1978
Three Blond Mice

Soem interesting underwater (swimming pool) footage highlights this episode as Pete and Mac -- in full business suits and at their ages (over 70 for Eddie Albert) dive in to defuse a nuclear bomb threatening to take out a society party and much of Los Angeles to boot. This episode was broadcast on August 6, 1978 (possinly its first run) just before the TV news announced the death of Pope Paul VI.

EP12  Who Killed Lila Craig?
Jan. 16,1978
Who Killed Lila Craig?

Mac reacquaints himself with a number of people he hasn't seen in years after he and Pete reopen the case of a glamorous actress who was murdered 30 years earlier.

EP11  The Tong
Jan. 09,1978
The Tong

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EP10  Dangerous Curves
Jan. 02,1978
Dangerous Curves

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EP9  Thirty Thousand Witnesses
Dec. 26,1977
Thirty Thousand Witnesses

Pete becomes a rather overage soccer goalie (Robert Wagner, though he looked younger, was 47 at the time of filming) in order to figure out who killed the team's previous goalie and how (the killer uses a camera with a special attachment which shoots a poisoned dart).

EP8  Lady of the Deep
Dec. 19,1977
Lady of the Deep

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EP7  Go for Broke
Dec. 12,1977
Go for Broke

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EP6  Dancer
Dec. 05,1977
Dancer

Pete and Mac do a literal song and dance as they help an old vaudeville hoofer try to figure out who took several shots at him onstage, killing his dance partner.

EP5  Fade Out
Nov. 04,1977
Fade Out

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EP4  Legend of the Macunas (2)
Oct. 21,1977
Legend of the Macunas (2)

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EP3  Legend of the Macunas (1)
Oct. 14,1977
Legend of the Macunas (1)

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EP2  Downshift
Sep. 30,1977
Downshift

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EP1  Net Loss
Sep. 23,1977
Net Loss

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7.1 | en | Drama , Action & Adventure | More Info
Released: 1975-09-09 | Released Producted By: Glen A. Larson Productions , Universal Television Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
Synopsis

Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner, who work as private eyes, for a deceptive sting operation. It was broadcast on the CBS network for three seasons between September 9, 1975 and August 20, 1978, bumping the Hawaii Five-O detective series to Friday nights.

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Cast

Robert Wagner , Eddie Albert , Charlie Callas

Director

Glen A. Larson

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Glen A. Larson Productions , Universal Television

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Reviews

Dave Roche I only ever saw this series the first (and only) time it was broadcast in Ireland (remember the 'Spinning Coin' at the start ?). Anyway - I agree - it was an excellent 'Sting-in-the-Tail' type show - the 'mark' usually deserved what (s)he got - so in essence we were rooting for the 'bad guys', in the mold of Newman/Redford in the extremely excellent 'The Sting' - a film which NEVER grows stale.And yes - this is indeed a show which appears to have 'fallen out of Television History' - others being 'Cool Million' and 'It Takes a Thief' - these made Saturday evening viewing (while growing up) a delight.More please ( but DON'T remake them as movies ! ).Enjoy !
DKosty123 This is another CBS series which started very strong. A lot of that was the cast. Robert Wagner, Eddie Albert & Sharon Gless are three extreme talents put together on this series. They were what held the later shows together.The first scripts of this show were extremely intelligent. Wagner playing off Albert & Gless trying to stop the 2 of them from going at each others throats was very effective. The friction gave this show a strong start. The early shows had something special. Charlie Callas helped the early shows too but he strangely stopped appearing after the second season.Later on in the series, a report about excessive violence on TV came out & CBS reacted by watering down the quality of the action & the parks between Wagner & Albert. Once this happened, the show abruptly lost ratings & got canceled. This was a very good series originally, but if you watch the first shows & then watch the last ones, you will see what I mean about the change.
paulfreeman I agree: odd that so much dross is endlessly recycled and yet this perfectly respectable little series seemed to have disappeared off everybody's radar. I particularly liked the theme tune written by Stu Philips and executive producer Glen A Larson.Perhaps it was the title which seemed to have little to do in the way of describing the action, and even less for the brain to latch on to.... "switch.. Switch?? what on earth was that?""A series about a conman and a cop.... Eddie Albert and Robert Vaughan... surely you remember ?... NO?How it goes sometimes..
tom_jeffords Switch was an interesting little show, not great, not bad, fairly decent in fact. The premise was retired cop Eddie Albert teams up with retired con man/former adversary Robert Wagner as private eyes with a pre-Cagney and Lacey Sharon Gless as their secretary. Albert and Wagner had an excellent laid back chemistry and some the cases showed some originality and had a pretty high entertainment value. Two interesting notes about the show is I have never seen an article about Sharon Gless or the rest of the cast that even mentions the show and it seems to be completely forgotten in reruns, articles about television or the cast, etc. despite the high visibility of the cast. Second the first two seasons had a very light hearted approach but the last two were considerably darker in tone and far more violent. All in all a decent show that seems to have disappeared down the memory hole. NB Almost a quarter of a century after it first aired and a decade after IMD arrived this it the first comment on it to appear on IMD!