H.E.L.P.

H.E.L.P.
Created by	Dick Wolf; Christopher Crowe;
Written by	David Black; Dick Wolf;
Directed by	Christopher Crowe; Vern Gillum; Michael Ray Rhodes; E. W. Swackhamer;
Starring	John Mahoney; Wesley Snipes; David Caruso; Tom Bresnahan; Lance Edwards; Marjorie Monaghan; Joe Urla; Fionnula Flanagan;
Theme music composer	Jerry Goldsmith
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Christopher Crowe; Dick Wolf;
Producer	Michael Rauch
Cinematography	Constantine Makris
Editors	Mark Newman; Drake Silliman;
Running time	60 min
Production companies	ABC Productions; Wolf Films; Christopher Crowe Productions; Universal Television;
Distributor	NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	March 3 –; April 7, 1990

H.E.L.P. is an American television drama series which aired on ABC for one season as a mid-season replacement for Mission: Impossible, which was a replacement for Mr. Belvedere in March 1990. John Mahoney starred as Chief Patrick Meacham of the New York City Fire Department. Wesley Snipes played police officer Lou Barton and David Caruso played police officer Frank Sardoni of the NYPD.

The premise of the show was based on an experimental combined emergency services station (the Harlem Eastside Life-saving Program, or HELP) in New York City that co-located the resources of the Fire Department, Police Department and Emergency Medical Services.

Although H.E.L.P. was canceled after only a brief initial season, the concept of a show involving all three branches of NYC emergency services was successfully reintroduced nine years later with the 1999 debut of Third Watch, which ran for six seasons on NBC.

Cast

John Mahoney as Chief Patrick Meacham
Tom Bresnahan as Jimmy Ryan
David Caruso as Off. Frank Sordoni
Lance Edwards as Mike Pappas
Kim Flowers as Suki Rodriguez
Wesley Snipes as Off. Lou Barton
Fionnula Flanagan as Kathlenn Meacham

Episodes

No.	Title	Original air date
1	"Fire Down Below"	March 3, 1990 (1990-03-03)
2	"Are You There, Alpha Centauri?"	March 10, 1990 (1990-03-10)
3	"The Children's Hour"	March 17, 1990 (1990-03-17)
4	"Steam Heat"	March 24, 1990 (1990-03-24)
5	"To Everything, There Is a Season"	March 31, 1990 (1990-03-31)
6	"Undue Force"	April 7, 1990 (1990-04-07)

External links

H.E.L.P. at IMDb
H.E.L.P. at TV.com

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