Tallahassee 7000

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Tallahassee 7000 is a 1961 American syndicated [1] TV series starring Walter Matthau as Special Agent Lex Rogers of the Florida Sheriffs Bureau. [2] [3] It consists of 26 episodes [4] in 30-minute time slots.[ citation needed ]

The Bureau (the only one of its kind in the United States) helped sheriffs in Florida's 67 counties. [5] The show's title is the alpha-numeric phone number of the Bureau, for example: TA 7000. Rogers's headquarters are in Miami Beach, and episodes focus on his investigations. [1]

The program was filmed on location in Florida, [4] and was produced for syndication by Screen Gems. Herbert B. Leonard was executive producer. Matthau disliked television and says he took the job "only for the minor inconvenience of making a living". [6]

Matthau's biographers called it "another Matthau career nadir". [7]

References

  1. 1 2 Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 1052. ISBN   978-0-7864-6477-7.
  2. ↑ Tallahassee 7000. Nostalgia Central. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "C.B.S. MAY CHANGE 'FACE THE NATION': Proposal to Make It Debate Series Weighed -- WNEW Plans Discussion Program" by VAL ADAMS. New York Times 22 Dec 1960: 47.
  4. 1 2 McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 817. ISBN   0-14-02-4916-8.
  5. ↑ "Florida Sheriff's Bureau Story Now Told In New TV Crime Series". St. Petersburg Times. October 12, 1961. p. 6-D. Retrieved March 20, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ What the OTB Bettor Can Learn from Walter Matthau: A lesson from Walter Matthau By THOMAS MEEHAN. New York Times 4 July 1971: SM6.
  7. ↑ Edelman, Rob; Kupferberg, Audrey E (2002). Matthau : a life. Lanham, Md. : Taylor Trade Pub. ; Summit, Pa. : Distributed by National Book Network. p. 121.
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