Emergency! debuted on NBC on 1/15/1972. Despite the changing protocols (paramedics haven't had to call the hospital for instructions for many years) and technology over the last 51 years, still holds up. In a probable homage to the show, the station in Chicago Fire is also numbered 51. I enjoyed it both then (early teens) and now.

I wish it was available on TV or streaming. MeTV plays Adam-12 and Dragnet, but not Emergency. I always enjoyed the show and would love to watch it again.

I get it on FETV.

That was one of the first TV shows I ever was a fan of. I was a little kid in the'70s, and I was so excited when they came out with the cartoon version of that show for Saturday Morning, Emergency +4. The first lunch box I ever brought to school was the Emergency one. I've been thinking about eBaying one for quite awhile now.

As a kid, that was my ALL-TIME favorite show. Still remember the call sign…

Station 51 KMG365

That show laid the ground work for almost all paramedic procedures today. It was actually ground-breaking…

Rampart…this is Squad 51. Nurse Kitty… EVERYTHING was “start IV with D5W ringers lactate”.

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Originally posted by LastCubScout:
....... they came out with the cartoon version of that show for Saturday Morning, Emergency +4.

Why does this look a scene from Scooby Doo ?

The writers kind of goofed in the canon of the whole thing here

https://www.metv.com/stories/a...-by-an-earlier-story

there was an episode of Emergency where they are watching Adam-12 on TV. Then later on Adam-12, Gage and DeSoto meet Reed and Moloy at the Hospital, face to face.

A bit of an writer's error, but still cool shows, both of them.

I still occasionally catch it on one of the OTA channels, don't recall which one at the moment. MeTV maybe? Julie London was uber hot.

Batman, superman, Gage, DeSoto, M. Dillon,.

Do Reed and Malloy make the cut ?

The show Chicago fire was touted as being an homage to Emergency,
When it first aired.

But when they strayed too far from the format by all the lying ,stealing ,cheating, fornicating ,
Boozing ,
Credibility went out the window to any semblance of Emergency

Yes , Iam sure today's responders experience all that but it's on 80 % of other tv shows.
It just gets old.

Ahhh
One of my favorite TV shows growing up

I don't remember it but my parents tell me I was addicted to it...

I still watch the show almost everyday on the cozi tv channel.

I love watching the scenes when they are being dispatched and pulling out of the firehouse.. There is almost no traffic..

(That goes the same for Adam-12)

Yeah I really like Emergency.

In that era, I watched shows like Archie Bunker, Little House on the Prairie, and many others. Today I just really can't stand to watch those anymore. The exception is Emergency.

I need to search and see if I can buy a DVD set of the series.
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