Riptide (American TV series)

*Riptide*
Riptide
	Title card for the first season
Genre	Detective fiction
Created by	Frank Lupo; Stephen J. Cannell;
Starring	Perry King; Joe Penny; Thom Bray; Jack Ging; June Chadwick; Anne Francis (1984 only);
Composers	Pete Carpenter ; Mike Post
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	58
Production
Executive producers	Frank Lupo; Stephen J. Cannell; Babs Greyhosky (Seasons 2 and 3);
Producers	Babs Greyhosky (Season 1); J. Rickley Dumm; Tom Blomquist (Season 3);
Production locations	Cabrillo Beach; San Pedro, Los Angeles; Redondo Beach, California; Santa Clarita, California;
Running time	48 minutes per episode
Production company	Stephen J. Cannell Productions
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	January 3, 1984 –; April 22, 1986
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Riptide is an American detective television series that ran on NBC between January 3, 1984 and April 22, 1986, starring Perry King, Joe Penny, and Thom Bray. A midseason replacement, it debuted as a two-hour TV movie in early 1984.

By September 1985, domestic distribution rights to the series were sold to Columbia Pictures Television. Its successor, Sony Pictures Television, still holds these rights to this day.

After its cancellation, CPT put the series in syndication on the USA Network in the late 1980s. The series previously appeared on MeTV+, a sister network of MeTV.