‘On Call’ Showrunners Compare Prime Video Police Drama to ‘Adam 12’ – ‘On Meth’

The Long Beach-set series updates past cop classics with bodycam and dash cam footage

Brandon Larracuente in "On Call"
Brandon Larracuente as Alex Diaz in "On Call." (Credit: Amazon MGM Studios)

“On Call” producers Tim Walsh and Elliot Wolf describe the new police series, which premiered all of Season 1 Thursday on Prime Video, as “‘Adam 12’ on meth.’”

The latest project from Wolf Entertainment harkens back to the classic 1960s series about a pair of patrolmen not only in subject matter, but in length: Unlike most contemporary dramas, it’s only 30 minutes.

“Attention has never been more valuable of a commodity in this day and age and the half-hour format was really enticing for us. Looking at the 1950s and 1960 primetime schedule, they’re all half-hour procedural dramas. Those don’t really exist today,” Wolf, who is the son of “Law & Order” mega-producer Dick Wolf, told TheWrap.

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