The Mod Squad
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The Mod Squad is an American television crime drama series from the late 1960s and early 1970s that followed three young undercover cops working to infiltrate the counterculture.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Mod Squad canonical | 13 |
| Mod Squad | 1 |
| The Mod Squad (1999 film adaptation) | 1 |
| The Mod Squad (television series) | 1 |
| The Mod Squad theme | 1 |
| The Return of Mod Squad | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2063708 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Mod Squad Context triple: [Andrew Duggan, notableWork, The Mod Squad]
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A.
Sanford and Son
Sanford and Son is a classic 1970s American sitcom about a cantankerous junk dealer and his long-suffering son, renowned for its sharp humor and cultural impact.
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B.
Archie Bunker's Place
Archie Bunker's Place is an American sitcom that continues the story of Archie Bunker after All in the Family, focusing on his life as the owner of a neighborhood bar.
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C.
Starsky & Hutch
Starsky & Hutch is a 2004 action-comedy film adaptation of the 1970s TV series, starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson as mismatched detectives in a stylized, humorous take on buddy-cop crime fighting.
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D.
Mork & Mindy
Mork & Mindy is an American sitcom best known for starring Robin Williams as an eccentric alien living with a human woman in Boulder, Colorado.
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E.
Diff'rent Strokes
Diff'rent Strokes is an American sitcom that aired from 1978 to 1986, following the lives of two African-American brothers adopted by a wealthy white widower in New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Mod Squad Target entity description: The Mod Squad is an American television crime drama series from the late 1960s and early 1970s that followed three young undercover cops working to infiltrate the counterculture.
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A.
Sanford and Son
Sanford and Son is a classic 1970s American sitcom about a cantankerous junk dealer and his long-suffering son, renowned for its sharp humor and cultural impact.
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B.
Archie Bunker's Place
Archie Bunker's Place is an American sitcom that continues the story of Archie Bunker after All in the Family, focusing on his life as the owner of a neighborhood bar.
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C.
Starsky & Hutch
Starsky & Hutch is a 2004 action-comedy film adaptation of the 1970s TV series, starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson as mismatched detectives in a stylized, humorous take on buddy-cop crime fighting.
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D.
Mork & Mindy
Mork & Mindy is an American sitcom best known for starring Robin Williams as an eccentric alien living with a human woman in Boulder, Colorado.
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E.
Diff'rent Strokes
Diff'rent Strokes is an American sitcom that aired from 1978 to 1986, following the lives of two African-American brothers adopted by a wealthy white widower in New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American television series
ⓘ
crime drama television series ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| basedOn | a concept by Bud Ruskin inspired by real-life undercover cops ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | network television in prime time ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Captain Adam Greer is a police captain who supervises the squad
ⓘ
Julie Barnes ⓘ
surface form:
Julie Barnes is a young runaway and former juvenile delinquent
Linc Hayes is a young Black man from the inner city ⓘ Pete Cochran is a young white rebel from a wealthy family ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Bud Ruskin ⓘ |
| developer |
Aaron Spelling
ⓘ
Danny Thomas ⓘ |
| endYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Aaron Spelling ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1968-09-24 ⓘ |
| follows | three young undercover cops ⓘ |
| format | hour-long episodes ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ |
| hasColorFormat | color television ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1973-03-01 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Captain Adam Greer
ⓘ
Julie Barnes ⓘ Linc Hayes ⓘ Pete Cochran ⓘ |
| mediaType | live-action television ⓘ |
| network | American Broadcasting Company ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early depiction of an interracial team of leads on American television
ⓘ
portraying hip, youthful undercover cops ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 123 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 5 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ABC ⓘ |
| originalRunPeriod |
early 1970s
ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Captain Adam Greer – Tige Andrews
ⓘ
Peggy Lipton ⓘ
surface form:
Julie Barnes – Peggy Lipton
Clarence Williams III ⓘ
surface form:
Linc Hayes – Clarence Williams III
Pete Cochran – Michael Cole ⓘ |
| producer | Aaron Spelling ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Spelling-Goldberg Productions ⓘ |
| setting | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| spinOffOrRelatedWork |
The Mod Squad
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Mod Squad (1999 film adaptation)
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| startYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general television audience ⓘ |
| theme |
undercover police work in the counterculture
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youth culture and generational conflict ⓘ |
| timeSlot | prime time ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Mod Squad Description of subject: The Mod Squad is an American television crime drama series from the late 1960s and early 1970s that followed three young undercover cops working to infiltrate the counterculture.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Mod Squad theme
this entity surface form:
The Mod Squad (1999 film adaptation)
this entity surface form:
Mod Squad
this entity surface form:
The Mod Squad (television series)
this entity surface form:
The Return of Mod Squad