240-Robert

240-Robert is an American drama series that ran on ABC from 1979 to 1981. The series title is a reference to the call-sign designation for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's search and rescue/paramedic teams.

Drama

240-Robert

Drama

Created By: Rick Rosner
First Aired on: Aug 28, 1979
Popularity: 3.7571: 2 votes
Networks: (US)
Status: Ended: Show Ended

Seasons & episodes

Total 2 seasons, 16 episodes

Season 1

Aired 46 years ago

13 Episodes

Episode 1The Apology60 min
In this special preview movie the rescue team of the Sheriff's Aero Bureau and Emergency Services Detail save the occupants of a plane that has crashed into the ocean and a woman trapped on a mountain.
Episode 2Stuntman60 min
The 240 rescue team have to take drastic action after a famous retired stunt man makes a daring comeback attempt by trying the most death-defying feat of his career.
Episode 3Bathysphere60 min
The 240 rescue team are forced to act quickly when a speedboat cuts short the test of an experimental diving bell by severing the air lines and imprisoning the two students 120 feet below the surface. In another development, a woman rescued by Thibideaux is an important person in the recording industry and vows to make him a star.
Episode 4Models60 min
The 240-Robert rescue team faces a harrowing experience when they try to rescue two window washers clinging from a broken scaffold 40 stories up on a skyscraper, while beautiful members of a modeling agency inside the building watch with astonishment.
Episode 5Acting Sergeant60 min
An isolated mountain cabin becomes a makeshift operating room when Thib is forced to perform emergency surgery on an injured student after the 240 rescue team are stranded by fierce weather and rugged terrain.