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Paris is a CBS television series that ran from September 29, 1979 to January 15, 1980. The sitcom was created by Steven Bochco, who later garnered recognition for Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue, and acted as executive producer. The show chronicled the narrative of Los Angeles Police Captain Woody Paris, who oversaw a team of youthful detectives. Sergeant Stacy Erickson headed the rookie investigators, who included comprised officers Charlie Bogart, Ernesto Villas, and Willie Miller. Hank Garrett played Paris' boss, Deputy Chief Jerome Bench, and, in an unusual turn for police dramas of the time, Paris' family and off-duty life was given significant emphasis in the plots, with Lee Chamberlin playing his wife, Barbara. Paris was also depicted moonlighting as a criminology professor at a local institution. Although Paris received great acclaim for its depiction of the conflict between the professional Paris character and his frequently impetuous underlings, CBS scheduled the show in one of the worst possible timeslots on a weekly schedule: Saturdays at 10 p.m./9 Central. In that time period, all three networks introduced new shows for the 1979-80 season, with only ABC's Hart to Hart surviving the first 13 weeks. CBS relocated it to Tuesdays at 10/9 near the conclusion of its run, but to no avail. Edward DeBlasio produced the show for MTM Enterprises, which would premiere executive producer Bochco's iconic Hill Street Blues on NBC the following season.