The Return of Mod Squad (1979)

Starring: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton

With an eye toward reviving the hit series that ran from 1968 to 1973, "Mod Squad" producers Danny Thomas and Aaron Spelling joined forces once again after going their separate ways for many years to call ex-undercover cops Pete, Linc and Julie back to the force when a series of sniper attacks are made on their old boss, but the three soon find that they themselves are the intended victims of a gunman who lives in their old "flower child" world of the 1960s. This ploy to pump new life into old successes followed the pattern set previously (and unsuccessfully) by those behind "Maverick," "Gilligan's Island," "Wild Wild West," "Lassie," "The Millionaire," "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." -- and, theatrically, "Get Smart," among others.