I remember watching this show when I was a kid. The android, Haven, behaved as if he regarded Ernest Borgnine as his father, and there was one episode in which he nearly "died."
Somewhat vaguely, I recall that critics at TV guide derided it as a ripoff of the 6 million dollar man at the time, but I didn't see it that way.
I also remember when Star Trek The Next Generation came out in the 80s how I was reminded of Haven, who was written similarly to Data in the latter series: somewhat befuddled by the intangibles of "human culture" and always trying to master them. Borgnine would call Haven "kid" and Haven once asked if it was because he was manufactured so recently. I couldn't remember the name of the show at the time, just "that show about the robot cop" from my childhood.
Maybe the show wasn't successful because it seemed to concentrate on the relationship between Haven and Borgnine more than on the typical cops-n-robbers action themes of a police drama, and people weren't really ready for something like that, a sci-fi show that wasn't set in outer space, so to speak.
Somewhat vaguely, I recall that critics at TV guide derided it as a ripoff of the 6 million dollar man at the time, but I didn't see it that way.
I also remember when Star Trek The Next Generation came out in the 80s how I was reminded of Haven, who was written similarly to Data in the latter series: somewhat befuddled by the intangibles of "human culture" and always trying to master them. Borgnine would call Haven "kid" and Haven once asked if it was because he was manufactured so recently. I couldn't remember the name of the show at the time, just "that show about the robot cop" from my childhood.
Maybe the show wasn't successful because it seemed to concentrate on the relationship between Haven and Borgnine more than on the typical cops-n-robbers action themes of a police drama, and people weren't really ready for something like that, a sci-fi show that wasn't set in outer space, so to speak.