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From September 29, 1979, until January 15, 1980, CBS broadcasted the American television series Paris. The show was developed by Steven Bochco, who later garnered popularity for Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue, and acted as executive producer. It was remarkable as the first-ever appearance of famed actor James Earl Jones in a lead role on television. Captain Woody Paris of the Los Angeles Police Department oversaw a squad of junior detectives, according to the program. Sergeant Stacy Erickson headed the rookie investigators, which included 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, the plots focused heavily on Paris' family and off-duty lives, with Lee Chamberlin portraying his wife, Barbara. Paris was also seen working part-time as a criminology professor at a local institution. Despite the show's critical acclaim for portraying the conflict between the professional Paris character and his frequently impetuous underlings, CBS placed it in one of the worst possible timeslots on a weekly schedule: Saturdays at 10 p.m./9 Central. In that slot, all three networks introduced new shows for the 1979-80 season; only ABC's Hart to Hart made it past the first 13 weeks. CBS tried to relocate it to Tuesdays at10/9, but it was unsuccessful. MTM Enterprises, which would premiere executive producer Bochco's iconic Hill Street Blues on NBC the following season, produced the show with Edward DeBlasio.