Glen A. Larson

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Being a music lover and christian mormon, the lead executive producer sought to keep the subject matter of the Quincy M.E. television series a light mix/series to appeal to a broad TV demographic in the mid-70s. Having re-worked McCloud to create a more mainstream appeal, a crime-drama series like Quincy became a different TV appeal to a young developing CSI fan-base that we now have today.

- had an music appeal and wanted that reflected in the name of the series as well as the sound and intro of a successful television series. Thus, you have the QME series with a jazzy theme created by Stu Phillips in an effort to appeal to instincts Larson had about music and entertainment. Right before this Stu Phillips had created the music behind the series, "Switch". So Larson and Phillips already had a working relationship that allowed for the right elements to be honed to create the look, feel and appeal of the "family entertainment" style television. The focus here was not to create emmy driven content but appeal to a very broad base middle of america audience in the television shows being created.

- Larson is quoted as remarking that McCloud was his attempt to "bridge" and infuse more middle america to the new york metropolitan audience. This he beleives was his legacy in creating these types of television shows in the 1970s.

- originally thought of as an idea for the series with then name Quince. Larson loved the name Quincy and wanted to pitch it to a Robert Wagner (previously worked with Bob on "Switch") or James Earl Jones lead. When these two actors were unavailable, someone had suggested Klugman for the lead role.

Larson sought to create the right balance between comedy and drama in an effort to appeal to middle america rather than the coastal or having a New York Metropolitan appeal.