1987 21 Jump Street FOX TV Premiere

In 1987, I was 23 years old. One of my favorite TV shows was 21 Jump Street...We were all about the same age and these guys were like family and friends to me...Here, for the first time on RUMBLE are parts one and two of the 21 Jump Street Premiere Episodes.
Original Airdate: April 12, 1987. In this two-part pilot, 21-year-old rookie police officer Tom Hanson runs into trouble on the job because he looks much younger than he actually is. He is offered a chance to work with a small group of other young-looking cops who go undercover in local high schools posing as students. Hanson's first undercover assignment with the 21 Jump Street program is to get close to a high school student who owes money to a violent drug dealer.
21 Jump Street is an American police procedural drama television series created by Patrick Hasburgh and Stephen J. Cannell for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It aired from April 12, 1987 to April 27, 1991, spanning 103 episodes over five seasons; the final season aired in first-run syndication. The series focuses on a squad of youthful-looking undercover police officers investigating crimes in schools, gangs, and other teenage venues. It was originally going to be titled Jump Street Chapel, after the deconsecrated church building in which the unit has its headquarters, but was changed at Fox's request so as not to mislead viewers into thinking it was a religious program.
The series was produced by the two creators' production companies; Cannell retains all intellectual property rights of the series. Executive producers included Hasburgh, Cannell, Steve Beers, and Bill Nuss. The show was an early hit for the fledgling Fox network and was created to attract a younger audience. The final season aired in first-run syndication mainly on local Fox affiliates. It was later rerun on the FX cable network from 1996 to 1998.

The series provided a spark to Johnny Depp's acting career, garnering him national recognition as a teen idol. Depp found this status irritating, but he continued on the series under his contract and was paid $45,000 per episode. Eventually, he was released from his contract after the fourth season.

A spin-off series, Booker, was produced for the character of Dennis Booker (Richard Grieco); it ran for only one season, from September 24, 1989, to May 6, 1990.