Catch the 'Emergency!' Daylight Saving Time Marathon on FETV This Sunday from 9 AM to 3 PM ET
Catch the 'Emergency!' Daylight Saving Time Marathon on FETV This Sunday from 9 AM to 3 PM ET
Andrea ReiherSat, March 7, 2026 at 7:47 PM UTC
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Fans of the classic 1970s action-medical drama Emergency! have a good reason to spring forward this weekend.
FETV is airing a special Emergency! Daylight Saving Time marathon, titled "Saving Time," on Sunday, March 8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET. The network’s promo teases that viewers can “turn the clocks ahead—and turn up the action” with a block of episodes celebrating the firefighters, paramedics and doctors who “work around the clock to save lives.”
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The series, which originally debuted in 1972, starred Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe as firefighter-paramedics John Gage and Roy DeSoto, the duo at the heart of Squad 51. On the hospital side of things, Robert Fuller starred as Dr. Kelly Brackett. Julie London played head nurse Dixie McCall and neurosurgeon Dr. Joe Early was played by London's real-life husband, Bobby Troup.
Emergency! became one of the defining dramas of the decade and is widely credited with helping popularize paramedics and emergency medical services in American culture.
How To Watch FETV’s 'Emergency!' Marathon
The Emergency! Daylight Saving Time marathon airs on Sunday, March 8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET on FETV.
According to the network’s schedule, the six episodes in the marathon are:
9:00 a.m. "Mascot"John takes care of a victim’s cat; doctors help a girl who is having difficulty breathing; a man suffers from chest pains at a party.
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10:10 a.m. "Frequency"A man is injured in a car crash, but the paramedics can’t reach the hospital; a child has a strange illness; Roy and John help with gang war victims.
11:20 a.m. "The Promotion"Roy is up for promotion, which would mean leaving Johnny behind; a foggy day causes a big car accident, and one of the victims has a heart murmur.
12:30 p.m. "On Camera"As a crew films the squad, they treat a teenager for snakebite and rescue a man whose dream of being a stuntman has left him dangling from an I-beam.
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1:45 p.m. "Loose Ends"A driver dies when he is involved in a wreck with Dr. Brackett, and the doctor blames himself; a shootout occurs while John and Roy are repairing the squad car.
Created by Robert A. Cinader and Jack Webb, Emergency! ran for six seasons from 1972 to 1977, followed by a series of TV movies. Along with its memorable cast, the show earned a lasting legacy for its unusually realistic portrayal of emergency response and hospital care.
Emergency! airs regularly on FETV, but the special Daylight Saving Time marathon runs Sunday, March 8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET.
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