For the People (1965 TV series)

[2] In his first continuing starring role on TV,[3] William Shatner played assistant district attorney David Koster in New York City.

The cancellation left Shatner free to accept the role of Captain James T. Kirk on Star Trek.

[10] Directors included Tom Gries, Daniel Petrie, Stuart Rosenberg, Robert Stevens, and Sam Wanamaker.

[3] Brodkin and CBS programming executive Mike Dann had contrasting views about the series's cancellation after 13 weeks.

[10] Dann refused to blame the time slot, noting that The Ed Sullivan Show was the lead-in, with Candid Camera following For the People.