The opening credits format, with the announcer intoning "'Police Squad!',
in color!" and on-screen act numbers after commercial breaks(Act I, Act II,
etc.) was a parody of Quinn Martin Productions' crime dramas which had a
similar format.
The closing credits of each episode would be shown with the cast
pretending to "freeze frame" as the credits roll - but coffee being
poured would overflow a cup onto a character's shoes, or Norberg
would enter the scene not knowing to stand still.
The opening credits always has a guest star who immediately gets killed off
in some silly way.
The announcer's episode title and the title shown on screen never matched.
Rex Hamilton appeared in the opening credits portraying Abraham
Lincoln but he never appeared in any of the episodes.
The closing credits of each episode included the narrator inviting viewers
to "tune in next week for another exciting adventure". The only episode not
to feature this voiceover was the final episode.