Michael Douglas left television crime drama The Streets of San Francisco.
Michael Douglas . Douglas first achieved prominence for his performance in the ABC police procedural television series The Streets of San Francisco , for which he received three consecutive Emmy Award nominations . After leaving The Streets of San Francisco in 1976 , Douglas went on to produce films including The China Syndrome ( 1979 ) and Romancing the Stone ( 1984 ) . The Streets of San Francisco is a 1970s television crime drama filmed on location in San Francisco , California , and produced by Quinn Martin Productions , with the first season produced in association with Warner Bros. . Douglas left the series at the start of its final season and was replaced by Richard Hatch .