Michael Douglas worked on a television crime drama.
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 . The police procedural , or police crime drama , is a subgenre of detective fiction that attempts to convincingly depict the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes . 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. .