Ironside is an American television crime drama that aired on NBC over 8 seasons from 1967 to 1975. The show starred Raymond Burr as Robert T. Ironside, (usually addressed by the title "Chief Ironside"), a consultant for the San Francisco police who was paralyzed from the waist down after being shot while on vacation. The character debuted on March 28, 1967, in a TV movie titled "Ironside". When the series was broadcast in the United Kingdom, from late 1967 onwards, it was broadcast under the title "A Man Called Ironside". The show earned Burr six Emmy and two Golden Globe nominations.