Jake and the Fatman

106 episodes5 seasons

US Release

Overview:

Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series.

Created by:

Dean Hargrove & David Angell & Joel Steiger

Status:

Ended

Language:

English

First air date:

9/26/1987

Last air date:

5/6/1992

Key words:

private investigator
criminal
buddy cop
crime investigation

Seasons

Season 1

23 Episodes

Season 2

11 Episodes

Season 3

26 Episodes

Season 4

24 Episodes

Season 5

22 Episodes

Cast

William Conrad

~ as ~

Jason McCabe

Joe Penny

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Jake Styles

Alan Campbell

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Derek Mitchell

Olga Russell

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Lisbeth Berkeley-Smythe

George O'Hanlon, Jr.

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Sgt. Rafferty

Lu Leonard

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Gertrude Reilly

Jack Hogan

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Judge Smithwood

Melody Anderson

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Neely Capshaw

Nelson Mashita

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and 1 more

Tony Todd

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Jordan Lee

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Reviews (1)

GenerationofSwine
Written 2 year(s) ago
10
Magnum P.I., Riptide (my personal favorite), Simon & Simon, and all the other little detective shows that were on during the late 70s and early 80s network battles were light entertainment.

It's not to say that they weren't great entertainment, but just that the tone of the shows were less stressful and more family friendly.

Jake and the Fatman got a bit darker. The action and comedy were still there, but it sort of feels like the older sibling of detective shows. And it does so in almost the same way that Columbo feels like the adult in the room of detective shows from that era.

However, it's still entertaining fair that I would love to see brought back in some form. Buddy detective shows are a lot better than police