TV SERIES

Jake and the Fatman

6.2/10
TMDB56 votes
1987Original: English5 seasons

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.

Genres: Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure
Cast: William Conrad, Joe Penny, Alan Campbell

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THE STORY & THE PEOPLE

About Jake and the Fatman

Jake and the Fatman (1987) is a TV series in the drama, crime, action & adventure genres. The cast includes William Conrad, Joe Penny, Alan Campbell.

Released
1987-09-26
Original language
English
Seasons
5
Episodes
106
Status
Ended
Production countries
United States of America, Sweden
Production companies
Viacom Productions, Dean Hargrove Productions, Fred Silverman Company, Strathmore Productions
Creators
Dean Hargrove, David Angell, Joel Steiger

Jake and the Fatman cast & characters

Audience reviews

6.2/10 from 56 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

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TMDB member review

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…

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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

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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.

Who stars in Jake and the Fatman?

William Conrad, Joe Penny, Alan Campbell. See the cast cards above for character names.

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