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.
William Conrad
Jason McCabe
Joe Penny
Jake Styles
Alan Campbell
Derek Mitchell
23 eps
Season 1
1987
11 eps
Season 2
1989
26 eps
Season 3
1989
24 eps
Season 4
1990
22 eps
Season 5
1991
Status
Ended
Original Language
EN
Network
CBS
Created By
Dean Hargrove, David Angell, Joel Steiger
Production
Viacom Productions, Dean Hargrove Productions, Fred Silverman Company, Strathmore Productions
GenerationofSwine
January 12, 2023
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 st...
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