Jake and the Fatman

6.0(49 votes)

1987 - 1992

60m per episode

Ended5 Seasons106 Episodes

DramaCrimeAction & Adventure

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.

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Show Details

Created by:

Dean Hargrove

David Angell

Joel Steiger

Network:

CBS

Country:US

Languages

Original:en

Spoken:

EnglishGerman

Seasons

Season 1

23 episodes

1987

Season 2

11 episodes

1989

Season 3

26 episodes

1989

Season 4

24 episodes

1990

Season 5

22 episodes

1991

Cast

William Conrad

Jason McCabe

Joe Penny

Jake Styles

Alan Campbell

Derek Mitchell

Reviews

GenerationofSwine

10/10

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

1/12/2023

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